Visiting Toronto FC for the first time since last year’s MLS Cup final dismantling, the Seattle Sounders will be sporting a very different look. The Sounders will deploy a 5-4-1 formation tonight — with Waylon Francis and Jordan McCrary as wing backs — according to a story in the Seattle Times. This is believed to be the first time in their MLS existence that the Sounders have not started the game with a four-man backline.
“We’ve been toying with it in training a couple of times,’’ Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer told the Times.