The Seattle Sounders have dominated the Colorado Rapids during the MLS era, especially at home. Dating back to 2009, the Sounders are 16-2-3 at Lumen Field against the Rapids.

Recent meetings haven’t been quite as dominant, though. The Rapids have tied the Sounders in each of their past two trips to Seattle, most recently erasing a 3-goal deficit to pull out a 3-3 tie.

That was one of the Sounders’ few slip-ups at home last year, where they went 10-1-6 in MLS play and 15-1-7 against North American opponents. The Sounders now have a 68.88% home-winning percentage during their MLS existence, the third-best mark in MLS history.

Notes

• The Sounders are 10-5-2 during the MLS era in home openers. The last time they won a home opener was 2023, a 4-0 victory over the Rapids.
• Gates will now open 60 minutes ahead of the announced kickoff time (6:15 PM), 30 minutes later than in previous seasons.
• Matt Wells will be making his MLS coaching debut with the Rapids. He had previously been an assistant with Tottenham Hotspur.
• The Sounders went 3-2-0 during preseason.

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Absences: Injury, international duty and suspension

Seattle

OUT: Pedro de la Vega - Knee; Stuart Hawkins - Quad; Kim Kee-hee - Calf; Ryan Sailor - Knee (Out)

Rapids

OUT: Ali Fadal - Abdomen

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Last year

Sounders : 15-9-10, 5th West Rapids : 11-15-8, 11th West

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Officials

REF: Malik Badawi; AR1: Ian McKay; AR2: Kali Smith; 4TH: Corbyn May; VAR: Ramy Touchan; AVAR: Jonathan Johnson

How to Watch

Match date/kickoff time : Sunday, February 22, 6:25 PM PT

Venue : Lumen Field

Global Streaming English : AppleTV (Steve Cangialosi & Danny Higginbotham)

Global Streaming Spanish : AppleTV (Bruno Vain & Andrew Aguila)

English TV : FS1 (Josh Eastern & Lloyd Sam)

Local Radio : 93.3 KJR-FM iHeartMedia (Danny Jackson, Brad Evans & Keely Dunning)

Local Spanish Radio : El Rey 1360 AM (Rodriguez, Maqueda, Tapia)

National radio : SiriusXM FC 157 (radio simulcast)

Is this game available to stream for free? Yes

Will Sounders radio be available as an alternate feed? Yes

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