TUKWILA, Wash. — Prior to joining the Seattle Sounders ahead of the 2022 season, Albert Rusnák had spent most of his career playing as a No. 10. That was especially true during the five seasons he spent with Real Salt Lake when he accumulated 41 goals and 39 assists.
Since moving to the Pacific Northwest, Rusnák has played almost exclusively a line farther back as half of a double-pivot in the midfield. He had only started two previous games for the Sounders as a No. 10, consecutive league matches against the LA Galaxy and Austin FC that sandwiched a Concacaf Champions League encounter with Club Léon.