TUKWILA, Wash. — Seattle Sounders interim head coach Brian Schmetzer on Friday denied admitting midfielder Osvaldo Alonso should have been sent off during the team's Western Conference Knockout Round match on Thursday against Sporting Kansas City, an implication made by SKC head coach Peter Vermes during a passionate press conference following the match.
Vermes railed against the officiating crew following the Sounders' 1-0 win on Thursday night and repeatedly insisted Alonso should have been sent off with a second yellow card for a rash tackle on SKC playmaker Benny Feilhaber in the second half.