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Built For This: Club captain Nicolás Lodeiro leads Seattle Sounders to third MLS Cup

Sounders midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro made an instant impact in Seattle before he stepped foot on the pitch.

In the locker room before games, music normally played through the speakers. Before Lodeiro’s first match, he assertively walked over and turned the music off. He set a tone, one of focus and determination, and it’s been instilled in the team ever since.

When Lodeiro arrived as a Designated Player from Argentine powerhouse Boca Juniors in summer 2016, the Sounders were drowning near the bottom of the Western Conference and in severe jeopardy of missing the postseason for the first time in their eight MLS seasons.