The Seattle Sounders have been decimated with injuries to start the 2018 Major League Soccer season. Regular starters Jordan Morris (torn ACL), Will Bruin (concussion), Víctor Rodríguez (knee sprain), Ozzie Alonso (quad strain) and Kelvin Leerdam (ankle sprain) have all missed time, with Rodríguez and Alonso yet to factor and Leerdam making his season debut last week at Chivas.
No player’s injury is perhaps more crushing than Designated Player Nicolás Lodeiro, who is currently sidelined with a right midfoot sprain. Lodeiro missed the Sounders’ last two matches — two 3-0 losses to Chivas in CONCACAF Champions League and at FC Dallas in MLS play — and his absence was sorely felt.