TUKWILA — I think we can agree that the average American understands a soccer schedule about as well as a grade-schooler does a calculus theorem. There’s the regular season. There are open cups. There are random, in-season tournaments, and well, unless you were raised overseas, you probably aren’t keeping up.
That’s why the significance of what the Sounders are trying to accomplish now — more than seven months before the MLS Cup final — isn’t registering with everyday fans around here. But if they can somehow win the CONCACAF Champions League title, it could be the club’s most impressive accomplishment to date.