The Seattle Sounders are off to their best start ever to a Major League Soccer season with 10 points in four matches to start the season. This comes in the aftermath of some notoriously slow starts in recent years, with Brian Schmitzer, in the offseason, even admitting that it is a mental block that he and his players must overcome. So what has changed in 2019?
Well, here are some reasons for the Seattle Sounders fast start to the year.
Health
The Seattle Sounders were in the CONCACAF Champions League the previous two years which necessitated squad rotation to begin MLS play.