While unraveling the original Seattle Sounders DNA, it’s plain to see that Scots had an outsized effect on the club through its first several seasons. Three Dark Blues of Dundee, in particular, played a lead role. From the beginning there was the grit and spirit of Jimmy Gabriel at the club’s core. In Gabriel’s first season as coach came the Black Pirate, Jocky Scott, whose goal sent Seattle to its first final.

The third Dundonian, Gordon Wallace, arrived in between Gabriel and Scott. With a slighter (5-foot-9, 155 lbs.) physical frame, his game was more technical and Wallace tended to leave most of his marks on the scoreboard.

Earlier this month, on March 13, Wallace left this earth from his native Scotland. He was 82.

“He was a good guy, a good player and highly regarded,” remembered his fellow Scot and Sounders teammate David Gillett. “He had a good sense of humor, and he was calm and collected in front of the goal.”

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