“Should have been higher," interim Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer said. "... OK, I'm biased, but he should have been higher than 24th.”
Second-year Sounders midfielder Cristian Roldan was named on Monday the 24th-best player under 24 years of age in Major League Soccer by a panel of league media members and MLSSoccer.come editorial staff.
Roldan, 21, has appeared in all but one of Seattle’s league games this season and established himself as a regular in the starting lineup. He has tallied three goals and three assists this year, attracting the attention of multiple prospective national teams.