Kelyn Rowe has never hidden the idea that he hoped to one day play for the Seattle Sounders. He was openly hopeful the Sounders would try to trade up to draft him in 2012, there were a couple times when the he almost came here in trades and seemingly everyone in the league expected him to come to Seattle when he first hit free agency before the 2020 season.
When Rowe found himself as a free agent again this past offseason, he wasn’t about to take any chances. Rowe took the rare step of arranging a meeting with Sounders GM Garth Lagerwey and head coach Brian Schmetzer in an effort to convince them to sign him.