Seattle Sounders FC 2 made what amounted to a full purge of their roster in the offseason. While a lot, if not most, of the purge made sense there were a couple of player departures that lead to raised eyebrows.
The first was Jordan Schweitzer signing with Orlando City B. Schweitzer wasn’t set to light MLS on fire in 2017 but it looked like he would be a stabilizing force in S2’s midfield and had the potential to be a solid bench player for the first team in the future. After practice today Coach Ezra Hendrickson said of Schweitzer’s departure, “That was a personal decision.