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‘Everybody is watching’: Nico Lodeiro searching for that 2016 feeling as the Sounders begin playoff run

TUKWILA — The chase is on again.

The weave, the sprint, the dive to capture that magic of 2016.

That year is one of the most memorable for Sounders midfielder Nico Lodeiro, who, that July, walked down a green-lit stairwell at the club’s Pioneer Square headquarters as a franchise-altering signee from Argentine club Boca Juniors. By December, he was ignoring the chill of the Canadian air as he screamed in celebration with new teammates as MLS Cup winners, defeating Toronto FC by shootout.

Lodeiro came to Seattle to win championships. But the path to his second MLS Cup is stretching longer than planned.