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MLS Coach of the Year renamed in honor of legendary Sounders coach Sigi Schmid

On Friday, the MLS announced the league’s Coach of the Year award would be named in honor of former Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid.

Honoring a legend of the game.

Moving forward, we’ll be presenting the Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year award as part of our year-end honors. pic.twitter.com/Y5moEZBJEO— Major League Soccer (@MLS) January 11, 2019

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Schmid coached three teams in MLS over his illustrious career, two stints with the LA Galaxy, Columbus and the Sounders.