It’s been nine months since Brad Evans was in the Sounders’ starting XI, a 4-2 loss to the Portland Timbers last August. While he played a pretty pivotal substitute role in the team’s MLS Cup run, injuries in the offseason have kept him from the starting lineup in 2017 thus far. But Evans has finally started to work his way back into the team, playing the role of late substitute in the humiliating losses to Chicago and Sporting KC in the past week.
Having been in the game for a long time, Evans has harbored realistic expectations for his return.