The Seattle Sounders went into their game on Sunday night against LAFC with an opportunity to build on their 3-0 win over the Portland Timbers last Sunday. They had a full week of rest following the postponement of their game on Wednesday, and Xavier Arreaga had recovered from his injury enough to make the bench. That’s not to say there weren’t challenges, though. The game against LA Galaxy on Wednesday was postponed due to a player strike in solidarity with players from other sports leagues around the country protesting the police in Kenosha, Wisconsin shooting Jacob Blake in the back seven times, a continuation of the ongoing violence that disproportionately impacts Black people in the United States, and the conversations and circumstances that go along with such a decision by the players is certain to take a toll on their mental well-being.