TUKWILA — Brian Schmetzer is fond of saying that the most important game is whatever game is next on the schedule and that the Seattle Sounders’ goal is to always win every competition they enter. In that sense, failing to advance in the U.S. Open Cup for a third straight year must be considered a failure.
There was a silver lining, however. The Sounders can now be laser-focused on the MLS regular season. So far, things haven’t been going quite according to plan there.
“Obviously, we accomplished something massive in winning Champions League, and an we had an unfortunate result in the Open Cup,” Jordan Morris told reporters on Friday.