On this week’s episode of Winging it with Zakuani, Seattle Sounders right back Kelvin Leerdam stated that he wants to score five goals in the 2019 MLS regular season. After the second match of the season, a 2-0 win over the Colorado Rapids, the Dutch defender has already achieved 40 percent of his objective.
“I love it,” Sounders Head Coach Brian Schmetzer said of his right back’s recent scoring prowess. “He puts himself in good [attacking] spots, and he does the defending.”
Leerdam, who hails from the attack-minded Dutch Eredivisie, said that his innate positioning during attacking sequences stems from his upbringing in a system that often relies on fullbacks to generate chances.