News that forward Will Bruin suffered a meniscus tear in the Vancouver Whitecaps match was about the last thing Seattle Sounders fans wanted to hear ahead of Sunday night’s match against the Colorado Rapids. Already shorthanded with a list of injuries that only seems to be getting longer, head coach Brian Schmetzer was working with about as thin a bench as could be imagined.
Toss in a road match at altitude against a solid Rapids side, and all the makings of a first loss of the season were staring the Sounders right in the face.