Spenser Davis covered the Sounders for 710Sports.com. He also covers the team for Sounder at Heart and has written for World Soccer Talk. Spenser attended Texas Christian University in his hometown of Fort Worth. Follow Spenser on Twitter.
Despite the loss of key players, Sounders interim head coach Brian Schmetzer maximized the talents at his disposal against FC Dallas, the top team in the West, on Sunday.
The Sounders begin the Western Conference semifinals against Supporters' Shield winner FC Dallas on Sunday at home in a match where any goal given up could have severe consequences.
While the Sounders made their only shot on target in Thursday's playoff win over Sporting Kansas City, they can't afford the same kind of ineffective attack Sunday against FC Dallas.
The Sounders will need the same kind of well-rounded team performance they had in Sunday's 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake if they hope to advance past Kansas City in the MLS playoffs.
The Seattle Sounders finally clinched the seemingly impossible: they're headed to the MLS Cup playoffs for the eighth straight season after their 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Sunday.
The Sounders' playoff hopes hinge on Sunday's Decision Day in the MLS, as they could guarantee the postseason with a win over Real Salt Lake. A loss won't necessary eliminate them, however.
In this week’s episode of Sound Stories, the guest is veteran journalist Don Ruiz, who covered the Sounders for the Tacoma News Tribune from the Sounders’ expansion season until just this year.
There’s only one more chance for the Sounders to make the playoffs. They've been on a phenomenal run since Brian Schmetzer took over as coach, but what happens if they still miss the postseason?
For the second time this week, the Sounders had a chance to clinch their spot in the MLS Cup playoffs with a win. On Sunday on the road against FC Dallas, they squandered it yet again in a 2-1 loss.
The Sounders beat FC Dallas 5-0 in July, but that was against a much different Dallas squad and at a time when Seattle's lineup was much less depleted.
With several of the Sounders' veterans getting sent off for yellow and red cards, they haven't been providing the leadership needed during an especially crucial stretch of the season.
The Sounders couldn't capitalize on multiple opportunities Wednesday and settled for a draw against the Houston Dynamo, meaning Seattle will have to wait to secure its spot in the playoffs.
In this week’s episode of Sound Stories, the guest is Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei, who joined the team in 2014 after four years with Toronto FC.
Due to his yellow card in Uruguay's match against Venezuela, Seattle Sounders midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro will return to the team in time for next Wednesday's match vs. Houston.
Sounders rookie forward Jordan Morris seems to be very much on Jurgen Klinsmann’s radar for the US men’s national team. A strong showing against Cuba will help him stay there.
Despite the Sounders' massive run in the middle of the season, the playoffs are still not a 100-percent guarantee. Here's where things stand with three matches to go.
Since Brian Schmetzer has taken charge of the Sounders, they've been able to pull results out of thin air and found ways to win, like in Sunday's victory in Vancouver.
In what was probably the wildest match of the Sounders' season so far, Seattle took home a precious three points with a huge 2-1 win over the Whitecaps on Sunday night.
Already without Clint Dempsey, the Sounders will go into Vancouver for a Cascadia rivalry match without Nicolas Lodeiro, who has handed a yellow card Wednesday vs. Chicago.
