At just 19 years old and standing 6-foot-4 with cat-like reflexes, Trey Muse has the combination of youth, size and skill that coaches drool over. It’s not at all difficult to imagine him turning into an elite goalkeeper, especially after he led his team to the College Cup in each of his two years at Indiana University.
But for as good as Muse may turn out to be, his signing may be one of the more important in Sounders history in part because of what he represents.
Muse, you see, is the first Homegrown signing to be produced from the Sounders’ home-stay program, in which they effectively recruit players from outside the region, set them up with host families, enroll them in local schools and have them play for the Sounders Academy.