Brian Schmetzer is often fond of saying that the talent gap between any two MLS teams is so small that little things can often swing the outcome. No many how many star players a team may have, no matter how well they’re playing, there is no such thing as an automatic win in MLS.
As good as the Sounders have been playing since returning from MLS is Back — they’re averaging 2.2 points per game and outscoring opponents by 1.7 goals per game, both of which would be MLS records over a full season — Schmetzer knows as well as anyone that there will be bumps along the road.