SEATTLE — Will Bruin had had enough of Head Coach Brian Schmetzer’s defensive talks.
Schmetzer had been harping too much on Bruin’s defensive role and responsibility and as a result, Bruin had not scored in two months entering Sunday’s match against FC Dallas. Before the match, though, Bruin asked Schmetzer about what he should do defensively, and Schmetzer deferred.
“I said, ‘Will, I don’t want to talk about your defending, just score some goals,” Schmetzer recalled with a smile. “It was a nice little banter back and forth.”
Said Bruin: “A few games ago I gave [Schmetzer] a little attitude about always talking about defending when I’m a striker and I know I haven’t scored in a while, and that’s all I think about.