Things haven’t been going so well for the Seattle Sounders since they last played the Portland Timbers. The Sounders lost that game 2-1 and have gone 1-3-2 in their last six, including a four-game winless run that was extended with last week’s 2-2 tie against the LA Galaxy. The Timbers are coming off a loss in their last game, but are now 4-2-0 since last playing the Sounders.
Still, results around the league have been such that a win tonight could catapult the Sounders from fifth in the West to second. As if that weren’t enough, the winner of tonight’s game will claim the Cascadia Cup.