TUCSON, Ariz. — When former Seattle Sounders High Performance Director Dave Tenney departed midway through the 2017 season, he left behind one final gift to the club for whom he spent nearly a decade working.
Tenney spoke with Sounders brass about a potential replacement for him named Damian Roden, a man with 15 years of experience in the English Premier League, and the Sounders listened.
Roden joins Seattle for the 2018 season most recently from the EPL’s Stoke City where he served as the Head of Sports Science since 2013. But after spending the majority of his life in England, Roden and his family were ready for a change, and Seattle was the perfect fit.