I’ve come to enjoy reading what Ives and his staff have to say, even if it leaves me shaking my head from time to time. Like when his second pass at this year’s mock draft had the Sounders picking a GK with their second round pick. Mind numbing. At least this time, I could dream that he got the pick right even if I think there isn’t a hope in heck that Hoffman is falling to 15th. He’s a player that I’ve been lauding for a few weeks as someone the Sounders should consider trading up to get. And his performance today is only going to reiterate that point. He should have a great combine. He is on the deepest of the 4 combine teams and should benefit from who he is playing with.

A number of players stood out today including Hoffman. Baptiste and Barry both appeared to have respectable games on defense. Enzo Martinez really shined in the second game as a creative 2 way player. Looking forward to watching what happens over the rest of the combine.