As the Sounders find themselves in a similar position to last season—facing Real Salt Lake on the final matchday needing to win—head coach Brian Schmetzer is confident in his team’s chances. But not too confident. “I’m not going to predict any victory,” Schmetzer said. “What I am going to make sure we do is prepare the team as best we can, and then with the crowd’s help, hopefully we can put on a good performance.”
Even Schmetzer admits that the similarities between the final days of both last season and this season are strikingly similar. “I think last year’s team had a strong mentality and a good group of players, a talented group of players.