The Seattle Sounders are a good team. They’re also a team experiencing a very bad run of form that has exasperated and evidenced their weaknesses. Of course, the biggest issue the Sounders face at the moment is the injuries. As these past few weeks have shown us, the Sounders can’t really wait to get healthy. Three points from five matches isn’t good enough, especially while the rest of the Western Conference is getting better around them. Let’s put on our GM, coach, and scout hats to figure out what’s wrong.
First, we need to identify some of the weaknesses plaguing the Sounders.