Back in January, Seattle Sounders General Manager & President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey spoke of the team’s potential and ambitions heading into the 2019 campaign.
“We’re at the mature part of our cycle,” Lagerwey said at the first day of preseason training. “We’ve talked about how this is our prime. We have [Nicolás] Lodeiro and [Raúl] Ruidíaz to build the team around under contract for multiple years, we have most of our other starters in their primes – this is something where we’re really excited about the season.”
Although the team had its fair share of struggles throughout the regular season, largely driven by international call-ups and injuries, the Rave Green still managed to acquire the No.