Friday, May 29, 2009

Schmid takes aim at the Crew


José Miguel Romero of the Seattle Times writes about the match-up between the Sounders FC and the Columbus Crew, which will be the first time that Sigi Schmid will get to manage against his former team taht he had taken to the MLS Cup title last season.


Sigi Schmid won't say it directly, but one of his assistant coaches will.

Schmid really wants to beat his former team, Ezra Hendrickson said Thursday after Sounders FC practice.

Hendrickson should know. The recently retired former defender played for Schmid in Los Angeles and Columbus, where Schmid guided the Crew to last year's Major League Soccer championship. The Crew comes to Seattle on Saturday to face Sounders FC and Schmid, who left Ohio to the dismay of many Crew supporters.

Some of those were folks who held signs in the airport when the team came back from winning the MLS Cup that called for Schmid to stay. But his contract with Columbus expired, and he was free to explore options.

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