The Sounders are one of the league’s most successful clubs because they do a little bit of everything, and they do it well. And here we seem to have an MLS youth development parallel – call it #PlayYourKidsProblems, perhaps.

You’ve probably heard of #FirstWorldProblems, a handy online shorthand for challenges which are enviable to face, but challenges nonetheless. But that’s hardly the only noteworthy observation here. Bwana also seems to have gotten a new contract in the process, and Seattle will try to mobilize their industry-leading performance department to solve Medranda’s fitness issues and kick-start his career.Įverything fell together nicely.

The Sounders explored the market and found a willing taker, specifically an organized expansion club with allocation bucks to spend and an alluring player of their own as a makeweight. Medranda’s injury woes have dropped him off the radar lately but he was a highly versatile and dynamic utility man in Kansas City. Confession: I hate starting this column with anything remotely resembling the phrase “win-win” with regards to the Seattle Sounders trading Handwalla Bwana to Nashville SC in exchange for Jimmy Medranda and a package of allocation money that could run up to a quarter-million dollars.īwana, 21, took a long look at the Sounders’ depth chart, specifically the wing spot locked down by MLS MVP candidate Jordan Morris, and didn’t see the pathway to regular minutes that he wants and needs at this point in his career - and he was approaching the final year of his original Homegrown contract.

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