Jordan Morris and Clint Dempsey will miss the Seattle Sounders’ next two league games after getting called up to the United States national team. While we’ve grown accustomed to losing players to international duty over the years, rarely has their been a situation quite like this.
That’s because those two games are being played outside the international window.
Like many other MLS teams, the Sounders have made efforts to avoid situations exactly like this. In order to play through fewer international windows, they’ve started playing more midweek games, like today’s against the Columbus Crew.