TFC heads to Seattle to face the Sounders this weekend, where Eriq Zavaleta began his professional soccer journey. JohnMolinaro spoke with the Reds defender ahead of his homecoming:
’s road game against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday marks a homecoming of sorts for Eriq Zavaleta.
Zavaleta played only five games under Schmid before Seattle traded him to Toronto prior to the 2015 season. Still, the TFC defender has fond memories of his former manager, who is the all-time leader in wins by an MLS coach with 266. Shortly after Schmid’s death, MLS renamed the coach of the year award after him, just recognition for someone who helped to shape the league into what it has become today.
But Zavaleta, a promising prospect out of the University of Indiana, never caught on with Sounders. Twice he was sent out on loan, to the now-defunct Chivas USA and the San Antonio Scorpions of the second-tier NASL. After his stint with Chivas ended following the 2014 season, Schmid started shopping him around and traded him to Toronto prior to the 2015 MLS campaign, bringing an end to his ill-fated tenure with the Sounders.
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