2018 Seattle Sounders FC season

The 2018 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's tenth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. The Sounders finished their previous season as MLS Cup runners-up, losing 2–0 to Toronto FC. The 2018 season was Brian Schmetzer's second full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders.

Seattle Sounders FC

2018 season
General manager	Garth Lagerwey
Head coach	Brian Schmetzer
Stadium	CenturyLink Field
Major League Soccer	Conference: 2nd Overall: 4th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Western Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round
2018 CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
Cascadia Cup	Winners
Heritage Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Raúl Ruidíaz (10)[1] All: Raúl Ruidíaz (13)[1]
Highest home attendance	League: 47,521 (June 30 vs. Portland Timbers)[1]
Lowest home attendance	League: 39,465 (June 9 vs. D.C. United)[1]
Average home league attendance	League: 40,641
Biggest win	League: 5–0 vs. LA Galaxy (Aug. 18)[1]
Biggest defeat	League: 0–3 at Dallas (Mar. 18)[1]
Home colors Away colors
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Background

Main article: 2017 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 June 30, 2018.^[2]

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  SWE Gustav Svensson 5 DF  CMR Nouhou Tolo 6 MF  CUB Osvaldo Alonso 7 MF  USA Cristian Roldan 8 MF  ESP Víctor Rodríguez 9 FW  PER Raúl Ruidíaz (DP) 10 MF  URU Nicolás Lodeiro (DP) 11 DF  AUS Brad Smith (On loan from A.F.C. Bournemouth) 13 FW  USA Jordan Morris (HGP) 14 DF  USA Chad Marshall 15 DF  MEX Tony Alfaro 16 MF  USA Alex Roldan 17 FW  USA Will Bruin 18 DF  NED Kelvin Leerdam 19 MF  USA Harry Shipp (HGP) 20 DF  KOR Kim Kee-hee 21 MF  MTQ Jordy Delem 23 MF  USA Henry Wingo (HGP) 24 GK  SUI Stefan Frei 25 GK  USA Calle Brown 27 FW  USA Lamar Neagle 29 DF  PAN Román Torres 30 DF  USA Jordan McCrary 35 GK  USA Bryan Meredith 70 MF  KEN Handwalla Bwana (HGP) 90 DF  CRC Waylon Francis

Out on loan

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 July 15, 2018.

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  USA Aaron Kovar (HGP; on loan to Los Angeles FC) 99 FW  CMR Felix Chenkam (on season long loan to Seattle Sounders FC 2)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Preseason

Friendlies

Seattle Sounders FC v Club Tijuana U-20's

January 28, 2018	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Club Tijuana U-20's	Chula Vista, California
10:00 (PST)	Bwana 2' Dempsey 42' Rodríguez 49'	Recap	85'	Stadium: Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center

Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC

February 3, 2018	Portland Timbers	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
17:00 PST	Adi  20' Guzmán  22' Valeri 25'	Recap	Roldan 9' Delem  32' Bwana 68' Mathers  73'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Note: View Match

Columbus Crew SC v Seattle Sounders FC

February 4, 2018	Columbus Crew SC	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
11:00 PST	Biros 5' Jahn 78'	Recap	Rodríguez 28' Saari  81'	Stadium: University of Arizona Mulcahy Soccer Stadium

California United FC II v Seattle Sounders FC

February 7, 2018	California United FC II	0–6	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
15:00 PST		Report	Marshall 15', 34' Lodeiro 31' (pen.) Roldan 36' Morris 59', 62'
Note: 45-minute first half, 30-minute second half

California United FC II v Seattle Sounders FC

February 8, 2018	California United FC II	1–5	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
9:00 PST	56'	Report	Eikrem 16', 50' Bruin 36', 37' Nouhou 51'
Note: 45-minute first half, 30-minute second half

Reno 1868 FC v Seattle Sounders FC

February 15, 2018	Reno 1868 FC	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Davis, California
13:30 PST	Calvillo 34'			Stadium: Aggie Soccer Field

Sacramento Republic FC v Seattle Sounders FC

February 15, 2018	Sacramento Republic FC	1–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Sacramento, California
19:30 PST	Eissele 47'		Morris 2', 78' Wingo 28'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 9,094
Note: View Match

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2018 Major League Soccer season

League tables

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	8	8	65	40	+25	62	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	11	5	52	37	+15	59
3	Los Angeles FC	34	16	9	9	68	52	+16	57	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	FC Dallas	34	16	9	9	52	44	+8	57
5	Portland Timbers	34	15	10	9	54	48	+6	54

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Atlanta United FC (C)	34	21	7	6	70	44	+26	69	CONCACAF Champions League
3	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	8	8	65	40	+25	62
4	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	11	5	52	37	+15	59
5	Los Angeles FC	34	16	9	9	68	52	+16	57
6	FC Dallas	34	16	9	9	52	44	+8	57

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
(C) MLS Cup Champion

Results

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	5	11	52	37	+15	59	10	2	5	33	15	+18	8	3	6	19	22	−3

Last updated: September 29, 2018.
Source: MLS

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W

Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Seattle Sounders FC v Los Angeles FC

March 4, 2018 MLS 1	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Los Angeles FC	Seattle, Washington
14:00 (PST)	Alfaro  79'  83' Nouhou  90'+4'	Recap Boxscore	Rossi 11' Feilhaber  69'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,070 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

FC Dallas v Seattle Sounders FC

March 18, 2018 MLS 2	FC Dallas	3–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Frisco, Texas
14:00 (PDT)	Lamah 20', 63' Urruti 58' Nedyalkov  65'	Recap Boxscore	Dempsey  37' Svensson  45'+2' Leerdam  65' Kim  76' Neagle  89'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 13,310 Referee: Chris Penso

Seattle Sounders FC v Montreal Impact

March 31, 2018 MLS 3	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Montreal Impact	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Leerdam  40' Torres  71'	Recap Boxscore	Lovitz  41' Krolicki  47' Vargas 60' Piette  83'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,469 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC

April 15, 2018 MLS 4	Sporting Kansas City	2–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Kansas City, Kansas
13:00 (PDT)	Sánchez 34' (pen.) Espinoza  53' Zusi 78' Medranda  90'+7'	Recap Boxscore	McCrary  24' C. Roldan  44', 73' Bruin 45'+3' Alonso  85'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,508 Referee: Drew Fischer

Seattle Sounders FC v Minnesota United FC

April 22, 2018 MLS 5	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Minnesota United FC	Seattle, Washington
13:00 (PDT)	Svensson 23' Bruin 25' Nouhou  58' Leerdam  87' Delem 90'+5'	Recap Boxscore	Ramirez 66'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,477 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Los Angeles FC v Seattle Sounders FC

April 29, 2018 MLS 6	Los Angeles FC	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Los Angeles, California
18:00 (PDT)	Kaye  63' Ciman 90'+3'	Recap Boxscore	Alonso  15' C. Roldan  82'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Kevin Stott

Seattle Sounders FC v Columbus Crew SC

May 5, 2018 MLS 7	Seattle Sounders FC	0–0	Columbus Crew SC	Seattle, Washington
13:00 (PDT)	Alonso  30'	Recap Boxscore	Santos  15' Trapp  54'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,515 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Toronto FC v Seattle Sounders FC

May 9, 2018 MLS 8	Toronto FC	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Toronto, Ontario
16:30 (PDT)	Osorio 40' Bradley 81' Giovinco  90'	Recap Boxscore	Bruin 25',  55' Alfaro  44' Bwana 54' Delem  88'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 26,089 Referee: Ted Unkel

Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC

May 13, 2018 MLS 9	Portland Timbers	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland, Oregon
13:00 (PDT)	Ridgewell  44' Blanco 86',  90'+6'	Recap Boxscore	Delem  34' A. Roldan  76' Wingo  82'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake

May 26, 2018 MLS 10	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington
14:00 (PDT)	Eikrem  18' Nouhou  37'	Recap Boxscore	Sunny  24' Glad  42' Beckerman  45' Saucedo 61'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,508 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Real Salt Lake v Seattle Sounders FC

June 2, 2018 MLS 11	Real Salt Lake	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah
18:30 (PDT)	Leerdam  10' Delem  25'	Recap Boxscore	Baird 57' Glad  87' Silva 90'+1'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,556 Referee: Kevin Stott

Seattle Sounders FC v D.C. United

June 9, 2018 MLS 12	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	D.C. United	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Lodeiro 57' Alonso  70' Wolff 83'	Recap Boxscore	Mattocks 53'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,465 Referee: Sorin Stoica

New York Red Bulls v Seattle Sounders FC

June 13, 2018 MLS 13	New York Red Bulls	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Harrison, New Jersey
17:00 (PDT)	Royer 37' Wright-Phillips 52'	Recap Boxscore	McCrary  74' Shipp  76', 87' C. Roldan  90'+1'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,553 Referee: Allen Chapman

Seattle Sounders FC v Chicago Fire

June 23, 2018 MLS 14	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Chicago Fire	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT)	Dempsey 22' C. Roldan  87' Nouhou  90'+1'	Recap Boxscore	Katai 9' Schweinsteiger  44' Campbell  61' Collier  85'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,513 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers

June 30, 2018 MLS 15 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	2–3	Portland Timbers	Seattle, Washington
13:30 (PDT)	Rodríguez 51' Marshall 68' Nouhou  85' Dempsey  89' Kim  90'	Recap Boxscore	Mabiala 48', 74' Armenteros 57' Valentin  87'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 47,521 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Colorado Rapids v Seattle Sounders FC

July 4, 2018 MLS 16	Colorado Rapids	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 (PDT)	Nicholson 40',  65' Boli  43' Castillo  48' Badji  66' Azira  70' Mason  87'	Recap Boxscore	Bruin 19', 59' Wolff  90'+5'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,374 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

New England Revolution v Seattle Sounders FC

July 7, 2018 MLS 17	New England Revolution	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
16:30 (PDT)	Fagundez  41' Rowe  81'	Recap Boxscore	Lodeiro  42' Delem  90'+3' Nouhou  90'+4'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 16,484 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Atlanta United FC v Seattle Sounders FC

July 15, 2018 MLS 18	Atlanta United FC	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Atlanta, Georgia
11:00 (PDT)	González Pírez  15' Escobar  45' Martínez 48' Parkhurst  56'	Recap Boxscore	McCrary  26'  63' Lodeiro 45' (pen.),  90'+4'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 72,243 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Seattle Sounders FC v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

July 21, 2018 MLS 19 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Seattle, Washington
13:00 (PDT)	Lodeiro 5' (pen.), 31' Nouhou  17'	Recap Boxscore	Henry  16' Waston  63' Kamara  74' Juárez  77'  77'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 41,849 Referee: Chris Penso

San Jose Earthquakes v Seattle Sounders FC

July 25, 2018 MLS 20 Heritage Cup	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC	San Jose, California
19:30 (PDT)	Luis Felipe  38'	Recap Boxscore	Ruidíaz 62'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 16,478 Referee: Kevin Stott

Seattle Sounders FC v New York City FC

July 29, 2018 MLS 21	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	New York City FC	Seattle, Washington
14:00 (PDT)	C. Roldan 36' Svensson 51' Shipp 86'	Recap Boxscore	Medina 68'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,528 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Minnesota United FC v Seattle Sounders FC

August 4, 2018 MLS 22	Minnesota United FC	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Minneapolis, Minnesota
17:00 (PDT)	Quintero 19' Ibarra  90+1'	Recap Boxscore	Francis  78' Lodeiro 90+1' (pen.),  90+2' Bruin 90+7'	Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 24,482 Referee: Drew Fischer

Seattle Sounders FC v FC Dallas

August 12, 2018 MLS 23	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	FC Dallas	Seattle, Washington
17:00 (PDT)	Marshall 41' Svensson  51' Lodeiro 63' Kee-hee  78'	Recap Boxscore	Badji 52' Cannon  80' Ziegler  90+1'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,522 Referee: Ted Unkel

Seattle Sounders FC v LA Galaxy

August 18, 2018 MLS 24	Seattle Sounders FC	5–0	LA Galaxy	Seattle, Washington
13:00 (PDT)	Marshall 3' Shipp 18' Carrasco 50' (o.g.) C. Roldan 59' Ruidíaz 67'	Recap Boxscore		Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 44,213 Referee: Mark Geiger

Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC

August 26, 2018 MLS 25 Cascadia Cup	Portland Timbers	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland, Oregon
18:30 (PDT)	Chará  22' Blanco  65' Asprilla  87'	Recap Boxscore	Smith  65' Cascante 76' (o.g)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Chris Penso

Seattle Sounders FC v Sporting Kansas City

September 1, 2018 MLS 26	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Sporting Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
13:00 (PDT)	Ruidíaz 12' Kee-hee  27' Zusi 52' (o.g) Lodeiro 56' (pen.) Marshall  81' Frei  82'	Recap Boxscore	Rubio 2',  32' Sánchez  43' Opara  45+1'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,530 Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Note: Marshall's red card was rescinded by an independent panel[3]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders FC

September 15, 2018 MLS 27 Cascadia Cup	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 (PDT)	Kamera 45'+4',  90'+6' Teibert  48'	Recap Boxscore	Ruidíaz 21', 42' Alonso  41' Leerdam  59'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 27,863 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Seattle Sounders FC v Philadelphia Union

September 19, 2018 MLS 28	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Philadelphia Union	Seattle, Washington
20:00 (PDT)		Recap Boxscore	Jones  52' Elliott  78'  89' Picault 90'+3'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,536 Referee: Ismail Elfath

LA Galaxy v Seattle Sounders FC

September 23, 2018 MLS 29	LA Galaxy	3–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
16:00 (PDT)	Ibrahimović 9' (pen.) Feltscher  31' Kamara 40' Boateng 52' Steres  75'	Recap Boxscore		Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,503 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids

September 29, 2018 MLS 30	Seattle Sounders FC	4–0	Colorado Rapids	Seattle, Washington
13:00 (PDT)	Ruidíaz 22', 73' Alonso  33' Ludeiro 52' (pen.) Rodríguez 80'	Recap Boxscore	Ford  25' Smith  38' Price  40' Martinez  54'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,042 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Seattle Sounders FC v Houston Dynamo

October 8, 2018 MLS 31	Seattle Sounders FC	4–1	Houston Dynamo	Seattle, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Bruin 18' C. Roldan 34' Rodríguez 64', 73'	Recap Boxscore	Cabezas  55' Leonardo  76' Beasley 87'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,518 Referee: Drew Fischer

Orlando City SC v Seattle Sounders FC

October 17, 2018 MLS 32	Orlando City SC	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Orlando, Florida
16:30 (PDT)	Dwyer 57' Ascues  90'+2'	Recap Boxscore	Rodríguez 3' Bwana 13' Delem  78' A. Roldan  90'+5'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,344 Referee: Mark Geiger

Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders FC

October 21, 2018 [ Recap] MLS 33	Houston Dynamo	2–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston, Texas
14:00 (PDT)	K. Garcia 63' B. García  74' Manotas 89'	Recap Boxscore	Marshall 26' Svensson 49' Nouhou  72' Ruidíaz 89'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,127 Referee: David Gantar

Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes

October 28, 2018 MLS 34 Heritage Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington
13:30 (PDT)	Ruidíaz 79', 90+3',  90+4'	Recap Boxscore	Cavillo  53' Marshall 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 42,617 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

MLS Cup Playoffs

See also: 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinals

Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC

November 4, 2018 Leg 1	Portland Timbers	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland, Oregon
2:30 pm (PST)	Ebobisse 17' Blanco 29'	Preview	Ruidíaz 10' Svensson  85'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Ted Unkel

Seattle Sounders FC v Portland Timbers

November 8, 2018 Leg 2	Seattle Sounders FC	3–2 (a.e.t.) (4–4 agg.) (2–4 p)	Portland Timbers	Seattle, Washington
7:30 pm (PST)	Ruidíaz 68', 90'+3',  114' Alonso  70' Lodeiro 97' (pen.)	Preview	Flores  41' Blanco 78' Asprilla 93' Valeri  96'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,542 Referee: Jair Marrufo
	Penalties
	Ruidíaz Bruin Alonso Bwana		Melano Valeri Blanco Ridgewell Asprilla

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

Santa Tecla v Seattle Sounders FC

February 22, 2018 First leg	Santa Tecla	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
19:00 (PST)	Mayén 67', 76' (pen.),  90'+4'	Recap Boxscore	Lodeiro 15' Delem  68'	Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)

Seattle Sounders FC v Santa Tecla

March 1, 2018 Second leg	Seattle Sounders FC	4–0 (5–2 agg.)	Santa Tecla	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
19:00 (PST)	Bruin 48' Svensson  60' Lodeiro 69' Dempsey  75' Marshall 81' Eikrem 84'	Recap Boxscore	Quintanilla  3' Cornejo  14' Mayén  53'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 35,549 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Quarter-finals

Seattle Sounders FC v Guadalajara

March 7, 2018 First leg	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Guadalajara	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
19:00 (PST)	Torres  17' Dempsey 78' McCrary  85'	Recap Boxscore	Cota  42' Cisneros  68' Pulido  71'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 42,885 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Guadalajara v Seattle Sounders FC

March 14, 2018 Second leg	Guadalajara	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Seattle Sounders FC	Zapopan, Mexico
19:00 (PDT)	Alanís 50' López 55' Pineda  72' Hernández  77' Godínez 80'	Recap Boxscore	Francis  11' Dempsey  72' McCrary  77'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2018 U.S. Open Cup

Sacramento Republic FC v Seattle Sounders FC

June 6, 2018 Fourth round	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Seattle Sounders FC	Sacramento, California
20:00 (PDT)	Iwasa 60' Bijev  84' Hall  85' Matjašič 115'	Recap Boxscore	Chenkam  11' Roldan  62' Ele  81' Shipp 90+1' Olsen  110'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 5,619 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

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		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	MF	SWE	Gustav Svensson	30	3	23+1	3	0	0	2	0	3+1	0
5	DF	CMR	Nouhou	31	0	23+5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
6	MF	CUB	Osvaldo Alonso	27	0	21+4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	USA	Cristian Roldan	39	4	34	4	0	0	1	0	4	0
8	MF	ESP	Víctor Rodríguez	21	5	14+5	5	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	PER	Raúl Ruidíaz	16	13	13+1	10	0	0	2	3	0	0
10	MF	URU	Nicolás Lodeiro	32	11	27	8	0	0	2	1	3	2
11	DF	AUS	Brad Smith	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	USA	Jordan Morris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	USA	Chad Marshall	35	5	30	4	0	0	1	0	4	1
15	DF	MEX	Tony Alfaro	7	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF	USA	Alex Roldan	22	0	7+13	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	FW	USA	Will Bruin	34	8	19+10	7	0	0	0+1	0	3+1	1
18	DF	NED	Kelvin Leerdam	29	0	24+2	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0
19	MF	USA	Harry Shipp	25	4	15+4	3	0+1	1	1+1	0	2+1	0
20	DF	KOR	Kim Kee-hee	32	0	28+1	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0
21	MF	MTQ	Jordy Delem	18	1	10+6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	USA	Henry Wingo	10	0	2+3	0	1	0	0	0	2+2	0
24	GK	SUI	Stefan Frei	39	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
25	GK	USA	Calle Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	USA	Lamar Neagle	10	0	0+6	0	1	0	0	0	0+3	0
29	DF	PAN	Román Torres	16	0	7+6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
30	DF	USA	Jordan McCrary	20	0	10+5	0	0	0	0+1	0	4	0
31	DF	USA	Nick Hinds [S2]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	USA	Bryan Meredith	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	USA	Shandon Hopeau [S2]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
70	FW	KEN	Handwalla Bwana	14	2	7+5	2	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
71	FW	USA	David Olsen [S2]	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
90	DF	CRC	Waylon Francis	16	0	5+6	0	1	0	0+1	0	3	0
92	DF	CMR	Rodrigue Ele [S2]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	CMR	Felix Chenkam	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
2	FW	USA	Clint Dempsey	17	2	9+5	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
12	FW	USA	Seyi Adekoya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	NOR	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	17	2	7+8	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	1
63	GK	USA	Zac Lubin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: November 9, 2018
• Source: Team Stats

[S2] – S2 player^[A]

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	MLS Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	CONCACAF Champions League	Total
1	FW	9	Raúl Ruidíaz	10	3	0	0	13
2	MF	10	Nicolás Lodeiro	8	1	0	2	11
3	FW	17	Will Bruin	7	0	0	1	8
4	MF	8	Víctor Rodríguez	5	0	0	0	5
	DF	14	Chad Marshall	4	0	0	1	5
6	MF	7	Cristian Roldan	4	0	0	0	4
	FW	19	Harry Shipp	3	0	1	0	4
8	MF	4	Gustav Svensson	3	0	0	0	3
9	FW	2	Clint Dempsey	1	0	0	1	2
	MF	22	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	1	0	0	1	2
	FW	70	Handwalla Bwana	2	0	0	0	2
12	MF	21	Jordy Delem	1	0	0	0	1

• Last updated: November 9, 2018
• Source: Team Stats

Top assists

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	MLS Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	CONCACAF Champions League	Total
1	MF	10	Nicolás Lodeiro	16	0	0	2	18
2	MF	7	Cristian Roldan	9	1	0	0	10
3	MF	8	Víctor Rodríguez	6	0	0	0	6
4	FW	17	Will Bruin	5	0	0	0	5
	DF	18	Kelvin Leerdam	5	0	0	0	5
6	MF	19	Harry Shipp	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	6	Osvaldo Alonso	3	0	0	0	3
	FW	2	Clint Dempsey	1	0	0	2	3
9	DF	11	Brad Smith	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	70	Handwalla Bwana	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	90	Waylon Francis	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	22	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	16	Alex Roldan	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	9	Raúl Ruidíaz	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5	Nouhou	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	4	Gustav Svensson	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	14	Chad Marshall	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	16	Henry Wingo	0	0	0	1	1

• Last updated: November 9, 2018
• Source: Team Stats

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			MLS Playoffs			U.S. Open Cup			CONCACAF Champions League			Total
2	FW	Clint Dempsey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1
4	MF	Gustav Svensson	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
5	DF	Nouhou	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
6	MF	Osvaldo Alonso	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
7	MF	Cristian Roldan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	FW	Raúl Ruidíaz	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF	Nicolás Lodeiro	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	DF	Brad Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	DF	Chad Marshall	0	0	1[3]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	DF	Tony Alfaro	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
16	MF	Alex Roldan	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	FW	Will Bruin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	DF	Kelvin Leerdam	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
19	FW	Harry Shipp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	DF	Kim Kee-Hee	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	MF	Jordy Delem	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
22	MF	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF	Henry Wingo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	GK	Stefan Frei	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	FW	Lamar Neagle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	DF	Roman Torres	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
30	DF	Jordan McCrary	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	0
71	FW	David Olsen [S2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
90	DF	Waylon Francis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
92	DF	Rodrigue Ele [S2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
99	FW	Felix Chenkam	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			54	2	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	8	0	0	69	2	3

• Last updated: November 9, 2018
• Source: Disciplinary Stats

Honors and awards

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Position	Ref
7	Cristian Roldan	Sporting Kansas City	Bench	[4]
8	Osvaldo Alonso	Minnesota United FC	MF	[5]
11	Gustav Svensson	Toronto FC, Portland Timbers	DF	[6]
15	Nicolás Lodeiro	D.C. United	FW	[7]
16	Stefan Frei	New York Red Bulls	Bench	[8]
18	Nicolás Lodeiro	Portland Timbers	Bench	[9]
19	Stefan Frei	Colorado Rapids, New England Revolution	GK	[10]
20	Nouhou	Atlanta United FC	Bench	[11]
21	Nicolás Lodeiro	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	MF	[12]
	Kim Kee-hee		DF
	Cristian Roldan		Bench
22	Stefan Frei	San Jose Earthquakes, New York City FC	GK	[13]
	Kim Kee-hee		DF
23	Osvaldo Alonso	Minnesota United FC	MF	[14]
24	Nicolás Lodeiro	FC Dallas	MF	[15]
	Chad Marshall		DF
25	Nicolás Lodeiro	LA Galaxy	MF	[16]
	Chad Marshall		DF
26	Kim Kee-hee	Portland Timbers	DF	[17]
	Osvaldo Alonso		Bench
27	Osvaldo Alonso	Sporting Kansas City	MF	[18]
	Brad Smith		DF
29	Raúl Ruidíaz	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	FW	[19]
	Stefan Frei		Bench
	Kelvin Leerdam		Bench
31	Nicolás Lodeiro	Colorado Rapids	MF	[20]
	Raúl Ruidíaz		Bench
32	Cristian Roldan	Houston Dynamo	Bench	[21]
	Will Bruin		Bench
34	Nicolás Lodeiro	Orlando City SC, Houston Dynamo	MF	[22]
	Chad Marshall		DF
35	Raúl Ruidíaz	San Jose Earthquakes	FW	[23]

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MLS Coach of the Week

Week	Coach	Opponent	Ref
22	Brian Schmetzer	San Jose Earthquakes, New York City FC	[13]

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
23	Will Bruin	Minnesota United FC	[24]
34	Víctor Rodríguez	Orlando City SC	[25]

MLS Best XI

Player	Position	Ref
Chad Marshall	Defender	[26]

MLS Save of the Year

Player	Opponent	Ref
Stefan Frei	Colorado Rapids July 4	[27]

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
90	DF	Waylon Francis	Columbus Crew	Traded for $50,000 GAM	December 14, 2017	[28]
70	MF	Handwalla Bwana	University of Washington	Signed HGP Deal	January 11, 2018	[29]
22	MF	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Malmö FF	Free Transfer	January 30, 2018	[30]
16	MF	Alex Roldan	Seattle University	Draft Pick	February 13, 2018	[31]
30	DF	Jordan McCrary	Toronto FC II	Free Transfer	February 13, 2018	[31]
25	GK	Calle Brown	Houston Dynamo	Free Transfer	February 20, 2018	[32]
20	DF	Kim Kee-hee	Shanghai Shenhua	Free Transfer	February 27, 2018	[33]
99	FW	Felix Chenkam	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Free	May 25, 2018	[34]
9	FW	Raúl Ruidíaz	Monarcas Morelia	DP contract	June 29, 2018	[35]
63	GK	Zac Lubin	Phoenix Rising FC	On loan	June 30, 2018	[36]
11	DF	Brad Smith	A.F.C. Bournemouth	On loan	August 8, 2018	[37]

Draft picks

See also: 2018 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 2018 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 19, 2017	Alex Roldan	16	MF	Seattle University	MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#22)	[38]
January 19, 2017	Markus Fjørtoft	68	DF	Duke University	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#45)	[38]
January 21, 2017	Chris Bared		DF	Villanova University	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#68)	[38]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
16	MF	Calum Mallace	Los Angeles FC	Option declined; Selected #47 in 2017 MLS Re-Entry Draft	December 12, 2017	[39][40]
3	MF	Brad Evans	Sporting Kansas City	Out of contract	December 12, 2017	[39]
33	FW	Joevin Jones	Darmstadt	Out of contract	December 12, 2017	[39]
1	GK	Tyler Miller	Los Angeles FC	Selected #1 in 2017 MLS Expansion Draft	December 12, 2017	[41]
11	MF	Aaron Kovar	Los Angeles FC	Out on Loan	January 24, 2018	[42]
91	DF	Oniel Fisher	D.C. United	$50,000 GAM	February 7, 2018	[43]
32	MF	Zach Mathers	Las Vegas Lights FC	Waived	March 2, 2018	[44]
12	FW	Seyi Adekoya	Vendsyssel FF	Mutual Termination	April 3, 2018	[45][46]
22	MF	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Molde FK	Waived	July 20, 2018	[47][48]
2	FW	Clint Dempsey		Retired	August 29, 2018	[49]

Notes

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