Home-field advantage is a very real thing, especially in MLS, where the home team wins about 53% of the time. That’s among the most significant advantages in all of world soccer.
The Seattle Sounders have been even better, winning more than 59% of their home games in league play ever since they joined MLS in 2009.
Those stats only serve to underscore just how strange the recent results between the Sounders and Timbers have been.
Over their last 11 meetings, the home team in this rivalry game is a rather astonishing 1-9-1 during the regular season, meaning they’ve won just 9% of games.