Schmetzer's men take on a Nashville side who have struggled to find their footing on home turf so far and we are backing them to come out of the tie victorious.įor data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here. Given their recent trend of dropping points right after a victory, Seattle Sounders will fancy their chances of returning to winning ways on Wednesday. We say: Nashville SC 1-2 Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders possible starting lineup:įrei Tolo, Andrade, Gomez, A. Willis Romney, Zimmerman, Maher Muyl, McCarty, Davis, Leal, Lovitz Sapong, Mukhtar On the injury front, the visitors remain without the midfield duo of Obed Vargas and Xavier Arreaga, who are currently dealing with back and hamstring injuries respectively.īrazilian international Joao Paulo has been out of action since coming May through a cruciate ligament injury and the 31-year-old remains out of contention for the Rave Green. Meanwhile, Seattle Sounders will be without the services of Ragen, who is suspended after picking up a red card against Portland Timbers last time out. By Louis Bien louisbien Mar 5, 2018, 10:19am EST Share. He should be joined by strike partner Charles Sapong, who has been involved in eight goals so far, while Sean Davis and Randall Leal could pair up at the centre of the park once again. How Handwalla Bwana came from Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to play for the Seattle Sounders, and what opportunity means to an immigrant. With his strike against Charlotte, Mukhtar has now entered double digits for goals this season and we expect the German forward to spearhead the attack on Wednesday.

Nashville will take to the pitch without the duo of Anibal Godoy and 25-year-old Handwalla Bwana, who are recuperating from thigh injuries. In a game where Jackson Ragen received his marching orders, Jaroslaw Niezgoda, Santiago Moreno and Dairon Asprilla all hit the target to hand the Timbers a comfortable victory. Seattle retains a percentage of any future transfer fees should Bwana be transferred outside of MLS. On the other hand, Seattle Sounders continued their trend of dropping points right after a victory as they fell to a 3-0 home defeat at the hands of a spirited Portland Timbers last time out. Sounders FC is guaranteed 225,000 of GAM as part of the agreement, and can receive an additional 25,000 should Bwana hit certain performance-based thresholds for Nashville.

Nashville head into Wednesday winless in all but one of their last six games across all competitions - losing three and picking up two draws - with a 3-1 win over DC United on June 25 being the only exception. They also return home where they boast the league's joint-worst record with 10 points from seven games and have failed to taste victory in any of their last four outings, picking up four draws and losing one since a 2-1 win over CF Montreal back in May. This was a second consecutive away defeat for Smith's side, who were beaten on penalties by Orlando City in the quarter-finals of the US Open Cup on June 30. 11, 2018.After trailing to strikes from Christian Fuchs and Karol Swiderski, Hany Mukhtar pulled one back for the visitors in the 67th minute, but Sergio Ruiz Alonso and Andre Shinyashiki netted in the closing stages of the game to hand Charlotte their eighth win of the season.

The 23-year-old winger has four goals in 32 regular season appearances across three seasons after becoming the Sounders 10th Homegrown signing on Jan. Is Handwalla Bwana on his way to the Music City? According to Washington Post reporter Steven Goff, the Seattle Sounders are “preparing to trade” the Homegrown attacking player to Nashville SC. But if a player doesn't want to be here, then sometimes we just have to make decisions that are best for both club and player.'Īs for who the Sounders are getting back, Schmetzer said he couldn't announce the identity yet, but said that Seattle will be receiving a left-footed attacking player that he plans on playing up a line where Bwana may have been playing. He was a Homegrown player, we certainly have a strong commitment to our Homegrown process.

'I think it was a strong opinion from Garth and myself that we would have preferred to keep Bwana here,' Schmetzer said. Schmetzer said the club would have liked to keep Bwana, but that the player felt there would be a better opportunity to get minutes elsewhere and the team decided to accommodate his request. 18: Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer confirmed after his club's 0-0 draw against the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday that the Sounders are trading Handwalla Bwana to Nashville SC, and will be receiving a player in return, although the coach stopped short of revealing who that player is.

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