One thing we know for sure is that the Sounders run of draws will end Tuesday night, when they meet the Colorado Rapids at Starfire. It's the U.S. Open Cup, and that's a tournament, and that demands a result. So it's regulation; followed by a 30-minute overtime, if necessary; followed by PKs, if necessary.

That's the topic of my preview story in the Tuesday paper. But meanwhile, here are the ways -- all different -- that three of the Sounders' top offensive players approach PKs:

Fredy Montero: “I just prepare, pick a spot and just hit it.”

Sebastien Le Toux: “I pick a spot first, but I’m still watching him. If, of course, I see him moving to the side I choose, I change at the end. If he doesn’t move, I keep my side.”

Freddie Ljungberg: “Sometimes I look at the keeper, and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes goalkeepers look at video, so you want to do it different every time so they can’t read you.”

Freddie Lungberg practiced with the Sounders today, after missing back-to-back games with migraines, but his status for the U.S. Open Cup game Tuesday against Colorado or the MLS match Saturday against Columbus remains uncertain.

“Freddie is feeling better,” coach Sigi Schmid said. “… He went through training on Saturday pretty much, and went through training today. So we’ll see how he feels tomorrow morning, and then we’ll make a determination on the rest of the week with him.”

The same uncertainly shrouds the status of Brad Evans (ankle) and Zach Scott (abdominal strain), while Osvaldo Alonso (quadriceps) has been ruled out for tomorrow and probably this weekend.

“It’s the way the season goes,” Schmid said. “You’re going to go through a period of situations where you’re going to have injuries. We’ve got some. We’ve been able to handle them and still come out with results, and we’ve got to continue to do that. As I’ve said before, it’s all about the players on the field.”

Happy Memorial Day. And if there are any veterans reading: Thanks.

The Sounders draw at Colorado ended their first 10 games and exactly the first third of their season. That seemed to make it an appropriate time to take stock of a team that started 3-0 and has gone 1-2-4 since. That's the topic of my story in today's paper. And the bottom line seemed to be that they think the wobbly record of the past seven games reflects injuries, red cards and road games more than any regression by the team. And -- for what it's worth -- they remain one point ahead of the 1998 expansion Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion for the title of best MLS expansion team through 10 games.

Memorial day aside, this isn't a holiday for the Sounders, who will practice at Starfire, getting ready for their U.S. Open Cup match game against Colorado at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Starfire. I'll pop back in with news from that this afternoon.