After a weeklong trip that saw the Sounders fall 3-0 to Chivas on Wednesday and then to FC Dallas on Sunday by the same score, Head Coach Brian Schmetzer spoke with Sports Radio KJR’S Dave “Softy” Mahler on Monday afternoon.
"We were a tired squad who had a lot of travel and injuries, but those are excuses,” Schmetzer told Mahler. “It was a tough week.”
While Schmetzer believed the effort was there against FC Dallas — the Rave Green played a man down for the entire second half after Clint Dempsey’s red card — he was frustrated with the effort from the CONCACAF Champions League match in Guadalajara.