Tampering Charges Filed on Sounders FC

The Columbus Crew have welcomed Sounders FC to MLS with filing tampering charges against Seattle  for contacting Sigi Schmid while he was still under contract with the Crew according to the Seattle Times.

It seems the only speedbump between naming Schmid the head coach of Sounders FC is a little transfer of money between the two clubs.

Ives Galarcep from ESPN is reporting that:

MLS determined that Seattle technical director Chris Henderson had spoken to Schmid about the Seattle job while Schmid was still Columbus head coach. The result was a fine imposed on the Sounders and Henderson’s formal removal from Seattle’s coaching search committee (despite the fact that Henderson and Schmid have had close ties for two decades, with Schmid having coached Henderson in college and MLS). The issue might have ended there, but sources say Columbus has used that ruling to try and secure compensation from Seattle.