In some of his most blunt comments to date, Garth Lagerwey called for a “clear-eyed assessment” of the entire Seattle Sounders organization in light of the “unprecedented failure” of missing the MLS Playoffs and made clear that some change is needed.
“It’s been a rough three months,” he said on Sounders Weekly, identifying the closing stretch of games in which the Sounders have gone 4-10-2, with one game left to play. “We fell apart and we didn’t adjust and weren’t able to course correct. We suffered the consequences and have to be willing to do a clear-eyed assessment and be willing to own up to the mistakes we made.