The Sounders FC youth movement is set to enter a new phase in the 2020 MLS season.
Fueled by an elite Academy, which has won international tournaments and sent dozens of players onto the youth national team circuit, the fruits of those labors could be born out at the First Team level next season.
“We have looked at things like we had the oldest roster in the league,” Sounders FC General Manager Garth Lagerwey said on Tuesday at the end-of-season press conference. “And we had the fewest minutes played of guys under the age of 23.