The Sounders were hoping to merely stay in playoff contention. But now, having gone 6-0-2 their last eight matches while Western Conference contenders have stumbled, securing a first-round bye is no longer out of the question.
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Brad Smith starts at left back for Sounders in battle with conference leaders
The Sounders will start left back Brad Smith on Sunday night against FC Dallas, just days after acquiring him on loan from English Premier League...
U.S. national-team defender DeAndre Yedlin suffers leg injury
DeAndre Yedlin, a former O’Dea High School and Seattle Sounders standout, was injured in the season opener for Newcastle of the English Premier League. There...
Sounders to debut new left back Brad Smith earlier than expected Sunday against FC Dallas
Newly acquired Sounders left back Brad Smith could start Sunday against Western Conference leading FC Dallas as the Sounders look to extend their unbeaten streak...
Can Brad Smith push Nouhou to his potential and give Sounders the attack they need?
The Sounders on Wednesday added left back Brad Smith on a loan from English Premier League club Bournemouth. Smith is expected to not only push...
Sounders lose out on midfield target, expected to add Australian left back and possibly another attacking player by Wednesday
The Sounders on Tuesday lost out on Peruvian midfield target Paolo Hurtado when he signed with a Turkish club. The team is expected to announce...
Sounders score two stoppage-time goals to come back and beat Minnesota United
The Seattle Sounders kept their playoff hopes alive, coming from a goal down in stoppage time to win 2-1 over Minnesota United.
To extend their streak, Sounders will have to contain Minnesota’s one-man wrecking crew
Colombian forward Darwin Quintero has nine goals and eight assists in 17 games already for a Minnesota United FC squad that has won four of...
Fine-tuning a 4-4-2 formation looms as key final step to Sounders overhauling for another playoff run
The Sounders have a pair of veterans, Will Bruin and Clint Dempsey, with 138 career regular season goals between them being pressed for playing time...