Let’s remember when the Sounders won their first MLS Cup, on this day in 2016 (December 10)
Today in “Extremely Good Things”…
From HistoryLink and Glenn Drosendahl:
On December 10, 2016, the Seattle Sounders capture their first MLS Cup, Major League Soccer’s championship trophy, defeating Toronto FC at Toronto’s BMO Field. The championship caps a tumultuous year that saw the Sounders change head coaches, lose their best player in midseason, and then roar from near the bottom of the standings to the top. The Sounders win the game on penalty kicks after the teams play 120 minutes without scoring.
The Sounders had made the playoffs in each of their seven previous seasons, but after their first 20 matches of 2016, that streak was in danger. They were in ninth place in the 10-team Western Conference. On July 26, Sigi Schmid (b. 1953) was replaced as head coach by his assistant, Brian Schmetzer (b. 1962). One day later, the team announced it had signed Nicolás Lodeiro (b. 1989), an attacking midfielder from Boca Juniors of Buenos Aires. Those big changes produced a huge turnaround.
Eff yeah.
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