In the days leading up to the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, Seattle Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer and other members of the technical staff interviewed several prospective players. Schmezter’s line of questioning was a simple one.
“Why should we take you? What do you have to offer to us?”
Stanford defender Brian Nana-Sinkam, the Sounders’ eventual first-round pick at No. 22, appreciated that approach.
“[Schmetzer] was asking me to make a case for myself, which a lot of teams didn’t do, they just wanted to ask me simple questions,” Nana-Sinkam told SoundersFC.com. “I really appreciated the honesty in that question.