On Wednesday, Empire of Soccer put out an article about numerous MLS teams considering New York Cosmos head coach and team sporting director Giovanni Savarese as a coaching target. The Seattle Sounders were mentioned in the article as being a team looking at Savarese.
We have been able to confirm Empire of Soccer’s report that Savarese was being considered to be the next head coach of the Sounders. A Sounders source told us he was on their list of potential candidate and likely would have been interviewed if they ever actually starting interviewing candidates. Brian Schmetzer’s performance — and eventual hiring — has obviously rendered that process moot, but Savarese is the first publicly…
