Sounders striker Will Bruin changed into his street clothes after what his coach termed “a pretty brutal wake-up call’’ and pondered what lies ahead.
The locker room around him was mostly silent, almost sheepish, after a 1-0 loss Saturday night to the Montreal Impact largely predicated on a veteran player taking a foolish red card for the second straight week. A Sounders team that hasn’t scored all year — a franchise record 270 minutes to start the season — was forced to play most of the way without right back Kelvin Leerdam after he was tossed in the 40th minute for a face-slap to opposing defender Daniel Lovitz.