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Sports science guru David Tenney creates void as big as his legacy in leaving Sounders for NBA

He’d tell coaches exactly how hard they could push a player in practice. Or, how early they should pull another off the field during a game.

For nine years, whenever sports scientist David Tenney spoke, the Sounders coaching staff and management listened. They knew Tenney’s data and devices were in the fitness vanguard of not only Major League Soccer, but the sports world as a whole.

And this week, the bigger part of that world came calling. The NBA’s Orlando Magic snatched Tenney away from his Sounders roots, naming him their new High Performance Director as the team attempts to vault its way out of mediocrity.