New Sounders General Manager Garth Lagerwey has seen only sunshine in his new home of Seattle. If that flaunts one widely held stereotype that it rains persistently in the Cascadian winter, then his other experience conforms to the other.

Speaking exclusively to Prost Amerika on a range of issues from the club’s pre-season base in California, he observed that his welcome had been warm in more than one way:

“I’ve been there for four days and the sun has shone every single day. Everyone is kind and polite like those northwestern stereotypes. “