SEATTLE — As regular-season home openers go, it’s hard to imagine it going much worse than it did on Sunday.
The scene had been reasonably well set. The mood surrounding the Seattle Sounders was about as good as you could ask following a disappointing end to last season. They were also coming off a resounding win over Motagua in Concacaf Champions League, seemingly shaking off the frustration that had carried over.
Nashville SC had other ideas. The newest members of the Western Conference came out with a game-plan seemingly designed to frustrate the Sounders and executed it just about perfectly.