Evans returns to Sounders after CONCACAF Gold Cup duty

  • By Don Ruiz The News Tribune
  • Monday, July 27, 2015 7:29pm
  • SportsSports

TUKWILA — Central defender Brad Evans was back training with the Seattle Sounders on Monday after completing CONCACAF Gold Cup duty with the United States national team.

While away, Evans missed four straight MLS matches while the Sounders went 1-3, including an ongoing run of three consecutive 1-0 losses.

“The most important thing is all of us are hungry to get back into it, get on a winning streak,” he said. “I don’t think any of us have had a month like this in years past. Attitude is great in practice. Everybody’s working. Nobody is throwing in the towel by any means. I think coming into the locker room today, put some smiles on the faces and get back to work.”

While Evans returned to Starfire Sports Complex, USA and Sounders teammate Clint Dempsey headed instead to Commerce City, Colorado, where he and the MLS All-Stars will meet Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Dempsey and central defender Chad Marshall are scheduled to return from Colorado on Thursday and join the Sounders in training Friday. Coach Sigi Schmid didn’t say whether he expects Dempsey and Marshall to be available Saturday when the Sounders meet the Vancouver Whitecaps at CenturyLink Field.

Forward Obafemi Martins also is officially an All-Star, but he won’t attend while continuing to recover from a leg injury. Schmid also was non-committal on whether Martins or goalkeeper Stefan Frei (shoulder) will be available by Saturday.

“Stefan did more training (Monday), got through training (and) went with us on the weekend to Montreal so we could keep him in training,” Schmid said. “Oba feels a lot better. He was able to do a lot more with his right foot, so we ‘ll see how he progresses into (Tuesday).”

Evans will get the full week of work and is expected to be ready to return to the starting spot that he last manned June 28 at Portland. The Sounders went into that game with a 9-6-2 record. They’ll take the pitch this weekend at 10-10-2.

His time with the U.S. national team ended on a similar downturn, as the USA advanced out of group play, but lost to Jamaica in the semifinal and then to Panama in the third-place game.

“Team-wise disappointed,” Evans said. “I think that was the mood — but understanding we can’t win everything all the time. … I think everybody is hungry now. A little bit of a setback. But guys go back to their club teams now, a little bit of a regroup, and focus on September and October.”

Evans played in four of the six USA matches with two starts.

“Personally, it went well,” he said. “I was pretty happy with the way everything went personally. Obviously you want to play as much as you can. Circumstances are coaches decisions, it is what it is; so when you get on the field you do the best you can and you hopefully leave a good impression.”

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