Seattle Mariners take ALCS Game 1
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BOTTOM LINE: A game after shutting out the Portland Timbers 1-0, the Seattle Sounders play Real Salt Lake. The Sounders are 13-8-7 in conference games. The Sounders rank fifth in the Western Conference with 158 shots on goal, averaging 4.9 per game.
The Sounders are missing 11 players because of international duty, injuries and suspension as they host Real Salt Lake in their regular-season home finale.
The times are yet to be determined, but the Seattle Mariners will host their first divisional-round games since 2001 on Saturday and Sunday. Both the Seattle Sounders and Seattle Seahawks have games those days as well. Getting to any of the games means planning ahead, according to spokespeople for Sound Transit and King County Metro.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC picked up an emphatic 2–1 win over Orlando City this weekend, with Nelson Pierre scoring in the 81st minute to tie the match at 1–1 before Thomas Müller scored his sixth MLS goal in the 97th minute to seal the victory.
In celebration of a goal and the Mariners advancing to the ALCS, the Sounders’ starters huddled and replicated the baseball team’s signature dance after scoring Saturday.
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Mariners, Seahawks, Sounders draw nearly 200,000 fans in Seattle
Seattle's stadiums were packed this weekend, with nearly 200,000 fans attending Mariners playoff games, a Sounders match and a Seahawks home game.
Seattle Sounders homegrown player Paul Rothrock led the team in a Seattle Mariners-inspired celebration on Saturday. Things couldn’t be going much better for sports fans in the Emerald City right now.
Real Salt Lake had a chance to clinch an MLS playoff spot with a win over Seattle, but RSL could not find the back of the net against the Sounders in a 1-0 loss Saturday night. RSL could still clinch a play-in spot with a victory in its final game of