The Seattle Sounders should have their full complement of ideal starters available for the second leg of their Concacaf Champions League Round of 16 matchup with Motagua on Thursday, Brian Schmetzer confirmed.
The two big absences from the starting lineup in the first leg were Nouhou and João Paulo, but both were training at “100 percent” this week, Schmetzer said. Nouhou was limited to duty off the bench after missing virtually all of training camp while he was with Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations. João Paulo joined camp in the final phase as he remained in Brazil to obtain his green card, and was sent back to Seattle early in an effort to gain fitness.