Six months after the start of the MLS season, we got our closest look yet at a full-strength Seattle Sounders roster.
Early on in Sunday’s match against the Portland Timbers, the results were largely mixed. The Sounders weren’t creating boatloads of chances, but they were at least limiting those of the Timbers.
Whether that was by design or not, the results in the second half were much better. The chances came early and often for the Sounders before they finally broke through in the 72nd minute on the first of two Raúl Ruidíaz goals, and then they poured it on with two more after Will Bruin dramatically altered the match in the 81st minute.