Seattle Sounders You need to go back, take the pressure off yourself and continue to believe that you can be the best team in the world. Western Conference. It is true that today Sporting Kansas City is above them by just one point, but it is also true that they have one more game than them, so taking that position is more than feasible. However, in search of finding that moment, once again they will have to do it without Nicolás Lodeiro.
After missing much of the 2020 season and dfter being out at the beginning of the current campaign, the Uruguayan has been attacked again by injuries and this time it was during training. Reaching a certain point of rhythm, Lodeiro played his last game against Minnesota United and did so for 90 minutes, however, in subsequent practices he could not finish the session with his teammates and again had to be intervened.
In an official statement from the franchise, This communicated that the midfielder had an arthroscopy on his right knee performed by Dr. Jorge Chahla last Monday, September 20 in Chicago and everything went perfectly.. The same knee was operated on May 27 and we have been waiting again since, although his recovery will begin immediately, it is unknown when he will be able to return to the courts.
His absence could reach the playoffs, so his teammates are tasked with lengthening this path in the hope that he is ready to play at a critical stage. Lodeiro returned on August 5 in his tie against FC Dallas and managed to accumulate seven games with the last two of 90 minutes. In one of them he even scored a goal, one of the three that gave the Sounders a place in the semifinals of the Leagues Cup against Tigres.
What is Seattle facing without Nicolás Lodeiro?
Ten games remain in the MLS campaign to fly to the playoffs and it will not be an easy close for the Seattle Sounders as they meet dangerous rivals such as LAFC and LA Galaxy, but also close pursuers such as Sporting Kansas City and Colorados Rapids, to which you will see twice each. In these meetings, Brian Schmetzer will not have to really try something new, so Danny Leyva would be the one who would take the starting position in midfield instead of Nicolás Lodeiro.
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