TUKWILA, Wash. — In previous eras, with a young team collected from around the league and the world, the Seattle Sounders leaned on a few veterans of the USL and the region to explain what this whole Cascadia rivalry meant. Those men are now legends — Zach Scott, Brian Schmetzer, Roger Levesque, Kasey Keller. Now, years later, the rivalry is baked in. It’s not something that needs an educator.
“Nico, Ozzie, Stef Frei, Chad Marshall (who has been here a long time) they all get it,” Brian Schmetzer said after the final practice before the game.