SEATTLE — There’s a saying that goes something like this: Good teams find ways to win, bad teams don’t. Right now, the Seattle Sounders are not a good team.
Going into Saturday’s game, this looked very much like a must-win encounter. Not only are the Sounders in desperate need of points, but they were fielding what was pretty much a first-choice attacking group and were playing at home against a very mediocre Chicago Fire team on short rest. They still managed just one goal and settled for a 1-1 tie.
Given how bad the Sounders have been offensively this year, the 18 shots have to be seen as a positive (with seven on target).