Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid confirmed that Panamanian international Roberto Chen has arrived in preseason camp with the club, and worked out for the first time on Monday in Tucson, Ariz.
Chen, a 21-year-old center back boasting 16 international caps with Panama, joins the Sounders’ camp after recently cutting ties with Spanish club Málaga. He signed a three-year deal with the club in 2013 but has played sparingly there and has been loaned out twice in the two years since.
Panamanian outlet RPCTV reported on Sunday that Chen was close to a signing a four-year contract with the Sounders, but Schmid insisted Monday that no decision has been made yet and no deal is done.