Match preview: Seattle Sounders vs. Philadelphia Union

 

SEATTLE -  The Seattle Sounders FC will be looking for the second MLS win of the season this Saturday when they take on the Philadelphia Union at CenturyLink Field.    The Union come in winning three of their last four matches.   The Sounders have won the last two meetings between the teams at CenturyLink Field,  including a 2-1 win May 3,  2014 in the only encounter between the clubs that season.   After a 3-1 Philadelphia win vs. Seattle in 2010, the teams played to draws in their next two meetings in Chester, Pennsylvania before Union claimed a 1-0 win last June 24.   The Union are led by forward CJ Sapong and veteran Chris Pontius, who the team picked up in the offseason.   Rookie defender Keegan Rosenberry has been impressive as well in his first MLS season. Former Sounders player, Sebastien Le Toux will return to Seattle where he got his start in the U.S. about a decade ago with the USL Sounders.   The 32-year-old Frenchman is now in his eighth year in MLS and sixth with the Union.  He scored 24 goals in 54 league appearances for the Sounders before they made the jump to MLS in 2009.  The game can be seen on JoeTV on Saturday with pregame starting at 6:30 and kickoff at 7pm.