Over the years the Seattle Sounders and Real Salt Lake have become more and more intertwined. RSL won their title in Seattle. Our two blogs started on SBN that same year. They took a great content creator. Sounders took a great GM, and then another GM, and then the head coach.
Tuesday’s matchup between the No. 2 seed Seattle Sounders and the No. 7 seed RSL features sides that struggled in the last months of the season. RSL went 3-4-0 in October and November. Sounders went 2-3-3. In their history Seattle has barely edged Real, going 16-14-6, +1 across all competitions.