SEATTLE — The role continuity plays in a successful sports organization is a little chicken-and-egg. While it’s undeniable that someone must be successful in order to stay somewhere for a long time, there is also ample evidence that giving someone time is usually a requirement for seeing how successful they can be.
No matter how you examine it, however, it’s hard to overstate the importance of continuity in the Seattle Sounders’ success over the past 20 years.
The Sounders, as you probably know by now, officially qualified for their 13th straight MLS postseason with their 4-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday.