Sounders Training Notebook: Shorthanded Scrimmage

Miki Turner There were plenty of Tacoma Defiance and academy players to help make up the numbers at the Sounders’ scrimmageTUKWILA, Wash. — The Seattle Sounders completed their second scrimmage in as many weeks Tuesday, though like the last one, the objective was more about fitness than preparing for their first playoff match in a weeks time.

That’s mainly because the Sounders are still significantly shorthanded, due to injuries and international absences. The situation is such that the scrimmage was mostly made up of Tacoma Defiance and Sounders Academy players, though the first-team squad, which had most of the Sounders regulars, had enough quality to defeat the Defiance 2-0, thanks to…