Whether or not Tuesday’s game is the biggest in Sounders history, it certainly has that feeling.
The Sounders have indeed been to this stage before, at the penultimate step before reaching MLS Cup. Twice, in fact, in 2012 and as recently as 2014. In both occasions, the Sounders lost their first Western Conference Final meeting, both in shutouts and both against the LA Galaxy. There was a chance the Sounders would again have to go through LA again to get to the finale, but for the first time they’ll have a new trajectory.
Colorado. And it’s here.