Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer mostly avoids the process of divvying up roommates for team road trips, delegating that task to club administrative director Grant Clark.
Schmetzer does, however, usually take a quick look at the list “out of sheer curiosity,” which is similar motivation behind the creation of this story.
Roommate pairings are often left up to the players themselves, but not always, especially not early in the year when the first-year guys are still ingratiating into the group. Ahead of Seattle’s final road trip of 2016, when they head to Toronto on Wednesday afternoon ahead of Saturday’s MLS Cup final, it’s worth breaking down the most noteworthy pairings on the team.