The final match of the Sigi Schmid era was a 3-0 loss in the heat of a Kansas City summer that had the Sounders’ playoff hopes dissolving like the contents of a Heisenberg drum. It was the third multi-goal loss of the WEEK and was ultimately the final dagger in Sigi’s contract. Despite a 5-0 win over FC Dallas the previous week, that July may have been the lowest point in Seattle’s MLS existence.
Weekends didn’t exist for that entire month in my world. Having left a job in June, I decided to go do something crazy and look into teaching English abroad.