The quality of play between the Sounders and CF Montréal on Saturday could only be described with some of Quebec's characteristic curses. For Seattle, it was a badly missed chance to rack up points in a tight Western Conference.
The Sounders could have used a magician's touch in the final 30 minutes of their loss on Wednesday, but unfortunately for the visitors, that touch had already come against them.
The Sounders logged a resounding win on Saturday against a top-table Revolution side, the exact kind of thing that could prove their summer skid a thing of the past. But with six games until playoff time, the exam is far from over.
The Sounders' Wednesday victory was a milestone the team badly needed after their months-long inability to put up three points against the weakest of competition, but they will need more where that came from as they enter the final stretch.
Questions are becoming almost existential for the Sounders as they go into their Wednesday match against Austin with seven straight MLS losses in tow. How did loss number seven (this time to the 'Caps) unfold on Sunday?
