SEATTLE — The one constant truism in MLS is that there is almost always a point in the season where form dips and results aren’t going the way you want. What usually defines the season is how long a team gets stuck in that rut.
The Seattle Sounders seem to be firmly entrenched in one such run right now. Perhaps to their credit, they’ve managed to keep this six-game stretch from being terminal. Despite scoring just four goals, the Sounders have still managed to go 2-3-1.
But it’s impossible to ignore the reality that their three losses have come against teams who were riding 6-, 8- and 10-game winless runs — the three longest winless streaks in MLS this year.