2017 Seattle Sounders FC season

The 2017 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's ninth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. The Sounders entered the 2017 season as the defending MLS Cup champions. The 2017 season is Brian Schmetzer's first full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders.

Seattle Sounders FC

2017 season
General manager	Garth Lagerwey
Head coach	Brian Schmetzer
Stadium	CenturyLink Field
Major League Soccer	Conference: 2nd Overall: 7th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Runners-up
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 16
Cascadia Cup	Second
Heritage Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Clint Dempsey (12)[1] All: Clint Dempsey (15)
Highest home attendance	51,796 (Aug. 27 vs. Portland)[1]
Lowest home attendance	39,587 (Nov. 2 vs. Vancouver, Playoffs)[1]
Average home league attendance	League: 43,666[2] All: 42,850[1]
Biggest win	League: 4–0 at Minnesota (Aug. 5)[1]
Biggest defeat	League: 1–4 at Chicago (May 13)[1]
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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Background

Main article: 2016 Seattle Sounders FC season

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of August 22, 2017.^[3]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Tyler Miller 2 FW  USA Clint Dempsey (DP) 3 DF  USA Brad Evans 4 MF  SWE Gustav Svensson 5 DF  CMR Nouhou 6 MF  CUB Osvaldo Alonso (DP) 7 MF  USA Cristian Roldan 8 MF  ESP Víctor Rodríguez 10 MF  URU Nicolás Lodeiro (DP) 11 MF  USA Aaron Kovar (HGP) 12 FW  USA Seyi Adekoya (HGP) 13 FW  USA Jordan Morris (HGP) 14 DF  USA Chad Marshall 15 DF  MEX Tony Alfaro 16 MF  SCO Calum Mallace 17 FW  USA Will Bruin 18 DF  NED Kelvin Leerdam 19 MF  USA Harry Shipp 21 MF  MTQ Jordy Delem 23 MF  USA Henry Wingo (HGP) 24 GK  SUI Stefan Frei 27 FW  USA Lamar Neagle 29 DF  PAN Román Torres 32 MF  USA Zach Mathers 33 DF  TRI Joevin Jones 35 GK  USA Bryan Meredith 91 DF  JAM Oniel Fisher

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Preseason

2017 Desert Friendlies

Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC

February 4, 2017	Portland Timbers	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
17:30 (PST)	Adi 17' Chará  26'	Report	Oduro  16' Shipp 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Kino Grandstand Field Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Alan Kelly
Note: View Match

San Jose Earthquakes v Seattle Sounders FC

February 7, 2017	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
09:30 (PST)	Alashe  33' Cato 57' Imperiale  72'	Report		Stadium: Kino Grandstand Field Referee: Younes Marrakchi
Note: View Match

2017 Carolina Challenge Cup

Main article: 2017 Carolina Challenge Cup

Charleston Battery v Seattle Sounders FC

February 18, 2017	Charleston Battery	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Charleston, South Carolina
16:00 (PST)	Vázquez  78' Higashi 90'+2'	Report	Mueller 32' (o.g.) Delem  37' Jones  40'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Referee: Ted Unkel

Atlanta United FC v Seattle Sounders FC

February 22, 2017	Atlanta United FC	4–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Charleston, South Carolina
16:30 (PST)	Martínez 1', 46' Almirón 3' (pen.) Villalba 21'  66' 69' González Pírez  36' Heath  78' Kratz  78'	Report	Delem  29' Wingo 62' Bruin 74' Lodeiro  84'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

Columbus Crew v Seattle Sounders FC

February 25, 2017	Columbus Crew	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Charleston, South Carolina
13:30 (PST)	Trapp  15' Hansen 82'	Report	Alonso  46' Roldan  89'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2017 Major League Soccer season

League tables

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Timbers	34	15	11	8	60	50	+10	53	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	52	39	+13	53
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	15	12	7	50	49	+1	52	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	Houston Dynamo	34	13	10	11	57	45	+12	50
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	12	9	13	40	29	+11	49

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Columbus Crew	34	16	12	6	53	49	+4	54
6	Portland Timbers	34	15	11	8	60	50	+10	53
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	52	39	+13	53
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	15	12	7	50	49	+1	52
9	New York Red Bulls	34	14	12	8	53	47	+6	50

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	11	9	52	39	+13	53	11	5	1	32	12	+20	3	6	8	20	27	−7

Last updated: October 22, 2017.
Source: MLS

Results by matchday

Matchday	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
Stadium	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on October 15, 2017. Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders FC

March 4, 2017 MLS 1	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston, Texas
17:30 (PST)	Torres 20'  81' Quioto 42'	Recap Boxscore	Marshall  33' Dempsey 58' Torres  67'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,758 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Montreal Impact v Seattle Sounders FC

March 11, 2017 MLS 2	Montreal Impact	2–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Montreal, Quebec
16:00 (PST)	Ciman  11' Mancosu 17'  65' Piatti 51'	Recap Boxscore	Lodeiro 83' (pen.) Bruin 90'+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 34,373 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Seattle Sounders FC v New York Red Bulls

March 19, 2017 MLS 3	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	New York Red Bulls	Seattle, Washington
16:00 (PDT)	Dempsey 28' (pen.)  78' Morris 66' Shipp 79' Fernández  90'+2'	Recap Boxscore	Felipe  25' Robles  27' Gulbrandsen  30' Wright-Phillips 57'  62'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 45,600 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Seattle Sounders FC v Atlanta United FC

March 31, 2017 MLS 4	Seattle Sounders FC	0–0	Atlanta United FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)		Recap Boxscore	Gressel  20' Asad  43'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,182 Referee: Robert Sibiga

San Jose Earthquakes v Seattle Sounders FC

April 8, 2017 MLS 5 Heritage Cup	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	San Jose, California
19:30 (PDT)	Godoy  33' Alashe  83' Wondolowski 90'	Recap Boxscore	Lodeiro  45'+1', 84'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders FC

April 14, 2017 MLS 6 Cascadia Cup	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 (PDT)	Williams  27' Montero  53' 65', 80' Parker  90'+3'	Recap Boxscore	Lodeiro  37' Shipp  44' Bruin 89'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Kevin Stott

LA Galaxy v Seattle Sounders FC

April 23, 2017 MLS 7	LA Galaxy	0–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
13:00 (PDT)	Alessandrini  41'	Recap Boxscore	Roldan  28' Dempsey 29' Cole 35' (o.g.) Morris 44' Alfaro  84'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 24,931 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Seattle Sounders FC v New England Revolution

April 29, 2017 MLS 8	Seattle Sounders FC	3–3	New England Revolution	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Alfaro  44' Lodeiro 75' Bruin  80' 85' Alonso 88'	Recap Boxscore	Kobayashi 15' Agudelo 26', 54'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 43,230 Referee: Allen Chapman

Seattle Sounders FC v Toronto FC

May 6, 2017 MLS 9	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Toronto FC	Seattle, Washington
12:00 (PDT)	Delem  13' Alonso  46'	Recap Boxscore	Altidore 23' (pen.) Mavinga  70'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 41,468 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Chicago Fire v Seattle Sounders FC

May 13, 2017 MLS 10	Chicago Fire	4–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00 (PDT)	Nikolić 25' (pen.), 76' Lampson  48' Accam 60' Solignac 73' Vincent  78'	Recap Boxscore	Frei  26' Dempsey 28' Jones  87'  89'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,153 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC

May 17, 2017 MLS 11	Sporting Kansas City	3–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Kansas City, Kansas
17:30 (PDT)	Gerso 56', 58', 69'	Recap Boxscore	Delem  3' Alfaro  85'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,139 Referee: Ted Unkel

Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake

May 20, 2017 MLS 12	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington
14:00 (PDT)	Shipp 42'	Recap Boxscore	Sunny  25' Beckerman  75'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,588 Referee: Kevin Stott

Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers

May 27, 2017 MLS 13 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Portland Timbers	Seattle, Washington
12:00 (PDT)	Roldan 4' Frei  41'	Recap Boxscore	Okugo  60'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 47,362 Referee: Mark Geiger

Columbus Crew SC v Seattle Sounders FC

May 31, 2017 MLS 14	Columbus Crew SC	3–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Columbus, Ohio
17:30 (PDT)	Higuaín 10' Meram 21' Kamara 59' Mensah  67'	Recap Boxscore	Adekoya  3'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 12,773 Referee: Dave Gantar

Seattle Sounders FC v Houston Dynamo

June 4, 2017 MLS 15	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Bruin 69'	Recap Boxscore	Alex  28'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,258 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

New York City FC v Seattle Sounders FC

June 17, 2017 MLS 16	New York City FC	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	New York, New York
10:00 (PDT)	Wallace  35' Villa 52' (pen.), 77' White  80' Okoli  90'+4'	Recap Boxscore	Svensson  28' Roldan  29', 40' Alonso  48' Marshall  52'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 25,073 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Seattle Sounders FC v Orlando City SC

June 21, 2017 MLS 17	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Orlando City SC	Seattle, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Bruin 19' Dempsey  75' Torres  90'+3'	Recap Boxscore	Johnson  78' Spector  79' Sutter 90'+4'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 42,333 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC

June 25, 2017 MLS 18 Cascadia Cup	Portland Timbers	2–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PDT)	Powell  10' Adi 45' (pen.) Asprilla 45'+4' Guzmán  90'	Recap Boxscore	Jones 27' Evans  44' Dempsey 90'+4'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Colorado Rapids v Seattle Sounders FC

July 4, 2017 MLS 19	Colorado Rapids	1–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 (PDT)	Williams  23' Boateng  45'+2' Badji  48', 78' da Fonte  54' Gordon  66'	Recap Boxscore	Dempsey 6', 85' Bruin 30'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,432 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Seattle Sounders FC v D.C. United

July 19, 2017 MLS 20	Seattle Sounders FC	4–3	D.C. United	Seattle, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Bruin 51' Evans 62' Svensson 74' Roldan 78' Lodeiro  89'	Recap Boxscore	Brown 8' Harkes 27' Sarvas  33' Sam 50'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 42,714 Referee: Kevin Stott

Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes

July 23, 2017 MLS 21 Heritage Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Roldan 54', 56' Leerdam 65'	Recap Boxscore	Yueill  57' Godoy  60' Imperiale  87'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 43,528 Referee: Alan Kelly

LA Galaxy v Seattle Sounders FC

July 29, 2017 MLS 22	LA Galaxy	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
19:00 (PDT)	Jones  42' Van Damme  45'+1'  86' Diallo  80' Alessandrini  85'	Recap Boxscore	Jones  83'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,667 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Minnesota United FC v Seattle Sounders FC

August 5, 2017 MLS 23	Minnesota United FC	0–4	Seattle Sounders FC	Minneapolis, Minnesota
17:00 (PDT)	Cronin  84'	Recap Boxscore	Bruin 9' Dempsey 18', 73' Morris 71'	Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 22,649 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

Seattle Sounders FC v Sporting Kansas City

August 12, 2017 MLS 24	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Sporting Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
13:00 (PDT)	Dempsey 36' Lodeiro  45'+1' Torres  66'	Recap Boxscore	Musa  27'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 43,530 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Seattle Sounders FC v Minnesota United FC

August 20, 2017 MLS 25	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Minnesota United FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Marshall 31' Dempsey 90'+4' (pen.)	Recap Boxscore	Finlay 21' Danladi  25' Taylor  90'+3'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,312 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders FC

August 23, 2017 MLS 26 Cascadia Cup	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 (PDT)	Montero  31', 64' Waston  32' Tchani  52'  60'	Recap Boxscore	Lodeiro 19' (pen.) Nouhou  31' Alfaro  45'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers

August 27, 2017 MLS 27 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Portland Timbers	Seattle, Washington
18:30 (PDT)	Roldan 18' Nouhou  90'+3'	Recap Boxscore	Blanco  20' Valeri 45'+2' (pen.) Olum  70'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 51,796 Referee: Mark Geiger

Seattle Sounders FC v LA Galaxy

September 10, 2017 MLS 28	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	LA Galaxy	Seattle, Washington
18:00 (PDT)	Fisher  73' Alonso  75' Neagle 85' Torres  89'	Recap Boxscore	Zardes 25',  81' Jones  33' Diallo  42' Alessandrini  55' Giovani  80'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 44,697 Referee: Drew Fischer

FC Dallas v Seattle Sounders FC

September 16, 2017 MLS 29	FC Dallas	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Frisco, Texas
17:00 (PDT)	Hedges  53'	Recap Boxscore	Dempsey  60' Leerdam  67' Lodeiro  89' Rodríguez  90'+4'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,124 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC

September 23, 2017 MLS 30	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah
18:30 (PDT)	Savarino 52' Mulholland 66'	Recap Boxscore	Leerdam  57' Neagle  90'+6'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,786 Referee: Sorin Stoica

Seattle Sounders FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

September 27, 2017 MLS 31 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Seattle, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Rodríguez 17' Alonso  35' Lodeiro 62' Dempsey 69'	Recap Boxscore	Reyna  24' Waston  26' Williams  90'+1' Tchani  90'+2'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 41,868 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Philadelphia Union v Seattle Sounders FC

October 1, 2017 MLS 32	Philadelphia Union	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
10:00 (PDT)	Ilsinho  27' Epps 28' Alberg 88'	Recap Boxscore	Delem  11'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 17,431 Referee: Alan Kelly

Seattle Sounders FC v FC Dallas

October 15, 2017 MLS 33	Seattle Sounders FC	4–0	FC Dallas	Seattle, Washington
16:30 (PDT)	Rodríguez 31' Bruin 64', 67' Neagle 90'+2'	Recap Boxscore	Morales  8'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 48,478 Referee: Drew Fischer

Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids

October 22, 2017 MLS 34	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	Colorado Rapids	Seattle, Washington
14:00 MDT	Bruin 9' Dempsey  24' Torres  29' Roldan  51' Lodeiro 64' (pen.), 90+4'  90+4' Jones  90+1'	Recap Boxscore	Aigner  32' Ford  60' Sjöberg  62'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 44,370 Referee: Chris Penso

MLS Cup Playoffs

See also: 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinals

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders FC

October 29, 2017 Leg 1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
17:30 (PDT)	Nosa  45' Ghazal  79'	Recap Boxscore	Roldan  87'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 27,837 Referee: Kevin Stott

Seattle Sounders FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

November 2, 2017 Leg 2	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Seattle, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Lodeiro  9' Dempsey 56', 88' Torres  68'	Recap Boxscore	Techera  38' Montero  49' Nosa  58' Waston  82'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,587 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Western Conference Finals

Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders FC

November 21, 2017 Leg 1	Houston Dynamo	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston, Texas
18:30 (PST)	Anibaba  28' Elis  29' Martínez  44'	Recap Boxscore	Svensson 11' Bruin 42' Nouhou  64' Torres  88'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,661 Referee: Chris Penso

Seattle Sounders FC v Houston Dynamo

November 30, 2017 Leg 2	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	Houston Dynamo	Seattle, Washington
19:30 (PST)	Rodríguez 22' Nouhou  36' Dempsey 57' Jones  67' Bruin 73'	Recap Boxscore	Alexander  29' Boniek  60' Martínez  66' Torres  80'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 45,298 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

MLS Cup Final

Main article: MLS Cup 2017

Toronto FC v Seattle Sounders FC

December 9, 2017	Toronto FC	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Toronto, Ontario
13:00 (PST)	Altidore 67' Vázquez 90+4'  90+5'	Recap Boxscore		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 30,584 Referee: Allen Chapman MVP: Jozy Altidore

Mid-season friendlies

Seattle Sounders FC v Club Necaxa

March 25, 2017	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Club Necaxa	Seattle, WA
19:00 (PDT)	Fernández 83'	Report	Maturana  31' Díaz 90'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 38,045 Referee: Tim Ford

Seattle Sounders FC v Eintracht Frankfurt

July 8, 2017	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Seattle, WA
12:00 (PDT)	Dempsey 44' Nouhou  86'	Report	Hrgota 29' Besuschkow  39' Ordóñez  53' Kamada  67' Fernandes  74'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,667 Referee: Victor Rivas

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2017 U.S. Open Cup

Seattle Sounders FC (1) v Portland Timbers (1)

June 13, 2017 Fourth round	Seattle Sounders FC (1)	2–1	Portland Timbers (1)	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Kovar 3' Mathers 54' (pen.)	Report Boxscore	Williams 38' Hanson  69'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,937 Referee: Allen Chapman

San Jose Earthquakes (1) v Seattle Sounders FC (1)

June 28, 2017 Fifth round	San Jose Earthquakes (1)	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC (1)	San Jose, California
19:30 (PDT)	Salinas 6' Hoesen 84' Godoy  90'+2'	Report Boxscore	Narbón  35' Kovar 48' Bruin  82'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 13,442 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		U.S. Open Cup		Playoffs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Tyler Miller	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
2	FW	USA	Clint Dempsey	32	15	25+4	12	0	0	3	3
3	DF	USA	Brad Evans	11	1	6+5	1	0	0	0	0
4	MF	SWE	Gustav Svensson	36	2	30+2	1	0	0	2+2	1
5	DF	CMR	Nouhou	25	0	10+9	0	2	0	4	0
6	MF	CUB	Osvaldo Alonso	27	1	24+2	1	0	0	0+1	0
7	MF	USA	Cristian Roldan	37	6	33	6	0	0	4	0
8	MF	ESP	Víctor Rodríguez	10	3	5+2	2	0	0	1+2	1
10	MF	URU	Nicolás Lodeiro	37	7	33	7	0	0	4	0
11	MF	USA	Aaron Kovar	9	2	1+6	0	2	2	0	0
12	FW	USA	Seyi Adekoya	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
13	FW	USA	Jordan Morris	24	3	22+1	3	0	0	0+1	0
14	DF	USA	Chad Marshall	32	1	27+1	1	0	0	4	0
15	DF	MEX	Tony Alfaro	16	0	8+7	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW	USA	Will Bruin	36	13	20+11	11	0+1	0	4	2
18	DF	NED	Kelvin Leerdam	19	1	14+1	1	0	0	4	0
19	MF	USA	Harry Shipp	22	2	11+7	2	1	0	2+1	0
21	MF	MTQ	Jordy Delem	17	0	9+5	0	1	0	1+1	0
23	MF	USA	Henry Wingo	14	0	0+11	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
24	GK	SUI	Stefan Frei	35	0	33	0	0	0	2	0
27	FW	USA	Lamar Neagle	11	2	0+8	2	0	0	0+3	0
29	DF	PAN	Román Torres	26	0	21+2	0	0	0	3	0
32	MF	USA	Zach Mathers	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
33	DF	TRI	Joevin Jones	35	1	28+2	1	1	0	4	0
39	GK	USA	Bryan Meredith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	DF	USA	Sam Rogers [S2]	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
71	FW	USA	David Olsen [S2]	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
77	MF	PAN	Francisco Narbón [S2]	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
88	MF	USA	Ray Saari [S2]	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
91	DF	JAM	Oniel Fisher	10	0	7+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
92	DF	CMR	Rodrigue Ele [S2]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
99	FW	CMR	Felix Chenkam [S2]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
8	MF	URU	Álvaro Fernández	11	0	5+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
38	FW	USA	Irvin Parra [S2]	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
80	FW	USA	Victor Mansaray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: November 30, 2017
• Source: Team Stats

[S2] – S2 player^[A]

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	MLS	MLS Cup	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW	2	Clint Dempsey	12	3	0	15
2	FW	17	Will Bruin	11	2	0	13
3	MF	10	Nicolás Lodeiro	7	0	0	7
4	MF	7	Cristian Roldan	6	0	0	6
5	MF	8	Víctor Rodríguez	2	1	0	3
	FW	13	Jordan Morris	3	0	0	3
7	MF	4	Gustav Svensson	1	1	0	2
	MF	11	Aaron Kovar	0	0	2	2
	MF	19	Harry Shipp	2	0	0	2
	MF	27	Lamar Neagle	2	0	0	2
11	DF	3	Brad Evans	1	0	0	1
	MF	6	Osvaldo Alonso	1	0	0	1
	DF	14	Chad Marshall	1	0	0	1
	DF	18	Kelvin Leerdam	1	0	0	1
	MF	32	Zach Mathers	0	0	1	1
	DF	33	Joevin Jones	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	1
Total				49	7	3	55

• Last updated: November 30, 2017
• Source: Team Stats

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			MLS Cup			U.S. Open Cup			Total
2	FW	Clint Dempsey	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
3	DF	Brad Evans	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	MF	Gustav Svensson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Nouhou	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
6	MF	Osvaldo Alonso	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
7	MF	Cristian Roldan	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	MF	Víctor Rodríguez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF	Nicolás Lodeiro	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
12	FW	Seyi Adekoya	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	DF	Chad Marshall	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	DF	Tony Alfaro	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
17	FW	Will Bruin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
18	DF	Kelvin Leerdam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	MF	Harry Shipp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF	Jordy Delem	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
24	GK	Stefan Frei	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	FW	Lamar Neagle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	DF	Roman Torres	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
33	DF	Joevin Jones	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
77	MF	Francisco Narbón	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
91	DF	Oniel Fisher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
8	MF	Álvaro Fernández	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			43	1	4	7	0	0	1	0	1	47	1	4

• Last updated: November 30, 2017
• Source: Disciplinary Stats

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Honors and awards

MLS Comeback Player of the Year

Player	Notes	Ref
Clint Dempsey	Successful 2017 campaign after an irregular heartbeat sidelined him for the second half of 2016.	[4]

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
6	Nicolás Lodeiro	San Jose Earthquakes	[5]

MLS Save of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
6	Stefan Frei	San Jose Earthquakes	[6]
10	Stefan Frei	Toronto FC	[7]
30	Stefan Frei	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[8]

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
5	Cristian Roldan	Atlanta United FC	[9]
5	Gustav Svensson	Atlanta United FC	[9]
8	Clint Dempsey	LA Galaxy	[10]
8	Nicolás Lodeiro	LA Galaxy	[10]
13	Chad Marshall	Portland Timbers	[11]
14	Osvaldo Alonso	Columbus Crew SC, Houston Dynamo	[12]
19	Clint Dempsey	Colorado Rapids	[13]
20	Cristian Roldan	D.C. United, San Jose Earthquakes	[14]
22	Clint Dempsey	Minnesota United FC	[15]
22	Nicolás Lodeiro	Minnesota United FC	[15]
23	Chad Marshall	Sporting Kansas City	[16]
24	Chad Marshall	Minnesota United FC	[17]
32	Will Bruin	FC Dallas	[18]
33	Román Torres	Colorado Rapids	[19]
33	Nicolás Lodeiro	Colorado Rapids	[19]

MLS Coach of the Week

Week	Coach	Opponent	Ref
19	Brian Schmetzer	Colorado Rapids	[13]

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
35	GK	Bryan Meredith	San Jose Earthquakes	Selected with 20th pick in 2016 MLS Re-Entry Draft	December 16, 2016	[20]
19	MF	Harry Shipp	Montreal Impact	Traded for allocation money	December 22, 2016	[21]
17	FW	Will Bruin	Houston Dynamo	Traded for allocation money	December 23, 2016	[22]
12	FW	Seyi Adekoya	UCLA	Signed HGP Deal	January 18, 2017	[23]
23	MF	Henry Wingo	Washington	Signed HGP Deal	January 18, 2017	[23]
5	DF	Nouhou	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Free	January 26, 2017	[24]
4	MF	Gustav Svensson	Guangzhou R&F	Free	January 30, 2017	[25]
21	MF	Jordy Delem	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Free	March 2, 2017	[26]
32	MF	Zach Mathers	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Free	March 2, 2017	[26]
18	DF	Kelvin Leerdam	SBV Vitesse	Free	July 10, 2017	[27]
8	MF	Víctor Rodríguez	Sporting de Gijón	Free	August 2, 2017	[28]
27	FW	Lamar Neagle	D.C. United	Traded for a fourth-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft	August 7, 2017	[29]
16	MF	Calum Mallace	Montreal Impact	Traded for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft	August 9, 2017	[30]

Draft picks

See also: 2017 MLS SuperDraft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2017 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 13, 2017	Brian Nana-Sinkam		DF	Stanford	MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#22)	[31]
January 13, 2017	Dominic Oduro		DF	FC Nordsjælland	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#35)	[31]
January 17, 2017	Doug Goodman		MF	Georgetown	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#56); Acquired from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder David Estrada	[31]
January 17, 2017	Jake Stovall		DF	Wright State	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#66)	[31]
January 17, 2017	Kyle Bjornethun		DF	Seattle University	MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#88)	[31]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
39	FW	Oalex Anderson		Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
12	MF	Michael Farfan	Retired	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
8	MF	Erik Friberg	BK Häcken	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
9	FW	Herculez Gomez	Retired	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
23	MF	Andreas Ivanschitz	Viktoria Plzeň	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
17	FW	Darwin Jones	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
31	DF	Damion Lowe	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
22	GK	Charlie Lyon	Orange County SC	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
4	DF	Tyrone Mears	Atlanta United FC	Waived, Traded for $50k general allocation money	December 12, 2016	[32]
5	DF	Jimmy Ockford	Reno 1868 FC	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
15	DF	Dylan Remick	Houston Dynamo	Waived; Second pick in 2016 MLS Re-Entry Draft	December 12, 2016	[32]
20	DF	Zach Scott	Retired	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
18	MF	Nathan Sturgis		Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
16	FW	Nelson Valdez	Cerro Porteño	Waived	December 12, 2016	[32]
80	FW	Victor Mansaray	FC Cincinnati	Out on Loan	February 6, 2017	[33]
8	MF	Álvaro Fernández	San Martín	End of Contract	July 10, 2017	[34]
80	FW	Victor Mansaray	Umeå FC	Waived	August 10, 2017	[35]

Staff

As of 6 February 2017^[update][36]

Executive
Majority owner	Adrian Hanauer
Minority owners	Joe Roth, Paul Allen, Drew Carey
Chief executive officer	Bart Wiley
General Manager	Garth Lagerwey
Coaching staff
Head coach	Brian Schmetzer
Assistant coach	Djimi Traoré
Assistant coach	Gonzalo Pineda
Goalkeeper coach	Tom Dutra
Head athletic trainer	Chris Cornish
Head Scout	Kurt Schmid

Notes

A. ^a Players who are under contract with Seattle Sounders FC 2.