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Brian Schmetzer faces difficult choice in makeup of Sounders starting lineup

Someone must sit now that midfielder Victor Rodriguez is healthy and center back Roman Torres returns off his red-card suspension.

TORONTO – Sounders rookie Nouhou said he owes plenty of thanks to teammate Joevin Jones for helping familiarize him with the professional nuances of the left-back position.

And Nouhou’s rapid development since has enabled the Sounders to start him at left back this entire postseason while pushing Jones up to an attacking winger role. That’s provided a devastating two-way game up and down both sides of the field, helping the Sounders to obliterate Houston in the conference final and advance to Saturday’s MLS Cup final against Toronto FC a second straight year.