Here are the notable notes for Saturday night’s Seattle Sounders-Vancouver Whitecaps match at CenturyLink Field:
- Mark Geiger, last seen in the middle of a swirling controversy at the Gold Cup, is tonight’s match referee. CJ Morgante and Mike Rottersman are his assistants and Alejandro Mariscal is the fourth official.
- With a victory, Seattle can clinch its first Cascadia Cup trophy since 2011 with two matches to spare. The Sounders have won the Cup three times since the competition was created — in 2006, 2007 and 2011 — but just once since joining MLS.