TUKWILA — Visions of Sounders players holding the golden CONCACAF Champions League trophy above their heads started to materialize with a phone call last week.
Unmotivated by player acquisitions presented, Garth Lagerwey, the club’s general manager and president of soccer, likely would have decided with his staff to let the MLS primary transfer window close Tuesday without a move. Typically Seattle makes a splash in the summer window — Nico Lodeiro, Raul Ruidiaz, Victor Rodriguez and Kelvin Leerdam being recent examples.
Then agents for Ecuadorian defender Xavier Arreaga and versatile midfielder Joevin Jones, of Trinidad and Tobago, called.