This year has been a bit of a grind for Will Bruin. He opened the year as a starter, albeit tasked with dropping into the midfield as more of link-up hub than as a classic No. 9. As a result, and found scoring opportunities harder to come by.
Just as he seemed to be starting to find more chances, though, injury struck. That kept him out for about a month. In the meantime, the Sounders shifted away from the two-forward set and Bruin found himself mostly coming off the bench.
Given his first start in almost two months on Wednesday, Bruin seemed to finally get his breakthrough goal.