Thanks to their five-game winless run — and more broadly this stretch of seven points in 11 games — the Seattle Sounders’ playoff chances are hanging by the thinnest of threads. But even beyond the postseason implications, they need a win for morale purposes.
In theory, the Houston Dynamo present as good of an opportunity to get three points as they’ll have for the rest of the season. Although the Dynamo are coming off an impressive midweek win against LAFC, this is still a team that comes into the match winless in 13 all-time visits to Seattle and just two points from the bottom of the Western Conference.