Breathe.
The MLS preseason is a ripe time for overreaction precisely because it’s a time for experimentation. Coaches - especially coaches with title-winning rosters - tend to throw scenarios against the wall to see which sticks and which doesn’t while simultaneously getting the first teamers up to playing speed. But when your season ended two months ago, there’s not a whole lot of offseason to lose your form. With a team as infused with savvy veterans as this one, you know what you have, preseason or not.
That was more or less the tack from Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer on Wednesday night.