The Sounders are looking like shoo-ins to reach the Major League Soccer play-offs as a bare minimum. Brian Schmetzer's men sit fourth in the Western Conference after a recent stretch of 10 games unbeaten, though that run came crashing down in a 1-0 defeat to Minnesota over the weekend.

Goaltender Andrew Thomas made two saves in penalty kicks to allow the Sounders to survive and advance to the semifinals of Leagues Cup after a scoreless 90 minutes with Club Puebla that saw Seattle finish down a man.