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  "description": "A few good things to know before tonight's match",
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    "WhoScored",
    "Use our affiliate links",
    "Buy Now!",
    "Order IV magazine",
    "RAVE Foundation announces symbolic, floating 52nd mini-pitch",
    "Everything you need to know about Sounders-Galaxy",
    "Opposition Scouting Report: LA Galaxy",
    "Jordan Morris knows the goals will come",
    "The Heritage Cup stays home",
    "Doing the Heritage double: Sounders sweep Quakes",
    "Postgame Pontifications: Big when it matters",
    "Echoes: Heritage Holds Hostility",
    "Lobbing Scorchers: Are the Seattle Sounders wasting money?!",
    "Do the Sounders have a striker problem?",
    "Full Pull Wines",
    "Join their mailing list",
    "Reign extend winless streak with 2-0 loss to Gotham",
    "Reign vs. Gotham: Highlights, stats, quotes",
    "Valkyratings: Still on the cross(bar)",
    "The Cooler Guild: Goal-scoring drought continues",
    "Support Sounder at Heart",
    "Save the Caps meeting was 'very positive,' may lead to stadium deal",
    "More details revealed from pivotal Vancouver Whitecaps meeting",
    "Sources: U.S. women's pro leagues discuss interleague competition",
    "NWSL set to change High Impact Player rule, opening door for more star signings",
    "Sounders star Paul Arriola fights for something so much deeper than wins and losses",
    "McDonald’s gets naming rights sponsorship for new Chicago Fire stadium",
    "Committee adopts 2-semester playing season for DI men’s soccer",
    "Pulitzer-winning newsrooms are quietly publishing mountains of gambling slop",
    "USMNT World Cup squad prediction: how Mauricio Pochettino’s call-ups determine the 26",
    "Hopes of World Cup tourist boom feeling shaky in Seattle",
    "Rebranding Downtime into the Fourth Pillar it deserves to be"
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  "textContent": "A fast-paced week of action charging up the match-neutral standings sees Seattle Sounders ready for their long pause. First up are two matches against the two versions of Los Angeles – the burbs and downtown.\n\n### Versus Galaxy\n\nOnce upon a time this was a grand rivalry, only surpassed by Portland. It was built on LA dominating Seattle early and eventually the Sounders passing the Galaxy. At this point you should consider LA Galaxy completely lapped. Sure they won MLS Cup more recently than Seattle – that's the only thing they've done greater than Sounders in many years.\n\n> Seattle Sounders FC are undefeated in their last 11 home matches against LA Galaxy in all competitions. - WhoScored\n\nEven in their last six at Carson, the Sounders are 3-3, +3. A rivalry built on stiff competition needs a stiff competitor. Not the second best team in its home market that's more frequently on the bottom of the conference than it is making the playoffs.\n\n### **Going streaking and other stats**\n\n  * The home unbeaten streak is at 22 matches in all competitions, and 14 in MLS play.\n  * The MLS unbeaten run is at 9 games, tied for the best in MLS 2026. This matches Brian Schmetzer's fourth-best unbeaten run in 2023. His best with MLS Sounders went 13 in 2021 and 2017.\n  * The Sounders have scored at least once in six straight all competitions matches. They were last held scoreless at home by Paris Saint-Germain in June of 2025.\n  * Nine Sounders have scored at least one goal in all competitions so far in 2026. During last season's record setting offense 14 players scored all competitions goals.\n  * Jordan Morris' all competitions goal contributions per 90 is lower than only a single season. That higher season was 2020, when he was an MLS MVP finalist. Is he turning into an assisting forward? I hope not.\n  * Andrew Thomas is first in save percentage, second goals against average, second in clean sheet percentage and tied for third in clean sheets. He deserves your All Star vote.\n  * Seattle's offense is so dispersed that they do not have a single player in the top 40 MLS goal contributions chart. They do have three in the next 20, though.\n\n\n\n### A food discovery\n\nDespite so many concessions stands being closed regularly and the standard fare not significantly changing for years, on Wednesday night I found a food that made me feel like I wasn't robbed.\n\nThe vegan esquites in the concourse behind the SE corner flag is some of the best stadium food I've had. It wasn't obscenely priced for the quality. I'm not vegan and I'd get it again.\n\nThat stand was all veggie or vegan faire with several gluten-free beverage options.\n\n> Use our affiliate links__ to support your bloggers when buying merch and tickets.\n\n* * *\n\nSPONSORED\n\nThis newsletter was made possible through the support of Iron Chuck’s Gluten Free pitas. The only soft, foldy, bendy 100% GLUTEN FREE flatbread-style pitas.\n\n\n                            Buy Now!\n                        \n\n## Catching up on Sounder at Heart\n\n> Here's what you missed on the site this week.\n\nOrder IV magazine\n\n  * RAVE Foundation announces symbolic, floating 52nd mini-pitch\n\n\n\n### Sounders\n\nNext match: Saturday, May 16 vs. LA Galaxy | 6:15 pm PT | Apple TV/FS1\n\n  * Everything you need to know about Sounders-Galaxy\n    * Opposition Scouting Report: LA Galaxy\n    * Jordan Morris knows the goals will come\n  * The Heritage Cup stays home\n    * Doing the Heritage double: Sounders sweep Quakes\n    * Postgame Pontifications: Big when it matters\n    * Echoes: Heritage Holds Hostility\n  * Lobbing Scorchers: Are the Seattle Sounders wasting money?!\n  * Do the Sounders have a striker problem?\n\n\n\nSPONSORED\n\nThis newsletter was made possible through the support of Full Pull Wines, a boutique wines reseller that has been sponsoring us since 2011.\n\n\n                            Join their mailing list\n                        \n\n### Reign\n\nNext match: Friday, May 22 at Boston Legacy | 5 pm PT | Prime Video\n\n  * Reign extend winless streak with 2-0 loss to Gotham\n    * Reign vs. Gotham: Highlights, stats, quotes\n  * Valkyratings: Still on the cross(bar)\n    * The Cooler Guild: Goal-scoring drought continues\n\n\n\n### Defiance\n\nNext match: Sunday, May 17 at Whitecaps FC 2 | 4 pm PT | OneFootball, MLSNextPro.com\n\nSupport Sounder at Heart\n\n* * *\n\n## Looking back at the news\n\n> Everything else you need to know\n\n  * Save the Caps meeting was 'very positive,' may lead to stadium deal (The Province)\n    * More details revealed from pivotal Vancouver Whitecaps meeting (Daily Hive)\n  * Sources: U.S. women's pro leagues discuss interleague competition (ESPN)\n  * NWSL set to change High Impact Player rule, opening door for more star signings (The Cutback)\n  * Sounders star Paul Arriola fights for something so much deeper than wins and losses (KOMO\n  * McDonald’s gets naming rights sponsorship for new Chicago Fire stadium (Yahoo Sports)\n  * Committee adopts 2-semester playing season for DI men’s soccer (NCAA) Spring would have competitive matches and the playoffs\n  * Pulitzer-winning newsrooms are quietly publishing mountains of gambling slop (Popular Info)\n  * USMNT World Cup squad prediction: how Mauricio Pochettino’s call-ups determine the 26 (The Guardian) Everyone expects Cristian\n  * Hopes of World Cup tourist boom feeling shaky in Seattle  (Washington Standard)\n\n\n\nRebranding Downtime into the Fourth Pillar it deserves to be",
  "title": "Quick notes: Galaxy, Streaking, Esquites",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-16T20:10:56.204Z"
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