With just under a week left before the 2017 MLS season kicks off, the Seattle Sounders are faced with a selection dilemma that could put a wrench in Brian Schmetzer’s plans to defend the club’s first MLS Cup. The Sounders told the Seattle Times on Monday that Brad Evans would be out for 5-7 weeks with a calf injury, which means that the team will be without its presumed first choice at right back.
Schmetzer said on Tuesday, “It’s a team game, we have plenty of good players. We’ll miss him, but we’ll make do.