RENTON — An overwhelming majority of Seattle Sounders season-ticket holders voted to retain General Manager and President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey, the club revealed at its Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday. Although only 31.4% of eligible voters actually cast a ballot — failing to reach the 40% threshold that would have made a vote binding — that 90% of them effectively backed the job Lagerwey was doing was some cause for celebration.
“It is special and it’s meaningful,” Lagerwey told reporters about his margin for victory. “The reason it works is because the fans appreciate it.