Valdez's stellar postseason continued in Colorado, where he earned the assist on the goal that sent Seattle to MLS Cup.
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — By summer, that this season would be Nelson Valdez’s last as a Sounder was something of a foregone conclusion.
Valdez’s contract is up at the end of 2016. And no matter how many intangibles the Paraguayan veteran contributes, not even the biggest of MLS spenders can justify dropping more than $1 million per year on a forward who struggles to score.
Discouraged but defiant, Valdez said in June that his central remaining motivation was to end his Seattle tenure on the right note — and to show Sounders fans who he really was before he left.