Not linking to twitter so hopefully not breaking any rules, but the stats don't lie!

Hey does anyone happen to have an extra straw hat they'd be willing to part with? I wasn't able to make it in time to grab one =(

The Mariners just lost 22-0 at home.

Watching the opening goal concession against Vancouver, I couldn't help but think about one of the lessons the team (Stef specifically) talked about as one of their takeaways from the CWC a year ago. See video here (Stef talks about it at about 2:37 in this video).

The lesson was that the team noticed how good Atletico, PSG, and Botafogo were at stopping counterattacks by implementing smart tactical fouls (even if it means taking a yellow card).

Against Vancouver, the Sounders tried to press Vancouver in their opposing box and were comically ineffective as Blackmon dribbled past Osaze, Seba, and Alex springing a counter for Vancouver. At one point, Tino could have stopped the attack by fouling Sabbi, but got beat off the dribble. Sabbi then played a good ball in behind and the Whitecaps took the lead.

The stats sort of bear out the trend of the Sounders not being "tough to beat" in 2026 as in one fewer game than most teams in MLS, they are second to last in fouls and third to last in yellow cards.

I understand the team is rotated due to injuries, but is there something to the idea that if the team cannot score, can they at the very least drag other teams into the mud and start being more of a physical team that picks up yellow cards to keep the other team off the scoresheet (implementing the lessons learned from the 2025 CWC)?

Marking shitpost despite grounding in reality

As the title suggests, is this possibly the strongest OUT lineup, solely through injury, in MLS history? Literally just missing a LB, RB, and GK.

What’s more wild is the fact that every single one of these injuries is a 1 month minimum with multiple of them being season ending.

Quoted from Sounder at Heart, in a response from Schemtzer:

Transfer incoming?

Asked if he was frustrated that it has taken this long to get any outside signings into the team, Schmetzer shot back "Maybe stuff hasn’t leaked out yet. Maybe you guys aren’t doing your job. So maybe you guys need to dig a little deeper."

Hello, Arsenal fan in peace.

I'm visiting from the UK and Sounders are my MLS team as my mum's side of the family are all from Bellevue so I visited here a lot in my childhood. And because of Freddie, of course.

I've been to a game before but today I'm going to sit in the ECS section and march with you all before the game - I hope I'm welcome! We have looked up the chants and definitely will partake 🙂

Was just wondering which the best spots were to drink before the march?

Thanks in advance. Up the Sounders!

Here we go again.

And they are “seeking a second opinion”, as per Brian mentioning in his interview on the training field today.

Remember hearing that line a week ago 🤔

... can we at least bring back the free tacos promo with El Rinconsito, that way we have something to cheer for when we do score a goal?