Chad Marshall’s selection to the MLS Team of the Week on Tuesday might’ve been the quietest accolade he’s ever received.
It isn’t because of his performance itself, or a weaker matchup, or any factor that directly involved Marshall at all. It was simply because, as Seattle has come to know over the past three weeks, Nicolás Lodeiro is one of the loudest talents MLS has seen in recent years. Even sonatas can be washed out by the beautiful noise he generates.
Lodeiro made the MLS Team of the Week bench, but one got the feeling it was merely to let someone else have a chance.