Seattle is hungry and that should help. Vancouver has gone from best to worst for goals against, and that's a good sign for a makeshift Seattle attack that is learning about each other and missing Nelson Valdez.
Seattle is desperate. Well, pretty desperate. A 0-2-0 -2 start, scoring one goal and giving up three. We've seen Erik Friberg play a whole 18 minutes of football this year. There is a team about as desperate as Seattle, though. Vancouver is also an MLS Cup contender (supposedly), and was expected to continue growing from last year's great season.