Maybe it the memory of his goal against Colorado last Fourth of July. Perhaps it was his, uhh, uniquely festive tweet this afternoon.
Or even there was no concrete reason, it doesn’t really matter. What does matter: Will Bruin scored two goals and the Sounders secured three sorely needed points in a 2-1 win against the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday evening.
“We were fluid, there was a lot of fluidity,” Bruin told Steve Zakuani after the match on the broadcast. “We were patient…We waited for out moments to go, and it worked.