The Seattle Sounders bolstered their defense heading into the final months of the MLS season by acquiring defender Brad Smith on loan from Premier League club Bournemouth on Wednesday ahead of the closing of the secondary transfer window.
Seattle used targeted allocation money to land the 24-year-old Australian. The loan is through June 2019 but he could be recalled by Bournemouth in January.
“There were other options in England but I decided to go out and test myself. Open myself to a new challenge,” Smith said.
Smith spent the past two seasons at Bournemouth after starting his career in the youth system at Liverpool.