After awhile, you sort of start to run out of superlatives to describe what Nicolas Lodeiro means to the Seattle Sounders. He is, without question, the most important offensive player on the team. Whether he’s passing, dribbling or shooting, he is a constant danger, a one-man wrecking crew of opposition game plans.
Lodeiro moves so much that he’s virtually impossible to man-mark without totally blowing up a team’s defensive shape. More often than not, teams effectively put two defenders on him in an effort to deny him the ball — almost impossible — or at least limit his space.