2011 Seattle Sounders FC season

Seattle Sounders FC
	2011 season
General Manager	Adrian Hanauer
Head Coach	Sigi Schmid
MLS	2nd
MLS Cup	Western Conference Semifinals
US Open Cup	Winners
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
Cascadia Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Fredy Montero (12)
Highest home attendance	64,140
Lowest home attendance	35,940
Average home league attendance	38,496
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The 2011 Seattle Sounders FC season is the club's third season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. It is the Sounders FC organization's third year of existence; including all previous clubs, it is the 31st season of a soccer team bearing the Sounders name.

Background

The 2011 season is the third season for Seattle Sounders FC who began play in 2009 as the league's 15th team. In their inaugural season, Sounders FC became the second MLS expansion team in league history (Chicago was first) to win the U.S. Open Cup tournament in their first season. They did so by defeating D.C. United 2–1 on the road at RFK Stadium. In winning the U.S. Open Cup tournament, Sounders FC qualified for the preliminary round of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. During the preliminary round, they were paired up with the defending Primera División winners, Isidro Metapán. After winning the first leg by a score of 1–0, Seattle went to El Salvador to play the second.

Review

November

On 22 November 2010, Seattle made a trade with the Colorado Rapids for defenders Julien Baudet of France and Danny Earls of the Republic of Ireland for Peter Vagenas.^[1] Also, the list of the ten protected players for the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft was decided by the club. The draft took place on 24 November 2010 when both the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC selected ten players from the Major League Soccer teams, including Sanna Nyassi (who was later traded to Colorado) and Nathan Sturgis (who was later traded to Toronto) from Seattle Sounders FC.^[2] Vancouver later traded Jamaican international O'Brian White to Seattle.^[3]

December

Q: What can you tell us about the Swede, Erik Friberg?

Adrian Hanauer: We're definitely looking at players in Scandinavia. We like Erik. Let's leave it at that for now.

Adrian Hanauer, Seattle Sounders FC owner and General Manager regarding the future signing of Erik Friberg^[4]

On 9 December 2010, Swedish club, BK Häcken reported that midfielder, Erik Friberg completed a three-year deal with the Seattle Sounders FC, bringing him over to the team. They also have announced a contract extension with captain Kasey Keller. On 15 December 2010, the Sounders selected Chris Seitz of the Philadelphia Union in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft.^[5] The goalkeeper was later traded to FC Dallas for a fourth round pick of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.^[6] Defender Tyrone Marshall was also selected in the draft by the Colorado Rapids.^[5]

February

The team traveled to Casa Grande, Arizona, just like before the 2010 season for preseason training.

March

On 9 March 2011, the Seattle Sounders FC played the defending MLS Cup champions, Colorado Rapids in the second Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield. The game was at Qwest Field, now called CenturyLink Field.^[7]

The Sounders opened up the 2011 regular season against the defending Supporters' Shield titleholders, Los Angeles Galaxy at Qwest Field. It was the third-consecutive MLS season that the league had its First Kick in Seattle. The match was held on 15 March.^[8]

Match results

Win Tie Loss

Preseason

4 February 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Casa Grande, Arizona
15:00 PST, 35' x 35' x 35' Training Game	Alonso 22' Evans 63'	Match Report	Koffie 32'	Stadium: Grande Sports World Attendance: +30

8 February 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	3–3	Real Salt Lake	Casa Grande, Arizona
11:00 PST 45' x 35' x 30' Training Game	Neagle 3' Carrasco 60' Alonso 69' White 90' Montero 110' (pen.)	Match Report	Olave 29' Grabavoy 32', 69' Morales 36' Araujo Jr. 76' Warner 87' 88'	Stadium: Grande Sports World

10 February 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	0–3	Columbus Crew	Phoenix, Arizona
10:00 PST 45' x 45' x 30' Training Game		Match Report	Mendoza 20' Scott 106' (o.g.) Cunningham 108'	Stadium: Westside Soccer Complex Referee: Alex Prus

12 February 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Chivas USA	Casa Grande, Arizona
9:30 PST Training Game	Wahl 30' Estrada 75'	Match Report	Valentin 56'	Stadium: Grande Sports World Attendance: 150+

21 February 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	0–2	FC Dallas	Orlando, Florida
15:30 PST Training Game	Earls 26' Carrasco 33' Tetteh 70'	Match Report	Chávez 20' Shea 27' Jacobson 75'	Stadium: ESPN Complex Attendance: 20+

22 February 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	2–2	Houston Dynamo	Orlando, Florida
11:00 PST Training Game	Montero 62' (pen.) Tetteh 69'	Report	Weaver 11' Ching 57'	Stadium: ESPN Complex

24 February 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	7–0	UCF Knights	Bradenton, Florida
13:00 PST Training Game	Noonan 39' 43' UCF Knights 57' (o.g.) White 59' 63' Estrada 61' Fucito 75' Levesque 80'	Match Report	Robson 80' Hunt 84'	Stadium: IMG Soccer Academy

26 February 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Chicago Fire	Bradenton, Florida
14:00 PST 45' x 45' x 30' Training Game	Rosales 55' Montaño 72' Carrasco 120'	Match Report	Gibbs 28', 55'	Stadium: IMG Soccer Academy

Cascadia Summit

4 March 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	0–2	Portland Timbers	Tukwila, Washington USA
19:30 PDT	Alonso 5' Hurtado 54'	Match Report	Perlaza 21' Jewsbury 69' Cooper 93+'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Dave Gantar

6 March 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	2–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Tukwila, Washington USA
15:00 PDT	Graham 10' Levesque 45' Montaño 77'	Report	Salgado 6' Teibert 12' Khalfan 18' Camilo 47' Cannon 81'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,100

Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield

9 March 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Colorado Rapids	Seattle, Washington
19:00 PDT	González 57' Hurtado 60' Montero 67' 78' Friberg 86'		Larentowicz 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 7355 Referee: Yader Reyes

MLS regular season

Table

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	LA Galaxy (SS) (W1)	67	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Seattle Sounders FC	63	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19
3	Real Salt Lake	53	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8
4	FC Dallas	52	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3	2011 MLS Cup Play-In Round
5	Colorado Rapids	49	34	12	9	13	46	42	+4	2011 MLS Cup Play-In Round
6	Portland Timbers	42	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8
7	San Jose Earthquakes	38	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5
8	Chivas USA	36	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	28	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20

Updated to matches played on October 22, 2011. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(W1) = Western Conference champion

^Note 1 - The top three clubs in each conference are guaranteed spots in the 2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals. The other four clubs in the playoffs enter via wild card entrees, regardless of their conference, based on their overall standings in a single table.

League

Pos	Team v t e	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	LA Galaxy (SS) (W1)	67	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ²
2	Seattle Sounders FC	63	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19
3	Real Salt Lake	53	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8
4	FC Dallas	52	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3
5	Sporting Kansas City (E1)	51	34	13	9	12	50	40	+10
6	Houston Dynamo	49	34	12	9	13	45	41	+4	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ²
7	Colorado Rapids	49	34	12	9	13	44	41	+3
8	Philadelphia Union	48	34	11	8	15	44	36	+8
9	Columbus Crew	47	34	13	13	8	43	44	−1
10	New York Red Bulls	46	34	10	8	16	50	44	+6
11	Chicago Fire	43	34	9	9	16	46	45	+1
12	Portland Timbers	42	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8
13	D.C. United	39	34	9	13	12	49	52	−3
14	San Jose Earthquakes	38	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5
15	Chivas USA	36	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2
16	Toronto FC	33	34	6	13	15	36	59	−23	2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ³
17	New England Revolution	28	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20
18	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	28	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20

Updated to matches played on October 22, 2011 (NER v TFC). Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

(W1) = Western Conference champion

^Note 1 Teams qualify for the MLS Cup Conference Semifinals by finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective conferences.
^Note 2 Since the LA Galaxy won both the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield and the 2011 MLS Cup, a place in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League became available. The Seattle Sounders, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up, had already qualified as they also won the 2011 U.S. Open Cup. Therefore, the CCL place went to Real Salt Lake, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield third place. Houston Dynamo, the 2011 MLS Cup runner-up, also qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. All four teams directly enter the Group Stage as the Preliminary Round has been eliminated from CCL.
^Note 3 Toronto FC qualified for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2011 Canadian Championship.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	T	T	W	T	W	W	L	T	T	W	L	W	T	T	W	W	W	T	W	W	L	W	T	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W
Conference	7	8	7	8	6	7	7	5	6	6	6	4	7	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Overall	13	17	16	17	13	12	11	9	10	9	10	6	10	6	7	7	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Last updated: 22 October 2011.
Source: MLS Results & League table
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match results

Win Tie Loss

15 March 2011 Match 1	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Seattle, Washington USA
18:30 PDT	Friberg 44' González 46'	(Report)	Birchall 24' Juninho 58' Beckham 93'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,443 Referee: Alex Prus

19 March 2011 Match 2	New York Red Bulls	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Harrison, New Jersey USA
16:30 PDT	Agudelo 70'	(Report)	Hurtado 61'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 20,982 Referee: Jair Marrufo

25 March 2011 Match 3	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Seattle, Washington USA
19:00 PDT	Ianni 43' González 73' Zakuani 80'	(Report)	Freeman 2' Palmer 30' Cameron 42' Cameron 46'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,204 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

2 April 2011 Match 4	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Santa Clara, California USA
19:30 PDT	Leitch 6' Dawkins 32' Stephenson 52'	(Report)	Evans 18' White 42' Jaqua 71' González 80'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,276 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

9 April 2011 Match 5	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Chicago Fire	Seattle, Washington USA
19:30 PDT	White 7' Zakuani 25' Riley 32' Hurtado 47+'	(Report)	Chaves 8' Robinson 71'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,223 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

16 April 2011 Match 6	Philadelphia Union	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Chester, Pennsylvania USA
16:00 EDT	Ruiz 32' Miglioranzi 55' Okugo 65' Valdes 88'	(Report)	Alonso 30' Fernández 91+'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 15,149 Referee: Terry Vaughn

22 April 2011 Match 7	Colorado Rapids	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Commerce City, Colorado USA
19:30 MDT	Mullan 3' Folan 75'	(Report)	Montero 19' 81'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,185 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

30 April 2011 Match 8	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	Toronto FC	Seattle, Washington USA
19:00 PDT	Fernández 9' Alonso 45' Evans 52' 75' (p.k.)	(Report)	de Guzman 54'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,287 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

4 May 2011 Match 9	D.C. United	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Washington, D.C.
19:30 EDT	White 13' Wolff 31' Davies 35' 52'	(Report)	Jaqua 55' Evans 71' (p.k.)	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 11,254 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

7 May 2011 Match 10	Columbus Crew	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Columbus, Ohio USA
18:30 CDT	Rentería 67' (p.k.) Miranda 75'	(Report)	Montero 7' 44' Carrasco 38' González 53' Fernández 64' Levesque 90'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 7,148 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

14 May 2011 Match 11	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Portland Timbers	Seattle, Washington USA
20:00 PDT	Fernández 52'	(Report)	Danso 65'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,593 Referee: Jair Marrufo

21 May 2011 Match 12	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Sporting Kansas City	Seattle, Washington USA
19:00 PDT	Fernández 44' Carrasco 51' Rosales 64' Alonso 84' Parke 93'	(Report)	Smith 49'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,098 Referee: Geoff Gamble

25 May 2011 Match 13	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	FC Dallas	Seattle, Washington USA
19:00 PDT	Scott 81'	(Report)	Shea 18' John 44'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,026 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

28 May 2011 Match 14	Real Salt Lake	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah USA
19:00 MDT	Johnson 28' Olave 58' Wingert 65' Gonzalez 88'	(Report)	Ianni 71' Riley 81' Neagle 84' Wahl 90'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,474 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

4 June 2011 Match 15	Chicago Fire	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Bridgeview, Illinois USA
19:30 CDT	Chaves 46+'	(Report)	Fucito 33' Wahl 36'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,839 Referee: Terry Vaughn

11 June 2011 Match 16	Seattle Sounders FC	2–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Seattle, Washington USA
19:30 PDT	Rosales 81' Alonso 47+' 84'	(Report)	Hassli 29' (pen.) 85' Rochat 46+' Camilo 55' Leathers 71'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,502 Referee: Mark Geiger

18 June 2011 Match 17	Toronto FC	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19:00 EDT	Harden 18' Borman 26' Yourassowsky 65' Cordon 93+'	(Report)	Hurtado 34', 49' Montero 90'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 21,839 Referee: Yader Reyes

23 June 2011 Match 18	Seattle Sounders FC	4–2	New York Red Bulls	Seattle, Washington USA
19:00 PDT	Friberg 11' Alonso 12' 60' Riley 52' Levesque 67' 78' Gonzalez 90'	(Report)	Tainio 28' Richards 31' Da Luz 50' Scott 58' (o.g.) De Rosario 93+'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 46,065 Referee: Michael Kennedy

26 June 2011 Match 19	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	New England Revolution	Seattle, Washington USA
13:00 PDT	Carrasco 26' Wahl 34' 87' Fernández 40'	(Report)	Nyassi 3' Phelan 23' Cochrane 72' Lekić 78' Soares 90'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,212 Referee: Geoff Gamble

4 July 2011 Match 20	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California USA
19:30 PDT	Donovan 94+'	(Report)	Friberg 55'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

10 July 2011 Match 21	Portland Timbers	2–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland, Oregon USA
13:00 PDT	Parke 46' (o.g.) Marcelin 56' Perlaza 69' Brunner 81'	(Report)	Montero 57' 58' 74' Alonso 63' 83' (pen.) Rosales 78'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 18,627 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

16 July 2011 Match 22	Seattle Sounders FC	4–3	Colorado Rapids	Seattle, Washington USA
13:00 PDT	Fernández 7' Montero 27' 82' Levesque 69' 48' Rosales 84'	(Report)	Thompson 1' 79' Mastroeni 18' Casey 25' Larentowicz 42' Folan 90'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,424 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

30 July 2011 Match 23	Houston Dynamo	3–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston, Texas USA
19:30 CDT	Clark 7' Ching 23' 71' Weaver 34' Davis 76'	(Report)	Fernández 36' (pen.) 38' Fucito 87'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 18,465 Referee: Niko Bratsis

6 August 2011 Match 24	Sporting Kansas City	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Kansas City, Kansas USA
19:30 CDT	Kamara 20' Diop 37' Bravo 59'	(Report)	Rosales 90' Neagle 92+'	Stadium: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Attendance: 17,493 Referee: Jair Marrufo

13 August 2011 Match 25	Seattle Sounders FC	0–0	Chivas USA	Seattle, Washington USA
13:00 PDT	Wahl 23' Friberg 89'	(Report)	LaBrocca 34' Elliott 45' Jazic 80'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,364 Referee: Kevin Stott

20 August 2011 Match 26	FC Dallas	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Frisco, Texas USA
20:00 CDT	Cruz 3', 56' Ihemelu 27'	(Report)	Friberg 6' Rosales 15' Montero 60' Hurtado 62' Scott 94+'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 11,635 Referee: Dave Gantar

27 August 2011 Match 27	Seattle Sounders FC	6–2	Columbus Crew	Seattle, Washington USA
13:00 PDT	Neagle 4' 21' 70' Rosales 16' (pen.) Fucito 40' Parke 73' Gardner 74' (o.g.) Scott 81'	(Report)	Cunningham 59' (pen.) Burns 64' Gardner 73'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,364 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

10 September 2011 Match 28	Seattle Sounders FC	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington USA
13:00 PDT	Carrasco 38' Hurtado 39' Montero 47+' Alonso 94+'	(Report)	Beltran 20', 35' Keller 13' (o.g.) Saborio 56' Williams 68'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 35,940 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

17 September 2011 Match 29	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	D.C. United	Seattle, Washington USA
18:00 PDT	Fucito 35' Wahl 41' Fernández 47+' 60'	(Report)	Ngwenya 16' da Luz 63'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,242 Referee: Kevin Stott

24 September 2011 Match 30	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
19:30 PDT	Camilo 9' DeMerit 32' Hassli 70'	(Report)	Evans 31' 33' (pen.) Montero 64' 67' Parke 77'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Paul Ward

1 October 2011 Match 31	New England Revolution	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts USA
19:30 EDT	Fagundez 35' Caraglio 84'	(Report)	Montero 28' 36' 48'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 21,022 Referee: Geoff Gamble

8 October 2011 Match 32	Seattle Sounders FC	0–2	Philadelphia Union	Seattle, Washington USA
19:00 PDT	Neagle 63'	(Report)	Adu 60' Carroll 70'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,304 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

15 October 2011 Match 33	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington USA
19:30 PDT	Ianni 48' Ochoa 82' Montero 87'	(Report)	Morrow 6' Wondolowski 24' Ring 40' Hernandez 57'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 64,140 Referee: Michael Kennedy

22 October 2011 Match 34	Chivas USA	1–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Zemanski 5' Estupinan 83'	(Report)	Levesque 40' Boyens 53' (o.g.) Fernández 68' Ochoa 73' Evans 78'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 22,137 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

MLS Cup Playoffs

29 October 2011 Conference Semi-finals	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah USA
7:00 pm PDT	Espindola 30' Saborio 43', 53' Grabavoy 88'	(Report)	Alonso 54' Montero 90' Friberg 90+3'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,067 Referee: Mark Geiger

2 November 2011 Conference Semi-finals	Seattle Sounders	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington USA
7:00 pm PDT	Alonso 56' Neagle 61'	(Report)		Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 36,021 Referee: Jair Marrufo

U.S. Open Cup

28 June 2011 Third round	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Kitsap Pumas	Tukwila, Washington, USA
7:00 pm PDT	Fucito 39' 62'	(Report)	Hyde 43' Besagno 71' Scott 80'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,811 Referee: Tyler Ploeger

13 July 2011 Quarterfinals	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tukwila, Washington, USA
7:00 pm PDT	Jaqua 4' Alonso 22' Montero 25' 54' Parke 55' Neagle 74' Fucito 90'	(Report)	Cristman 40' Cardozo 59'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,322 Referee: Kevin Stott

30 August 2011 Semifinals	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	FC Dallas	Tukwila, Washington, USA
7:00 pm PDT	González 35' Montero 40' Evans 58'	(Report)	Cruz 12' Hernández 22' Villar 63' Santos 63'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,593 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

4 October 2011 Final	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0	Chicago Fire	Seattle, Washington, USA
7:00 pm PDT	Montero 78' 90' Alonso 90' 90+6'	(Report)	Nyarko 27' Anibaba 90'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 35,615 Referee: Alex Prus

CONCACAF Champions League

Preliminary round

26 July 2011 First leg	San Francisco	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Panama City, Panama
18:00 PDT	Brown 17' 28' (pen.) Panezo 73'	(Report)	Parke 26' Alonso 70' Fernández 78'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 700 Referee: David España Rivas

3 August 2011 Second leg	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.)	San Francisco	Seattle, Washington USA
19:00 PDT	Fernández 41' Alonso 60' Rosales 61' Jaqua 98' Friberg 110' Keller 110'	(Report)	Brown 46+' de Avila 63'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 21,233 Referee: Jeffrey Solis (Costa Rica)

Group stage

16 August 2011 1	Seattle Sounders FC	4–1	Comunicaciones	Seattle, United States
19:00 PDT	Ianni 16' Evans 35' Riley 47+' González 54' Neagle 55' Fucito 61', 67' Hurtado 69' Gómez 87' (o.g.)	Report	Arreola 2' Morales 9' Castrillo 50' Machado 60' Ramirez 69' Martinez 80' Thompson 91+'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 10,017 Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)

23 August 2011 2	Monterrey	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Monterrey, Mexico
19:00 CDT		(Report)	Fernández 38' Jaqua 47'	Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico Attendance: 10,234 Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)

14 September 2011 3	Herediano	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Heredia, Costa Rica
19:00CST	Cancela 46+' (pen.) Nunez 53'	(Report)	Montero 3', 54' Scott 36' Fernández 54'	Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

20 September 2011 4	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Herediano	Seattle, United States
	Neagle 16' Ianni 62'	Report	Arias 25' 58' Cordero 35' Barbosa 67' Cambronero 77'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 10,613

27 September 2011 5	Comunicaciones	2–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Montepeque 7' R. Morales 63' E. Morales 75'	(Report)	Alonso 44', 89' Hurtado 87'	Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso Referee: Roberto Garcia

18 October 2011 6	Seattle Sounders FC	1–2	Monterrey	Seattle, United States
22:00	Montero 42' Scott 58'	Report	Carreño 3' Pérez 41' Delgado 60' Meza 75' Suazo 81' Morales 90'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 15,866 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Monterrey	6	4	0	2	11	4	+7	12
Seattle Sounders	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Comunicaciones	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	7
Herediano	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6

Friendlies

20 July 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	0–7	Manchester United	Seattle, Washington USA
			Owen 15' Diouf 49' Rooney 51' 69' 72' Park 71' Obertan 88'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 67,052 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Squads

First Team squad

As of 27 August 2011.

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
18	Kasey Keller (C)	GK	(1969-11-29) 29 November 1969 (age 54)	Fulham
28	Terry Boss	GK	(1981-09-01) 1 September 1981 (age 42)	New York
29	Josh Ford	GK	(1987-11-06) 6 November 1987 (age 36)	UConn
35	Bryan Meredith	GK	(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 34)	Kitsap Pumas
Defenders
4	Patrick Ianni	CB	(1985-06-15) 15 June 1985 (age 38)	Houston
5	Tyson Wahl	LFB	(1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 40)	Kansas City
7	James Riley	RFB	(1982-10-27) 27 October 1982 (age 41)	San Jose
12	Leonardo González	LFB	(1980-11-21) 21 November 1980 (age 43)	Municipal Liberia
20	Zach Scott	CB / RFB	(1980-07-02) 2 July 1980 (age 43)	Seattle (USL)
26	Taylor Graham	CB	(1980-06-03) 3 June 1980 (age 43)	Seattle (USL)
31	Jeff Parke	CB	(1982-04-13) 13 April 1982 (age 42)	Vancouver
34	Jhon Kennedy Hurtado	CB	(1984-05-16) 16 May 1984 (age 39)	Deportivo Cali
Midfielders
3	Brad Evans	CM / RM	(1985-05-20) 20 May 1985 (age 38)	Columbus
6	Osvaldo Alonso	DM	(1985-11-11) 11 November 1985 (age 38)	Charleston
8	Erik Friberg	CM / RM	(1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 (age 38)	Häcken
10	Mauro Rosales	AM / RM	(1981-02-24) 24 February 1981 (age 43)	River Plate
11	Steve Zakuani	LM	(1988-02-09) 9 February 1988 (age 36)	Akron
14	Michael Tetteh	LM	(1989-01-16) 16 January 1989 (age 35)	UC Santa Barbara
15	Álvaro Fernández	LM	(1985-10-11) 11 October 1985 (age 38)	Nacional
16	David Estrada	RM	(1988-02-04) 4 February 1988 (age 36)	UCLA
22	Mike Seamon	CM	(1988-08-30) 30 August 1988 (age 35)	Villanova
23	Servando Carrasco	CM / RM	(1988-08-13) 13 August 1988 (age 35)	California Golden Bears
27	Lamar Neagle	LM	(1987-05-07) 7 May 1987 (age 36)	IFK Mariehamn
30	Amadou Sanyang	CM / RM	(1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 (age 32)	Toronto
32	Miguel Montaño (on loan to Montreal)	AM / LM	(1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 32)	Quilmes
Forwards
2	Michael Fucito	ST	(1986-04-29) 29 April 1986 (age 37)	Harvard
13	O'Brian White	CF / ST	(1985-12-14) 14 December 1985 (age 38)	Vancouver
17	Fredy Montero	ST	(1987-07-26) 26 July 1987 (age 36)	Deportivo Cali
19	Sammy Ochoa	ST	(1986-09-04) 4 September 1986 (age 37)	Estudiantes Tecos
21	Nate Jaqua	ST	(1981-10-28) 28 October 1981 (age 42)	Houston
24	Roger Levesque	ST	(1981-01-22) 22 January 1981 (age 43)	Seattle (USL)
25	Pat Noonan	ST	(1980-08-02) 2 August 1980 (age 43)	Colorado

Major League Soccer squad

As of 12 September 2011. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	FW	Michael Fucito
3	MF	Brad Evans
4	DF	Patrick Ianni
5	DF	Tyson Wahl
6	MF	Osvaldo Alonso
7	DF	James Riley
8	MF	Erik Friberg
10	MF	Mauro Rosales
11	MF	Steve Zakuani
12	DF	Leonardo González
13	FW	O'Brian White
14	MF	Michael Tetteh
15	MF	Álvaro Fernández
16	MF	David Estrada
17	FW	Fredy Montero
18	GK	Kasey Keller (captain)

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Sammy Ochoa
20	DF	Zach Scott (vice-captain)
21	FW	Nate Jaqua
22	FW	Mike Seamon
23	MF	Servando Carrasco
24	FW	Roger Levesque
25	FW	Pat Noonan
26	DF	Taylor Graham
27	MF	Lamar Neagle
28	GK	Terry Boss
29	GK	Josh Ford
30	MF	Amadou Sanyang
31	DF	Jeff Parke
32	MF	Miguel Montaño (on loan to Montreal)
34	DF	Jhon Kennedy Hurtado
35	GK	Bryan Meredith

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
22 November 2010	Julien Baudet	DF	Colorado Rapids	Acquired for Peter Vagenas	^[1]
22 November 2010	Danny Earls	DF	Colorado Rapids	Acquired for Peter Vagenas	^[1]
24 November 2010	O'Brian White	FW	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Acquired for allocation money	^[3]
15 December 2010	Chris Seitz	GK	Philadelphia Union	Re-Entry Draft, subsequently traded	^[5]
16 December 2010	Erik Friberg	MF	Häcken	Undisclosed	^[9]
2 March 2011	Lamar Neagle	FW	IFK Mariehamn	Free	^[10]
18 March 2011	Mauro Rosales	MF	River Plate	Undisclosed	^[11]
30 July 2011	Amadou Sanyang	MF	Toronto FC	Free	^[12]
26 August 2011	Sammy Ochoa	FW	Estudiantes Tecos	Acquired thru allocation process	^[13]
12 September 2011	Bryan Meredith	GK	Kitsap Pumas	Free	^[14]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
22 November 2010	Peter Vagenas	MF	Colorado Rapids	Traded for Julien Baudet and Danny Earls	^[1]
24 November 2010	Sanna Nyassi	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Expansion Draft	^[2]
24 November 2010	Nathan Sturgis	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Expansion Draft	^[2]
15 December 2010	Tyrone Marshall	DF	Colorado Rapids	Re-Entry Draft	^[5]
15 December 2010	Chris Seitz	GK	FC Dallas	Traded for a 2012 4th round SuperDraft pick	^[6]
1 March 2011	Danny Earls	DF	Colorado Rapids	Waived, free transfer	^[15]^[16]
15 March 2011	Blaise Nkufo	FW	None	Released, then retired	^[17]^[18]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Name	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
29 June 2011	10 July 2011	Michael Tetteh	MF	Orlando City S.C.	10-day loan deal	^[19]
15 August 2011	End of season	Miguel Montaño	FW	Montreal Impact	End of season loan deal	^[20]

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
General Manager	Adrian Hanauer
Head Coach	Sigi Schmid
Assistant Coach	Brian Schmetzer
Assistant Coach	Ezra Hendrickson
Goalkeeper Coach	Tom Dutra
Fitness Coach	David Tenney
Chief Scout	Kurt Schmid
Technical Director	Chris Henderson

Last updated: 18 November 2010
Source: Seattle Sounders FC

Management

Majority Owner	Joe Roth
Owners	Paul G. Allen Drew Carey Adrian Hanauer
Chief Executive Officer	Jo Lynn Allen
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	Karen Harrison
President	Peter McLoughlin
Senior Vice President of Business Operations	Gary Wright
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	CenturyLink Field (35,700 / 104.2x67.7 meters)

Last updated: 18 November 2010
Source: Seattle Sounders FC

Official sponsors

Source: Soundersfc.com

Kits

Home

Home Alternate

Home Alt. 2

Away

Away Alternate

Third

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Rave Green	Blue	Rave Green
Home Alt.	Rave Green	Rave Green	Blue	MLS, March 19 against New York
Home Alt. 2	Rave Green	Rave Green	Rave Green	MLS, April 16 against Philadelphia
Away	Shale	Shale	Shale
Away Alt.	Shale	Shale	Rave Green	CCL, Group stage, September 27 against Comunicaciones
Third	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow

Recognition

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Link
10	Jeff Parke	Sporting Kansas City	Player of the Week
17	Fredy Montero	Portland Timbers	Player of the Week
18	Mauro Rosales	Colorado Rapids	Player of the Week
24	Lamar Neagle	Columbus Crew	Player of the Week
30/31	Kasey Keller	San Jose Earthquakes	Player of the Week

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Link
4	O'Brian White	Chicago Fire	Goal Week 4
11	Lamar Neagle	Real Salt Lake	Goal Week 11
14	Fredy Montero	Toronto FC	Goal Week 14
15	Tyson Wahl	New England Revolution	Goal Week 15
24	Lamar Neagle	Columbus Crew	Goal Week 24
27	Álvaro Fernández	D.C. United	Goal Week 27
28	Fredy Montero	Vancouver Whitecaps	Goal Week 28

MLS Save of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Link
3	Kasey Keller	San Jose Earthquakes	Save of the Week
4		Chicago Fire	Save of the Week
12		Chicago Fire	Save of the Week
23		F.C. Dallas	Save of the Week
30		Philadelphia Union	Save of the Week
31		San Jose Earthquakes	Save of the Week

MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Month

Month	Player	Link
March	Fredy Montero	March Humanitarian of the Month

Miscellany

Stadium

On 23 June 2011, after the completion of CenturyLink's acquisition of Qwest, Qwest Field was renamed CenturyLink Field. CenturyLink picked up the five-year extension in the naming rights contract at that time, extending the contract to June 2019.^[21]

Allocation ranking

Seattle is in the No. 18 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. Seattle started 2011 ranked No. 11 on the allocation list but on 26 August traded allocation positions with Chicago Fire to acquire Sammy Ochoa.^[22]^[23]

International roster spots

Seattle has 7 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Seattle dealt one slot to Portland Timbers on 14 January 2011 for use in the 2011 season.^[24] There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).^[23]

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: 2012 SuperDraft Round 4 pick acquired from FC Dallas.
Future picks traded: 2012 SuperDraft Round 3 pick traded to Chicago Fire.

Notes

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[17] Sounders cut ties with Swiss forward Nkufo | Major League Soccer

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[24] Wilkinson: Three-way trade was a win-win | Major League Soccer

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