CHARLESTON — The gang is back together.
Clint Dempsey has been medically cleared to play, Jordan Morris returned from United States national team camp and Nicolas Lodeiro is still doing … well, Nicolas Lodeiro magic.
With Morris’ arrival, the trio started in the Seattle Sounders’ 1-1 draw with the USL’s Charleston Battery on Saturday in their first match of the Carolina Challenge Cup. The attacking formation, with Dempsey and Lodeiro in the midfield and Morris up top, only happened four times last season before Dempsey was sidelined due to an irregular heartbeat.