Sounders have had more than a few hiccups this season. While the East is magnitudes worse than the West, at least Seattle is still within a stones throw (a long throw of a heavy stone) of the playoffs thanks to everyone else in the West leaving points behind.
Friday 5/27
Sporting Kansas City 0 - DC United 1: Good and bad news for Seattle. Good news, Sporting lost, keeping them only four points ahead of Seattle and out of the playoff picture. Bad news, the DC side we play Wednesday got a win to re-energize them.