The Seattle Sounders are in a rut and have conceded points, as the facts stand.

If the Seattle Sounders are in a “crisis,” many other MLS teams would be willing to pay a high price to get out of it.

The Rave Green are currently in the upper half of the Western Conference and league standings, even following their dull 0-0 draw with their fierce rivals the Portland Timbers on Saturday afternoon. This is the first time in the rivalry’s MLS history that there has been no score.

For this game, which was part of a doubleheader with the teams’ NWSL siblings OL Reign and Portland Thorns, nearly 40,000 fans descended upon Lumen Field under the sun. Head coach Brian Schmetzer, as well as the supporters of the Sounders, were encouraged to see the talisman Cristian Roldan return from concussion issues to make his first appearance in almost two months—and on his 28th birthday, no less.

For this game, which was part of a doubleheader with the teams’ NWSL siblings OL Reign and Portland Thorns, nearly 40,000 fans descended upon Lumen Field under the sun. Head coach Brian Schmetzer, as well as the supporters of the Sounders, were encouraged to see the talisman Cristian Roldan return from concussion issues to make his first appearance in almost two months—and on his 28th birthday, no less.