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Brian Schmetzer was a Seattle sports fan long before he was a player or coach

When you talk to Brian Schmetzer about Seattle and the fans he smiles. This is home. Before he was a player, and long before he was a coach, he was a Sounder. He remains a Sounder. He’s been a fan of this club for quite some time.

It started, like so many stories of fandom, with his dad. “Memorial Stadium, Pepe Fernandez, Dave Gillet - I was there when Pepe broke his leg. Dad took me to the stadium because he was a big into soccer and it’s something fathers and sons do,” Schmetzer told Sounder at Heart.