SEATTLE — The Seattle Sounders hosted Real Salt Lake on Sunday evening with a chance to move back into playoff position and leapfrog RSL in the process. Instead, RSL completed the series sweep with a 2-1 win at Lumen Field. The Sounders seemed like they’d struck first in the 12th minute through a Raúl Ruidíaz shot that struck the crossbar and deflected off of goalkeeper Zac Macmath and into the net, but the goal was called back for an offside call on Nico Lodeiro during the build-up.
Just over the 30-minute mark RSL won the ball in their defensive end and quickly played through Seattle to Sergio Cordova who had only Alex Roldan to beat before he was in for a 1-v-1 with Stefan Frei.