SigiSchmid identifies his loss against Colorado Rapids as a special one

So far during the 2016 season of the MLS, the Seattle Sounders have played 9 league matches and sustained 4 defeats while also managing to clinch 4 victories.

It clearly has not been the best start of a season that the American club has experienced but SigiSchmid and his squad is slowly getting back on track as they won their 2nd successive league game after defeating San Jose on May 8.


During the 5 opening matches of the season of Seattle Sounders, they lost 3 of those games but the head coach of the team identified a more recent defeat as the most important one of this season so far as the 63 year old coach stated that the defeat against Colorado Rapids was a game that his team should learn from and use it as a stepping stone instead of a morale booster.

Seattle Sounders locked horns with Colorado Rapids on April 24 and even though the team of SigiSchmid had the upper hand in possession with 57%, they couldn’t capitalize on it and according to Schmid, he stated that his own team lost against themselves instead of their actual opponents. Continue reading “SigiSchmid identifies his loss against Colorado Rapids as a special one” →

Sigi Schmid voices his thoughts concerning the uprising of red cards

The head coach of Seattle Sounders, Sigi Schmid was recently talking about the rise of red cards that has been seen in the MLS and the German-American seems to be in favor of referees being less merciful in regards to harsh tackles and aggressive moves.

In this season of the MLS there have been a total of 16 red cards issued from 42 matches which is one of the highest rates of red cards being delivered to players in the American league from the latest 15 years.

Sigi Schmid of Seattle Sounders talked to the media about this growth and it seems like he believes that it’s something which benefits the sport as the 63 year old manager said: “It’s a point of emphasis of obviously trying to allow the skillful players to be skillful and to take way the edgy tackles. But when you get into a new area like that, then that final judgment and decision-making, everyone, the players, the referees are trying to come to grips with it.”

However, not everyone likes the idea of seeing a red card being displayed in every single match. One of the figures from the MLS that is not in favor of this recent uprising is the head coach of LA Galaxy, Bruce Arena as he said: “Too many red cards are ruining this game. Seems like a red card every game.’’ Continue reading “Sigi Schmid voices his thoughts concerning the uprising of red cards” →

Seattle Sounders international players expected to be back in good shape

SigiSchmid, the Seattle Sounders coach, has indicated that he expects to have all his players fit when they will be facing Montreal Impact on Saturday.

There were several players that were out on international duties from the team. Clint Dempsey, Tyler Miller and Jordan Morris were out representing the United States; Joevin Jones represented his team Trinidad and Tobago while Oalex Anderson was out representing St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

All the international players were expected to be back by Thursday evening. Dempsey as well as Morris was already present for the Thursday morning session. Each one of them had a personalized training program because of their different roles and travels they had during the international break. Clint Dempsey trained inside while Morris was made to follow a lighter training program to help him recover quickly.

Anderson and Jones were expected to be back in the evening. On the injury front, only Jones is reportedly suffering from an ankle injury and SigiSchmid indicated that he will be assessed when he is back in training.

Morris, who was out with the United States under-23 team playing in the Olympics qualifiers, has returned to Seattle Sounders disappointed following the United States defeat 2-1 against Colombia. Continue reading “Seattle Sounders international players expected to be back in good shape” →

SCHMID STILL OPTIMISTIC

The Seattle Sounders have historically been the good starters in Major League Soccer , but right now they’re not sitting pretty, and you’ll find them right at the bottom-end of the points’ chart having lost two in two at the very onset.

There had been only one occasion in their history, before this one, when they had had two straight defeats to start the season. So, it’s no surprise that at the moment their supporters are not the happiest in the world. There is a little bit of agitation among them. Continue reading “SCHMID STILL OPTIMISTIC” →

Sigi Schmid says that Seattle Sounders are only a few inches away from getting back to winning ways

Sigi Schmid says that Seattle Sounders are only a few inches away from getting back to winning ways.

The club has lost its opening three matches of the 2016 MLS campaign. The disastrous start means that Seattle Sounders are bottom of the Western Conference table. It is a position that few would have imagined to see Seattle in. Schmid has been successful when it comes to MLS over the years. He claims that the results are only result of poor confidence, but he has seen signs that the players are finally recovering.

The club are up against Montréal Impact in the next game and it could not have come at a much was time for Seattle Sounders. The opposition have made a good start to the season and currently top the Eastern conference table. Going up against a team inform is going to require the best performance from Seattle Sounders in order to get anything close to 3 points. Belief and confidence are the two key things that Seattle Sounders are lacking right now according to Sigi Schmid. The club needs to start winning matches soon or risk the possibility of seeing other teams put a substantial distance between them in the table. Continue reading “Sigi Schmid says that Seattle Sounders are only a few inches away from getting back to winning ways” →

Sigi Schmid says that he is confident of Jordan Morris staying at the club

Sigi Schmid says that he is confident of Jordan Morris staying at the club.

One of the highly rated players in the MLS, Morris has been linked with a move to Werder Bremen. The German outfit are expected to hand him a trial. It is believed that US national team manager Jurgen Klinsmann is responsible for this interest surrounding the player.Schmid refused to criticise the US manager. Instead, he spoke in positive fashion about his star player staying at the club. Morris would qualify as a home-grown talent thus allowing the club to sign a foreign player on a designated level.

It was a pretty disappointing 2015 campaign for Seattle Sounders after they finished only fourth in the Western Conference table. Even though this helped them qualify for the play-offs finals, they were unable to get past FC Dallas in the semifinals. A 3-3 draw on aggregate meant that Dallas were able to progress on other conditions.Schmid maybe one of the experienced and top managers in the MLS, but he has his work cut out in the upcoming 2016 season that begins in March. The arrival of several new franchise coupled with top foreign players like Didier Drogba and Steven Gerrard means that the competition will be much more intense. Continue reading “Sigi Schmid says that he is confident of Jordan Morris staying at the club” →