The last time the Seattle Sounders led the Supporters’ Shield race was before the games on July 25. That day, the New England Revolution beat the Montreal Impact, while the Sounders lost to Sporting KC. From that day forward, the Revolution have provided scant opportunities to make up ground.
And on the rare occasion they do, such as Saturday when they surprisingly dropped two points at home by drawing the lowly Chicago Fire, the Sounders have failed to capitalize. This time the Sounders responded by losing 2-1 to a Houston Dynamo team that had won just 2 of their past 22 games.