PORTLAND, Ore. — Brian Schmetzer's postgame press conferences are usually pretty calm affairs. Whether the Seattle Sounders have won or lost, Schmetzer rarely gets animated.
Saturday’s was an exception.
Following a 4-1 loss to the Portland Timbers — the Sounders’ fourth straight against their biggest rivals — Schmetzer was in no mood to play it cool. Schmetzer sounded as if he’d just unleashed a rare level of frustration and anger at his players after they’d led 1-0 and controlled the game for 70 minutes only to completely fall apart by surrendering three goals in a span of 10 minutes.