As expected, Victor Rodriguez will at least temporarily occupy the Seattle Sounders’ third Designated Player spot, Garth Lagerwey announced during a media day press conference on Thursday. The Sounders GM and President of Soccer had previously suggested this was a possibility in numerous statements over the past week or so, but with the roster compliance deadline being on Friday the time had essentially come to make it official.
The honor falls to Rodriguez not because he signed some sort of high-priced extension, but because he was already their third-highest paid player. Last year, he was reportedly paid about $1.