After a successful midweek match in New Jersey, Seattle played Inter Miami with a significantly rotated lineup and got punished severely for it. The backups treaded water for the first 40 minutes before conceding right before half. This deficit going into the break prompted tactical changes from both teams, with Miami parking the bus and Seattle adding more talent periodically throughout the second half. Both tactics worked. The Sounders ended with a massive 20 shots, but failed to translate any of those chances into goals. Twenty tiny chances were worth less than one big chance, and the backups didn’t show enough for a team rightly expecting more.
Homegrown player returns to Seattle, assists in loss.
