When Nicolas Lodeiro joined the Seattle Sounders, the team was in a tail spin. Part of why he joined was because his Boca Juniors coach played under Sigi Schmid in Columbus, but Sigi had just been fired. Part of why he joined was because Seattle was a perennial title contender, even though it seemed like an impossibility in July 2016. Then Nico happened (other things happened too, but this is Nico’s story). Poseidon took over on the right of the attacking band and later in the middle, flourishing wherever Brian Schmetzer asked him to play.
2016 Player Profile #2: Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez
