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Off-the-field bonding underpinning the Sounders’ lengthy playoff run

Plus: Injury report looks promising ahead of the second leg of the Western Conference finals, and Clint Dempsey makes a rare appearance at a Sounders practice session.

Second-year Sounders midfielder Cristian Roldan was on the phone with his girlfriend’s parents recently when the subject turned to his “good friend” Jordan Morris.

Morris, eavesdropping on the conversation, was personally affronted by the description.

Good friend? I’m your best friend.

The friendship of the inseparable young Sounders — born less than a year apart; Roldan a 21-year-old product of UW, Morris the MLS Rookie of the Year out of Mercer Island — has blossomed into the fan base’s favorite bromance.