TUKWILA, Wash. — It is now almost cliché to point out that no other MLS team has enjoyed the Seattle Sounders’ level of success since 2009. That a 60-point season could even be considered a letdown is testament to that.
Disappointed as they may have been, however, the Sounders braintrust also admitted on Friday during their end-of-season press conference that having a few extra weeks of rest might not be the worst thing. This was, after all, the first time in three years that the Sounders hadn’t stretched their season to the absolute limit and the last two seasons had the added stress of dealing with various Covid-19 protocols.