TUKWILA, Wash. – Midfielder Magnus Wolff Eikrem’s six-month stint as a Seattle Sounders midfielder ended not with a bang, but a whimper. The club announced that it had waived the Norwegian in the hours before Friday’s training session at Starfire Sports, leaving the club with an open international roster slot and a gaping hole in the MLS Best Name XI.
In the wake of the failed Eiksperiment (and it hurt me to write that more than it hurt you to read it), Sounders Sporting Director and head of scouting Chris Henderson spoke to the media about trying to predict what a player would do once you bring them aboard.