Former Sounders midfielder Gonzalo Pineda, who spent two seasons with Seattle prior to his retirement in 2015, has rejoined the club as an assistant coach under Brian Schmetzer.
Pineda played in 56 league matches for the Sounders, starting 24 of his 28 appearances during the team’s Supporters’-Shield-winning season in 2014 alongside Osvaldo Alonso. A former Mexican national team member, Pineda participated in the 2006 World Cup. He spent the previous year working as a studio analyst for Univision.
“Gonzalo was always the type of player that you knew would eventually become a coach,” Schmetzer said in the club release.