TUKWILA, Wash. — With the emotions starting to dull from what was one of the most frustrating losses in recent Seattle Sounders memory, head coach Brian Schmetzer was taking a bit more of a clear-eyed view on Saturday’s 4-1 loss to the Portland Timbers.
The biggest change in heart was somewhat walking back his assertion that there was “nothing” positive to take away from a match that the Sounders mostly dominated for 70 minutes before completely falling apart.
“The first half we had clear half-chances,” he said. “The second half we started off very well, we were all over them.