SEATTLE — As Friday’s training session was winding down, Raúl Ruidíaz couldn’t help but fire off one final shot during a finishing drill. Brian Schmetzer, who was himself heading into the Lumen Field locker room, immediately turned to his forward and sternly yelled “That’s enough.”
Ruidíaz sheepishly grinned and complied.
The light scolding came just a day before Ruidíaz will potentially make his return from his most recent hamstring injury, this one which has kept him out of the Seattle Sounders’ lineup for the past six league games. It’s the third time this year that a hamstring injury has caused Ruidíaz to miss games, and the continuation of a situation that dates back to 2021.