SEATTLE — For most of the past couple of months, finding reasons to be optimistic about the Seattle Sounders’ chances not just to make the playoffs but to do something in them has felt a bit forced. It was way back in June that the Sounders last accomplished something as basic as consecutive wins and you’d have to go back to July 2 to find the last game they won by multiple goals.
It still requires a bit of an optimistic mindset, but the Sounders’ 3-0 win on Saturday over Austin FC — the team currently No.