There’s a saying in baseball circles that every team essentially wins 50 games and loses 50 games and that the success or failure of a season is defined by the other 62. I’ve never heard it put quite this way in MLS, but it’s equally true that every team is going to win six, lose six and tie six, and that success or failure will be defined by the other 16 games.
Saturday’s road game against the LA Galaxy felt a lot like one of those other 16. That the Seattle Sounders managed to win it 2-1 — and are now 3-0-1 through four road games — seems to be a pretty good indication of how this season is going.