The Seattle Sounders head to FC Dallas on Wednesday with a chance to keep a nine-match unbeaten run alive and a second meeting with a team that still sits six points above them in the Western Conference. Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. PT at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, in the clubs’ second and final regular-season meeting.
That is why Seattle Sounders vs Dallas is drawing attention now: the game lands deep in the late-season push, with Seattle seventh on 41 points and Dallas third on 47. The match will be shown on Apple TV, and it will air on 950 KJR AM and in Spanish on El Rey 1360AM, giving supporters a clear route to follow a contest that could shape the final stretch of the standings.
Seattle comes in at 11-9-8 and has steadied itself with WWWWD form in all competitions, while Dallas is 13-7-8 and has posted LWDWW across its last five. The Sounders already took the first meeting 2-1 at Lumen Field on April 25, when Jesús Ferreira and Jordan Morris scored for Seattle and Nolan Norris answered for FC Dallas. Since then, Seattle has stretched its unbeaten run to nine matches, including four straight wins, and its 3-0 victory at the New England Revolution over the weekend delivered its 100th road win. No club has more away wins since Seattle entered MLS in 2009.
Paul Arriola gives this matchup another layer. He has scored three goals in his last six appearances after spending three seasons with FC Dallas before joining Seattle, a reminder that this is not just a standings game but one shaped by movement between the two sides. Albert Rusnák also arrives in sharp form after assisting both goals in Saturday’s win over the New England Revolution, giving him 13th and 14th assists on the season and moving him to 52 for his Sounders career, third on the club’s all-time list behind Fredy Montero.
Dallas, though, has enough firepower to keep the gap from shrinking. Petar Musa has 19 goals and Logan Farrington has 10, and together they have accounted for 29 of FC Dallas’s 52 goals this season. No other Dallas player has scored more than three times. Musa has 53 goals in 84 matches since a club-record move from Benfica in 2024, and his production has kept him in the MLS Golden Boot race behind Lionel Messi. Dallas also added goalkeeper Daniel from the San Jose Earthquakes this summer for up to $1 million in General Allocation Money, but the numbers still say the attack will carry the weight.
For Seattle, the task is simple and difficult at the same time: extend the unbeaten streak and cut into a six-point deficit against a direct rival on its own field. For Dallas, the opportunity is to protect the cushion and keep hold of third place. The next answer comes Wednesday night in Frisco, and the standings will reflect it immediately.
