Coaches often say it's hard to beat a team three times in a season.

So what's their stance on four?

Minnesota United FC will try to accomplish that feat Monday night in Seattle and complete a sweep of their first-round, best-of-3 Western Conference playoff series.

The fourth-seeded Loons beat the No. 5 Sounders 3-2 in penalty kicks following a scoreless draw last Monday in St. Paul, Minn.

Minnesota's Dayne St. Clair, one of three finalists for MLS' Goalkeeper of the Year honor, stopped Seattle's Alex Roldan in the shootout. Then Roldan's brother, Cristian, hit the crossbar and Danny Leyva put one off the left post as the Sounders misfired on their last three attempts.

"Lots of the game we want to take forward, a lot represents how the first two games against them went," sMinnesota coa

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