Sounders midfielder Osvaldo Alonso is now officially the league’s biggest pain in the neck to opposing players.
Not to mention, pain in their shins. And their knees, backs, sides and anywhere else on their bodies he can apparently get a crack at. A confidential survey of 140 current Major League Soccer players by ESPN FC, released this week, found 25 percent listed hard-tackling Sounders captain Alonso, 31, as the player that “crosses the line’’ between fair and dirty play more than any other.
New York Red Bulls midfielder Felipe Martins had the second most votes at 11 percent.