Normally after one win and one loss, the debate with regards to the Sounders’ form would revolve around whether the glass is half empty or half full. Unfortunately, given that the team is off to its worst start in club history, the larger question is whether the glass’s contents are low but manageable given the Sounders’ notoriously slow pouring technique in recent years, or if there’s a striker-sized hole in the bottom of the glass that is causing such leakage that even Garth Lagerwey’s annual summer refill cannot come soon enough to save fans from crippling hope-dehydration.
Compelling evidence exists for both outlooks.