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The Seattle Seawolves host the Chicago Hounds at Starfire Stadium on a Friday night during Round 5 of the 2026 MLR season.

The injury-riddled Seattle Seawolves return home after a tough two games on the road, and currently sit in 5th place with a 1-2 record through their first 3 games. Most recently, they fell to the California Legion in a hard fought contest down in Los Angeles. On the other hand, the League-leading Chicago Hounds continue to ride high as MLR’s only undefeated side following a huge 50-26 victory over the Free Jacks in Nashville last week, and are looking to make it 4 wins from 4 in their first meeting with the Seawolves this season.

With a few players playing out of position or filling gaps due to injury, the Seawolves were facing an uphill battle against a very strong Chicago Hounds side, and were on the back foot almost immediately with Brock Webster opening the scoring for the Chicago Hounds after only 3 minutes, and fellow Canadians Lucas Rumball and Mason Flesch adding tries of their own soon after before the Seawolves scored their first try of the game through Paddy Ryan just before the first hydration break. This would be the only score of the game for Seattle until the 70th minute, with the Chicago Hounds running in 6 more scores and 59pts in total before the Seawolves grabbed a pair of late consolation tries, but couldn’t salvage a bonus point from this one. The Chicago Hounds remain at the top of the MLR table with back-to-back 50pt games and 157pts scored in their last 3 games. They take a huge 22-59 score, and The Old Mate back to Chicago to prepare to face Old Glory DC next week.

The Seattle Seawolves fall to 1-3, and will travel from coast to coast to face the New England Free Jacks in Quincy next weekend.