SEATTLE — Soccer has a funny way of upending expectations. The Seattle Sounders did a lot of that through the first half of the season, illustrated perfectly by the 1-0 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday.
The Sounders came into the game having not lost to the Earthquakes since 2015, an unbeaten streak that had grown to 14 games. The Earthquakes hadn’t beaten anyone in their last 11, a streak that stretched back to May.
The first 45 minutes of the match was dominated by the Sounders, but it was the Earthquakes who opened the scoring with a goal just before the halftime whistle.