There will be at least one more home game for the Seattle Sounders in their mission to repeat as MLS Cup champions, however they’ll need to experience a familiar face to arrive.
The Sounders required Minnesota United to agitate Sporting Kansas City out and about Thursday night, and the Loons did that to say the least. Scoring three times in a 12-minute span, Minnesota set up a complete performance at Children’s Mercy Park, defeating the hosts 3-0. The triumph implies that the Sounders will go head to head against team legend Osvaldo Alonso, as the United hopes to book their first-since forever outing to MLS Cup.
There will be no deficiency of storylines for the game, even with the short turnaround. The matchup is booked for the opening shot at 6:30 PM PT on Monday. The game was initially planned for Sunday, however MLS moved the match to maintain a strategic distance from a potential arena struggle, as the Seattle Seahawks have the New York Giants at 1:05 PM that day. A group representative affirmed there will be no turf lines on the field for the game.
The Sounders and Loons didn’t meet this year, attributable to the timetable changes due to the Covid pandemic. The group restarted the season in August, inclining toward provincial matchups over a timetable that typically has each group play each other at any rate once.
This won’t be the first run through the Sounders have confronted Alonso in a Minnesota United uniform. The groups met in the last round of the 2019 normal season, with the Sounders making sure about a 1-0 triumph on a Roman Torres header and Alonso playing an hour and a half. Alonso likewise took care of business in the May 4, 2019 matchup between the groups at Allianz Field in Minnesota, a 1-1 draw.
Any reasonable person would agree the stakes are essentially higher this time around.
