Amidst the chaos of last Thursday’s 2-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps to send the Sounders to their second consecutive Western Conference Championship, an important one-year anniversary went seemingly unnoticed. On November 2, 2016, the Sounders officially named Brian Schmetzer as Head Coach.
“I have been at this club for a long time – that seemed another work day for me,” Schmetzer told media after training on Monday.
Schmetzer took over managerial duties in an interim role in July 2016, before guiding the Rave Green to the postseason, and eventually, their first MLS Cup. At the Annual Alliance Business Meeting a few months later, during the Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs, the interim title was removed.