A pair of injuries to the Seattle Sounders top two centerbacks will likely leave them with a new look defensively when they play a still-to-be-determined opponent in the MLS is Back Round of 16.
Assuming Yeimar Gomez Andrade (hamstring) and Xavier Arreaga (concussion protocol) can’t go that will likely mean that Shane O’Neill will be joined by Gustav Svensson at centerback, Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer effectively confirmed during his weekly segment on KJR.
Gomez Andrade suffered his injury late in the Chicago Fire match on July 14 and sat out Sunday’s match.