The 2025 MLS Cup playoffs are underway, and the two-time MLS Cup champion Seattle Sounders are one of the remaining 16 teams vying to make it a long fall, starting with the first round best-of-three series against Minnesota United.
While head coach Brian Schmetzer’s group fell short of anything remarkable in regular-season play, they had some of the club’s best moments in the campaign.
Outside of MLS play, they captured the 2025 Leagues Cup, featuring an emphatic 3–0 win over Inter Miami in front of over 60,000 home supporters in the final, while also showcasing their level at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.
If history indicates anything, though, it’s that fall and peaking in form for the MLS Cup playoffs are what the Sounders are all about, and there are plenty of reasons to believe they can make a run towards the Dec. 6 final in 2025.
takes a look at three key factors that could lead the Rave Green to 2025 MLS glory.






