By just about any metric, the Seattle Sounders played some of their most entertaining soccer ever last season. They scored 2.0 goals per game (best in franchise history) and generated 1.9 xG (their best mark since that statistic has been kept). The Sounders’ 1.77 points per game were third-best in franchise history and they lost just once at home.
There’s no question that Jordan Morris’ Best XI performance was a big part of that, but Brian Schmetzer does not sound like someone preparing to dramatically change how the Sounders play just because of one missing player.