In the hours leading up to the first leg of the Western Conference semifinal series between the Sounders and FC Dallas, in a room filled with Seattle’s ownership group, interim coach Brian Schmetzer was asked a revealing question.
So, after you score the first goal tonight — note the level of assumption baked into that premise — can you go out and get another?
Never mind the fact that the Sounders were the lower seed, or that their lengthy injury list includes not only Clint Dempsey and Andreas Ivanschitz but defender Roman Torres, a last-minute scratch with a hamstring injury.