The Seattle Sounders’ history with Sporting Kansas City in 2016 is a maudlin tale told in two wildly different vignettes.
The first story is weaved through a cool evening in March underneath skies that threatened and then delivered on a downpour. It was the first day of the season, and the Sounders had just lost Obafemi Martins to China. While they attempted to figure out a way forward without him, Sporting KC came to town to open the season.
The match went off the rails when Oniel Fisher earned a red card just before halftime.