Here are the notable notes for Wednesday night’s Sounders-FC Dallas match at CenturyLink Field:
- Ricardo Salazar is the match referee, Peter Balciunas and Corey Rockwell are his assistants and David Gantar is the fourth official.
- Dallas is in first place in the Supporters’ Shield and Western Conference standings, 37 points lifting the visitors 20 clear of the last-place Sounders.
- Seattle leads the all-time league series between the clubs 9-4-5. They’ve met in the conference semifinals in each of the past two postseasons, the Sounders advancing on the away goals rule in 2014 and FCD triumphing in a penalty-kick shootout last November.