TUKWILA, Wash. — The rain held out just long enough for the Seattle Sounders to get in a full training session with dry conditions on Wednesday, their first day back after Sunday’s tie against Austin FC.
Although the Sounders weren’t quite at full strength due to a combination of international duty and injuries, they still had enough bodies to run nearly full-sided drills. Among the somewhat surprising participants in training were Stefan Frei, Jimmy Medranda, Alex Roldán, Raúl Ruidíaz and Albert Rusnák. Frei, Medranda and Ruidíaz all missed recent games with injuries, while Roldán and Rusnák had previously been slated to be out with their national teams but were cleared to remain with the Sounders while nursing relatively minor injuries.