The question from early in the season - is the Sounders' opening legit? - is long since its expiration date. The new question is: can they recover in time to make the playoffs? Their most recent loss to Austin FC makes things look quite dire indeed.
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?
The Sounders dropped their fifth straight on Saturday, falling to eighth in the Western Conference table. What is going on with the once-Shield-contending side as they sink deeper into their current rut?
Any time the Timbers come to town, there is a chance for the best of heroic excellence. Instead, the Sounders delivered the worst of mind-boggling, titanic failure.
Everyone on this Sounders club has major aura, as they showed when they won an instant (albeit very messy) classic Heritage Cup match on Wednesday. The question is: can they take this all the way to the Shield?
