TUKWILA — Training was already close to wrapping up when a scuffle broke out between team captain Nicolás Lodeiro and centerback Abdoulaye Cissoko on Wednesday. The disagreement was intense enough that Cissoko had to be physically restrained by a couple different players and he was clearly very upset as he walked off the pitch.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the argument nor why Cissoko was so fired up.
“The team still has fight in them,” Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer said half-jokingly when asked about it afterward. “I don’t agree with them fighting amongst themselves and I’ll address it with both of them, but that stuff happens.