There’s no stadium the Seattle Sounders have struggled to win in quite as badly as Rio Tinto. Since winning a playoff game there in 2012, the Sounders have played at Real Salt Lake’s stadium 11 times in all competitions. The only time they escaped with their desired result was the 2016 U.S. Open Cup, when they advanced via penalty shootout. In the 10 regular-season trips, they’re 0-9-1, and that tie came after they blew a late lead in 2020.
All of which is to say, the Sounders would really like to turn that around.