SEATTLE — This one is going to sting for awhile.
Brian Schmetzer certainly seems to feel that way. Maybe it was partly the illness he’s been fighting for more than a week, but his body language and cadence told the story of a man deeply disappointed with the night’s result. The Seattle Sounders had just been eliminated from Concacaf Champions League — probably at least two full rounds earlier than just about anyone expected — after they fell in a penalty shootout to Honduras’ CD Olimpia on Thursday.
The Seattle native who often wears his heart on his sleeve went as far as to apologize to fans, not so much for a performance that was more underwhelming than overtly bad, but more as a way to share that he felt his team missed a glorious opportunity.