Seattle Sounders Ratings: Horseshoe of Sadness Strikes Again

On Wednesday night, the Houston Dynamo rolled into Lumen Field with no intention of playing recognizable soccer, parked an orange bus directly across their own six-yard box, nicked a first half lead on their only real advance past midfield, and dared Seattle to do something about it. The Sounders responded with ninety minutes of sterile, soul-crushing possession. Almost 70 percent possession. Shots 21-2; nearly 700 completed passes; 10 corner kicks. Yet Seattle could have played until Sunday and still wouldn’t have broken that bunker. Final score: 0-1 loss. What makes a night like that so depressing isn’t that the Sounders…