The Seattle Sounders will host St. Louis City at 7:30 PM tonight. The Sounders have gone 3-0-0 against St. Louis City all-time, including a 2-1 win on the road earlier this year. Aside from a couple of international absences, this is pretty much a full-strength squad.
St. Louis City, meanwhile, will be missing several starters and are in the midst of a 1-8-3 run during which their head coach was fired.
Here’s what you need to know:
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Kit Matchup
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Standings
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Injury news
Seattle
OUT: Josh Atencio (international duty); Stuart Hawkins (international duty); Braudilio Rodrigues (hamstring)
St. Louis
OUT: Rasmus Alm (knee); João Klauss (knee); Tomáš Ostrák (ankle); Célio Pompeu (leg)
QUESTIONABLE: Joakim Nilsson (hamstring)
Opposition research
Other reading
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April players-only meeting preceded Sounders’ turnaround
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