SEATTLE — It’s unclear if Seattle Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer is the type to make a list of New Year’s resolutions, but there are a couple of clear goals for the team on the eve of 2023 MLS regular season.
Get off to a good start, and re-establish home-field advantage.
Coming on the heels of the Sounders’ first-ever failure to secure an invite to the MLS post season, the team identified slow in-game starts and dropped points at home as glaring problem areas that need tending to, if they don’t want to see a repeat of the slog that was the 2022 regular season.