It’s good to be a Sounder

This is a Sounder. So is the guy with the phone. - Photo credit - MikeRussellFotoThe Seattle Sounders are not defined by others.

Self-definition is a style of coaching. It forces others to react to you. You define your team so that they must adapt to your plan. Rather than sit back and react it is the team that wants to be the white pieces in chess because they choose the battlefield. A team that self-defines forces a match to be held on its terms.

Self-definition is what Head Coach Brian Schmetzer wants from his team against Portland.

We’ll just work on making sure that we don’t get caught in various different areas and make sure that they have to deal with us. It is our home game and we’re a…