First, I think it is important to define the scope of this article. It is not about whether the organization is putting the proper emphasis on the U.S. Open Cup. It is not about if the Seattle Sounders have a good enough roster or who’s to blame for its deficiencies. It is also not about injuries and their cause and/or significance. It is focused on why a team led by Brian Schmetzer with seven First Team players starting and five more on the bench performed significantly worse against a USL team than S2 has in either of their two games against the same opponent.
How the Sounders lost an Open Cup game they didn’t have to
