Sigi Schmid is the common thread between the Crew, Sounders in MLS Cup

Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports Saturday marks a championship game like few have seen before. An MLS Cup Final between the Columbus Crew and the Seattle Sounders. But this game goes deeper than that. Not from past results. Not from battling cities on who’s a better United States Men’s National Team host. But rather how both teams became successful through one person.

That person? Sigi Schmid.

“I love talking about Sig, that’s an easy one for me,” Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer started during his media availability leading up to the MLS Cup Final. “You take a look at that team when Sigi first started, he talked about how he had made it a rebuilding project and it took him a few years to get…