“Any time the defense concedes three goals, you have to look internally,” Ragen said. Sounders center back Jackson Ragen said the defensive unit will do some reflection, having given up three goals for only the second time this season. “Those are learning moments for the group.” “I think the back five should have been four or five yards on top of the ‘18’, and then the midfield four should be 10 yards higher up the field and Heber 35-40 yards higher up the field trying to press.” ![]() “The challenge is always with your depth between backline and your midfield line and where you set up your line of confrontation,” Schmetzer said. Schmetzer said when they moved to a five-man backline, the spacing between the midfield and backline was squeezed too close together, which allowed Charlotte to pressure the Sounders higher up the field. I wanted guys to press higher up the field but we played too deep.” “We weren’t trying to, but that's the key when you go to a 5-4-1, sometimes the team plays defensive. Schmetzer said particularly on the third goal, he thought the Sounders played too deep as they tried to close out the match, and allowed Charlotte to swing in a cross that led to the eventual game-tying goal. “The second and third goals, I thought they were preventable.” “The first goal.came off the second action on the corner kick and somehow they got behind us.” “For some odd reason, we could keep Charlotte off the board,” Schmetzer said. The good news is the Sounders will have an extended training period to review what went wrong defensively as they have nine more days before their next match. While the 3-3 draw made for entertaining viewing, the Sounders surely would have preferred a less chaotic scene in Charlotte, especially after finally getting the attack moving in a positive direction. The Sounders let leads slip on three separate occasions, and their inability to close out the match cost them two valuable points on the road. ![]() Seattle Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer was understandably pleased with his team's three-goal output against Charlotte FC on Saturday night.
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