For a team like the Seattle Sounders, it’s easy to miss much of the hard work that goes on behind the scenes. Because Frei starts nearly every match in which he’s healthy, most fans don’t get too many glimpses of the backup keepers. Even fewer get to observe Tom Dutra, the Sounders’ “Club Director of Goalkeeping,” conduct a session with the keepers at Starfire.
Frei is undoubtedly one of the best goalkeepers in Major League Soccer, but he will be the first to pass credit for success to the crew he works with every single day on the training pitch.