It doesn’t look like the Seattle Sounders will be getting any injured players back before the upcoming international break, after all. Although Nicolas Lodeiro had effectively been declared out already, there had been hope that Josh Atencio would be able to play in last week's game against Atlanta United. But Atencio apparently suffered a setback, didn’t feature in that game and now is also likely to be held out this weekend.
“It probably doesn’t make that much sense to risk someone ahead of a three-week break,” Sounders GM and President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey said during his segment on Sounders Weekly.