June 30.
Coming off a home loss to the Portland Timbers, the Seattle Sounders found themselves in 11th place of the Western Conference at the end of June. If there ever was a point in time the Sounders’ season was on the brink it was then.
Fast forward four months. The Sounders wake up on Thursday morning as the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs, yet there season is even more in peril. They host those same Timbers in the second leg of the conference semifinals, trailing 2-1 after dropping the opener on Sunday in Portland.