Under the vast majority of circumstances, the Seattle Sounders losing at home to a team as bad as Inter Miami would justifiably elicit rage, if not necessarily panic. One such exception, however, might be the circumstance that unfolded on Saturday.
Coming off a highly emotional and physically taxing match against New York City FC on Wednesday — from which the Sounders earned a spot in the Concacaf Champions League finals — head coach Brian Schmetzer opted to swap out 10 of 11 starters. Most of those players got back into Seattle around 4 AM on Thursday and only got one full day of training together.