VANCOUVER — When Brad Evans entered the Seattle Sounders’ 2-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday, he received more than just instruction from interim head coach Brian Schmetzer. As he walked onto the pitch, midfielder Osvaldo Alonso returned the captain’s armband.
Alonso has been donning the captaincy for Evans since Sept. 10, the first of four straight games with Evans on the shelf due to lower back and calf injuries. Evans made his return in the 65th minute and scored the game-winning goal on a penalty kick in the 81st, but it was Alonso who buried the equalizer in the first half, his second in his last three games.