History of professional soccer in Seattle
Outdoor seasons

History of professional soccer in Seattle

Section Title: Outdoor seasons
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Season	Regular Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Community Shield	CONCACAF	Top goalscorer

League	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Name	Goals

1974	NASL	20	10	7	3	37	17	101	3rd; West 5th; Overall	John Rowlands	10

1975	NASL	22	15	7	0	42	28	129	2nd; West 3rd; Overall	QF	John Rowlands	9

1976	NASL	24	14	10	0	40	31	123	2nd; West 6th; Overall	C-SF	Gordon Wallace	13

1977	NASL	26	14	12	0	43	34	123	3rd; Division 4th; Conf. 5th; Overall	Runners-up	Micky Cave	12

1978	NASL	30	15	15	0	50	45	138	3rd; Division 7th; Conf. 12th; Overall	QF	Micky Cave	13

1979	NASL	30	13	17	0	58	52	125	3rd; Division 9th; Conf. 16th; Overall	John Ryan	12

1980	NASL	32	25	7	0	74	31	203	1st; Division 2nd; Conf. 2nd; Overall	C-SF	Roger Davies	25

1981	NASL	32	15	17	0	60	62	137	4th; Division 11th; Overall	R1	Kevin Bond	16

1982	NASL	32	18	14	0	72	48	166	1st; Division 2nd; Overall	Runners-up	Peter Ward	18

1983	NASL	30	12	18	0	62	61	119	3rd; Division 9th; Overall	Mark Peterson Peter Ward	13

No Sounders franchise existed between 1984–1993

1994	APSL	20	14	6	0	38	16	121	1st	SF	Chance Fry	11

1995	A-League	24	20	4	0	40	24	51	2nd	Champions	SF	Peter Hattrup	11

1996	A-League	27	16	11	0	45	25	40	3rd	Champions	QF	4th	Jason Farrell	6

1997	USISL	28	21	7	0	42	19	50	2nd; Division 4th; Overall	SF	R2	Mike Gailey	10

1998	USISL	28	18	10	0	63	28	52	2nd; Division 6th; Overall	C-SF	Mark Baena	24

1999	A-League	32	19	9	0	56	36	81	3rd; Division 4th; Overall	QF	R3	Niall Thompson	20

2000	A-League	20	10	7	3	56	36	81	1st; Division 4th; Overall	C-SF	R2	Greg Howes	17

2001	A-League	26	13	12	1	40	39	57	5th; Conf. 12th; Overall	R2	Leighton O'Brien	11

2002	A-League	26	23	1	4	71	27	107	1st; Division 1st; Conf. 1st; Overall	C-SF	R3	Brian Ching	16

2003	A-League	28	16	7	5	45	24	53	1st; Division 2nd; Conf. 3rd; Overall	SF	QF	Brian Ching	16

2004	A-League	28	16	7	5	45	24	53	4th; Conf. 9th; Overall	Runners-up	Welton Melo	5

2005	USL-1	28	11	6	11	33	25	44	4th	Champions	R3	Welton Melo	5

2006	USL-1	28	11	13	4	42	48	37	7th	R3	Cam Weaver	18

2007	USL-1	28	16	6	6	37	23	54	1st	Champions	SF	Sébastien Le Toux	10

2008	USL-1	30	10	10	10	37	36	40	5th	QF	SF	Sébastien Le Toux	14

2009	MLS	30	12	7	11	38	29	47	3rd; Conf. 4th; Overall	QF	Champions	Fredy Montero	12

2010	MLS	30	14	10	6	39	35	48	4th; Conf. 6th; Overall	QF	Champions	Runners-up	GS	Fredy Montero Steve Zakuani	10

2011	MLS	34	18	7	9	56	37	63	2nd; Conf. 2nd; Overall	QF	Champions	Champions	QF	Fredy Montero	12

2012	MLS	34	15	8	11	51	33	56	3rd; Conf. 7th; Overall	SF	Runners-Up	SF	Eddie Johnson	14

2013	MLS	34	15	12	7	42	42	52	4th; Conf. 6th; Overall	QF	R3	Eddie Johnson	9

2014	MLS	34	20	10	4	65	50	64	1st; Conf. 1st; Overall	SF	Champions	Oba Martins	17

2015	MLS	34	15	13	6	44	36	51	4th; Conf. 6th; Overall	QF	R4	QF	Oba Martins	15

2016	MLS	34	14	14	6	44	43	48	4th; Conf. 6th; Overall	Champions	QF	Jordan Morris	12

Sentence(s)

During the 2012 season, the Sounders finished third in the conference, seventh overall in MLS and were finalists once again in the U.S. Open Cup.

final_sentence: During the 2012 season, the Sounders finished third in the conference, seventh overall in MLS and were finalists once again in the U.S. Open Cup.