Nicolas Lodeiro helped reinvent the Seattle Sounders attack. It is potent and multi-faceted, often running through the Uruguayan playmaker’s feet. He won the Newcomer of the Year because of his success converting to MLS play and the surge in the standings when the Sounders became his and Brian Schmetzer’s team. FC Dallas fell to the power of Lodeiro. Now the Colorado Rapids think they know how to stop him.
“He’s been fantastic for them all season at finding little gaps,” [Rapids captain Sam] Cronin said. “We need to get as close as possible to him and minimize his space and time on the ball and push him backward and wide.