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WATCH: Seattle Sounders discuss what it’s like to defend MLS Cup

One of the hardest things to do in sports is defend a title, but that’s what the Seattle Sounders are tasked with in 2017.


Following their magical run to MLS Cup last season, the Sounders know they have a target on their backs, but they are eager to experience that championship feeling yet again. Below, several Sounders players discuss what it’s been like defending the Cup through the first half of the season.

Seattle will begin the second half of the season on Sunday in Portland against the Timbers (7:30 p.m. PT; ESPN2, KIRO Radio 97.3 FM, El Rey1360AM).

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