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The Rise Of The Seattle Sounders

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Brook Pigg

Nov 28, 2016

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The Seattle Sounders have just reached the 2016 MLS Cup. If this was five months ago, I never thought this sentence would be possible to write. The Seattle Sounders in the end of June were a dismal 5-8-1 with making their eighth consecutive playoffs seeming like a far off and dying chance. However, after a shake-up of coaches as signing a new designated player, the Sounders turned their season around to finish 14-14-6 and lock up 4th place in the MLS Cup Knockout round.

The Sounders continued with their Cinderella story with a win in the knockout round at home against Sporting Kansas City in a tight 1-0 win. However, the quarter-final round proved to be a challenge even before it started at the Sounders have never passed that point in their eight years in MLS and even worse they were set up to play against one of their longtime rivals the FC Dallas, who in the previous year knocked them out of the playoffs and was the best team in the league this year. The Sounders again pulled off an upset and made it the semi-final round by beating FC Dallas and winning 4-2 on aggregate.

However, the biggest challenge the Sounders had to face was now a reality. For the semi-final round they had to face the Colorado Rapids who were the second best team in the league this year. Although the Sounds had momentum going with them and against the Rapids who barely made it our of their quarter-final round, having their match result to penalty kicks. The Sounders took control of the first match early going up 1-0 in the 20th minute and finished the first game leading 2-1 going into the final match-up. Today this match-up was completed as the Sounders won again 1-0 to eliminate the second best team in the league and advance to the MLS Cup final.

Regardless of the result of the final, it will be a season to remember for all Sounders fans and fans of MLS alike. Now as we enter the final and wait to hear if the Sounders may get the chance to host the final, I cannot help but smile. This was a team that had all but given up by mid-season but came together as a unit to work for each other and have a goal in mind. It is this goal that I believe will carry the Sounders to claim their first MLS Cup. And with that all that is left to say is LET'S GO SOUNDERS!!!

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