Ahead of the 2017 MLS opener in March, Sounders General Manager & President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey spoke with confidence on the club’s outlook to repeat as league champion.
“We want to do this more than one time,” Lagerwey told media. “We’re not satisfied; we’re not finished yet. I think we have a young core built around veteran players. We think this team is built to win now.”
And here we are nearly eight months later, with the Sounders owning the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference and prepping for another postseason run. How is this team different than last year’s squad?