TUKWILA, Wash. — Seattle Sounders defender Brad Evans has not played for Seattle since returning from United States national team duty in early February, and his absence will continue as the regular season begins.
As first reported on Tuesday, Evans will miss five to seven weeks with a calf muscle strain.
“It’s a team game, we have plenty of good players,” said Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer on Tuesday. “We’ll miss him, but we’ll make do.”
The lone positional question surrounding the Sounders, at right fullback, now becomes simultaneously clearer and more convoluted.