Sounders look to 回復する vs. Austin FC
The Seattle Sounders will look to get 支援する on the winning 跡をつける when they square off against Austin FC on Thursday in the team's first-ever trip to the 資本／首都 city of Texas.
The MLS-主要な Sounders (8-1-5, 29 points) 長，率いる to Austin after a 1-0 loss at Minnesota on Sunday that snapped Seattle's league-記録，記録的な／記録する 13-match unbeaten run to start the season. The Sounders have not lost two 連続した games since May 26-June 1, 2019, a （期間が）わたる of more than two years.
Austin (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進むd a scoreless draw against the Sounders on May 30 in Seattle. The club is looking to become just the second 拡大 team to go unbeaten in 多重の matches against the Sounders in its first MLS season.
Although Austin is just 1-1-2 at home, Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer understands the challenge ATX will bring to the pitch.
"(Q2 Stadium) is a hard place to play and is our first time there," Schmetzer said after the loss at Minnesota. "But our group is pretty 決定するd to 押し進める past this game. They were pretty 解雇する／砲火／射撃d up in the locker room afterward."
Austin FC (3-6-4, 13 points) has just one 勝利，勝つ in their last 10 matches (five losses, four draws) after winning two of their first three games in their 就任の season. Austin 長，率いるs 支援する to play after a 2-0 loss at home to Los Angeles FC on July 7, its most 最近の 遠出.
Austin has had 15 days to 残り／休憩（する） in-between matches. Thursday's match begins a busy stretch for the 拡大 味方する as it plays five matches over a 16-day （期間が）わたる.
"We've worked a good bit on 確かな 面s of our game and I think there's been really good 進歩 and good understanding from the players," Austin coach Josh Wolff said. "The last couple of weeks has been good for us."
Austin FC has been shut out in seven of their past nine matches and failed to find the 逮捕する in three of their first four home contests.
--Field Level マスコミ
