Last year, Sigi Schmid was lucky to keep his job. This year, after the Seattle Sounders’ exit from the MLS playoffs in the Western Conference final, he wasrewarded with a new multiyear contract. That’s the difference a year makes for the only coach the Sounders have had in their six years in MLS.

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