This was bad.
The Seattle Sounders reached a new low in their 2-1 loss to the New England Revolution. They were resoundingly dominated in attack, defense, and had zero ideas in transition play or possession. With most of their best, ie dynamic, attacking threats all unavailable until after the Copa America Centenario, there's not much of a bright side right now for the Sounders.
New England strangled the Seattle midfield
From the opening whistle, New England was consumed with doing two things: a) taking Andreas Ivanschitz out of the game completely and b) keeping Osvaldo Alonso and Erik Friberg in front of their midfield trio.