This will be the sixth time the Seattle Sounders FC and FC Dallas have met in the playoffs, all since 2014. The Seattle Sounders FC have advanced in four of the previous five postseason ties, including the last three in a row. The only time FC Dallas was able to knock the Seattle Sounders FC out was in the 2015 Conference Semifinals.
Including playoffs, the Seattle Sounders FC are unbeaten in 17 straight home MLS matches against FC Dallas (W13 D4) dating back to 2012. Only three teams have longer home unbeaten runs against a single opponent in MLS history (including playoffs): New England Revolution (20 straight from 2002-2013) vs New York Red Bulls. Real Salt Lake (18 straight from 2007-2019) vs Colorado Rapids and the San Jose Earthquakes (18 straight from 2001-2016) vs Sporting Kansas City.
The Seattle Sounders FC enter the playoffs on a nine-match unbeaten run (W4 D5), tied with FC Dallas for the longest active streak in MLS. This is the Seattle Sounders FC longest unbeaten run in all competitions since going 13 straight without defeat to open the 2021 season.
FC Dallas is unbeaten in four straight away matches in all competitions (W2 D2), including winning, 4-1, at the Los Angeles Galaxy on Decision Day. FC Dallas has not won consecutive away matches in all competitions in over five years, since a three-match run in May-June 2018.
Raul Ruidiaz has nine goals and six assists in 11 career playoff matches, including scoring a goal and recording two assists against FC Dallas in 2019. Ruidiaz has averaged 1.31 goal contributions per 90 minutes in the postseason, the best of any player to play 500 or more playoff minutes in MLS history.
FC Dallas has lost only one match in all competitions since the beginning of the Leagues Cup (W5 D9), the fewest defeats of any MLS team in that time. FC Dallas, unbeaten in nine straight matches, last recorded a double-digit unbeaten run in all competitions in 2014 (14 straight).
