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Team of the Decade? Sounders will have a claim — but only if they win Sunday’s MLS Cup

As if playing their third MLS Cup final in four seasons wasn’t enough, some are adding “Team of the Decade’’ stakes to Sunday’s clash between the Sounders and Toronto FC.

The Sounders held their introductory news conference with assorted national media Thursday afternoon — to be followed by Toronto FC once they landed in town — where they talked up the finer points of repeat championship appearances and player cores that got both them and their opponents back here. But there’s a larger question of whether the pending second MLS Cup championship for one of the two qualifies them as the decade’s finest.