TUKWILA, Wash. — The Seattle Sounders finished their final training session today ahead of Concacaf Champions League return-leg against Olimpia on Thursday, and head coach Brian Schmetzer is dealing with with a couple of bugs — flu and injury.
Schmetzer himself said that he caught a bit of what Harry Shipp had before the first leg in San Pedro Sula. Shipp, who according to Schmetzer was diagnosed with full-blown influenza, has been in training this week, but his status for the game is up in the air.
The news isn’t as favorable for midfielders Gustav Svensson and Nicolas Lodeiro, whose participation in training this week has been far more limited.