SEATTLE — Three games into his tenure with the Seattle Sounders and Gustav Svensson has still not played in his natural position.
A defensive midfielder by trade, offseason acquisition Svensson started at right back in the Sounders’ first two matches before sliding into center back alongside Chad Marshall in Sunday’s 3-1 win over the New York Red Bulls in place of the suspended Roman Torres. Svensson, 30, has largely been employed as a utility knife for head coach Brian Schmetzer, who started the season with a departed Tyrone Mears and an injured Brad Evans and Oniel Fisher as right back options.