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It’s a crisp spring day on the campus of Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, with the sun bursting through somber Puget Sound skies for what feels like the first time in months. The transitional nature of the weather is fitting as Seattle Sounders FC Assistant Coach Djimi Traore sits down for a conversation about one of the most tempestuous matches in the history of professional club soccer.