# List of Seattle Sounders FC players

Seattle Sounders FC is an American soccer club founded in 2008, after the city of Seattle was awarded a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise. Sounders FC began playing competitive soccer in the 2009 season. It plays its home games at Lumen Field, competing in the Western Conference of the MLS. The current Sounders FC is the third soccer team from Seattle to bear the Sounders nickname. The tradition was started by Seattle's North American Soccer League team in 1974, and continued by the city's United Soccer Leagues side, formed in 1994. The current Sounders FC is an entity distinct to both of these clubs, and played its first MLS game on March 19, 2009.
As of the start of the 2021 season, a total of 125 players have participated in at least one league match for Sounders FC. Raúl Ruidíaz is the club's all-time top goal scorer, and Nicolás Lodeiro is club's all-time leader in assists.

## Players

A Major League Soccer club's active roster consists of up to 30 players. All 30 players are eligible for selection to each 18-player game-day squad during the regular season and playoffs. Players who were contracted to the club but never played a regular season MLS game are not listed below.
All statistics are for MLS regular season games only, including the group stage of the 2020 MLS is Back Tournament, and are correct as of October 19, 2024.
Key
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward/striker

### Outfield players

| Name | Position | Country | Years | Games | Goals | Assists |
| Saad Abdul-Salaam | DF | USA | 2019 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| Seyi Adekoya | FW | USA | 2017–2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Adeniran | FW | USA | 2021–2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Alfaro | DF | Mexico | 2016–2018 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Osvaldo Alonso | MF | Cuba | 2009–2018 | 277 | 10 | 24 |
| Oalex Anderson | FW | St. Vincent | 2016 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalil Anibaba | DF | USA | 2014 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Xavier Arreaga | DF | Ecuador | 2019–2024 | 100 | 3 | 2 |
| Josh Atencio | MF | USA | 2019– | 91 | 1 | 4 |
| Michael Azira | MF | Uganda | 2014–2015 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Baker | DF | USA | 2023– | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Reed Baker-Whiting | MF | USA | 2021– | 47 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad Barrett | FW | USA | 2014–2015 | 44 | 12 | 1 |
| Jonathan Bell | DF | USA | 2024– | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Nicolas Benezet | MF | France | 2021 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Tristan Bowen | FW | USA | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Bruin | FW | USA | 2017–2022 | 132 | 27 | 13 |
| Marc Burch | DF | USA | 2012–2013 | 49 | 0 | 7 |
| Handwalla Bwana | MF | Somalia | 2018–2020 | 32 | 4 | 3 |
| Jonathan Campbell | DF | USA | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Servando Carrasco | MF | USA | 2011–2013 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Caskey | MF | USA | 2012–2013 | 30 | 1 | 4 |
| Cordell Cato | FW | Trinidad and Tobago | 2012 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Emanuel Cecchini | MF | Argentina | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Léo Chú | FW | Brazil | 2021–2024 | 79 | 7 | 14 |
| Abdoulaye Cissoko | DF | France | 2021–2023 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Cooper | FW | USA | 2014–2015 | 22 | 3 | 4 |
| Andy Craven | FW | USA | 2015–2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro de la Vega | FW | Argentina | 2024– | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| Jordy Delem | DF | Martinique | 2017–2021 | 74 | 1 | 3 |
| Clint Dempsey | MF | USA | 2013–2018 | 115 | 47 | 28 |
| Justin Dhillon | FW | USA | 2019–2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Dobbelaere | MF | USA | 2020–2023 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| David Estrada | FW | USA | 2010–2014 | 41 | 5 | 0 |
| Brad Evans | MF | USA | 2009–2017 | 200 | 20 | 27 |
| Michael Farfan | MF | USA | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Álvaro Fernández | MF | Uruguay | 2010–2012, 2016–2017 | 75 | 14 | 4 |
| Oniel Fisher | DF | Jamaica | 2015–2017 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| Waylon Francis | DF | Costa Rica | 2018 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Erik Friberg | MF | Sweden | 2011, 2015–2016 | 64 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike Fucito | FW | USA | 2010–2011 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
| Hérculez Gómez | FW | USA | 2016 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeimar Gómez | DF | Colombia | 2020– | 143 | 7 | 1 |
| Leonardo González | DF | Costa Rica | 2009–2015 | 137 | 2 | 4 |
| Taylor Graham | DF | USA | 2009–2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Héber | FW | Brazil | 2023 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| Shandon Hopeau | FW | USA | 2019–2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jhon Kennedy Hurtado | DF | Colombia | 2009–2013 | 108 | 1 | 3 |
| Patrick Ianni | DF | USA | 2009–2013 | 83 | 3 | 2 |
| Miguel Ibarra | FW | USA | 2020 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Andreas Ivanschitz | MF | Austria | 2015–2016 | 34 | 4 | 9 |
| Nate Jaqua | FW | USA | 2009–2011 | 66 | 9 | 12 |
| Adam Johansson | DF | Sweden | 2012 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddie Johnson | FW | USA | 2012–2013 | 49 | 23 | 5 |
| Darwin Jones | FW | USA | 2015–2016 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Joevin Jones | DF | Trinidad and Tobago | 2016–2017, 2019–2020 | 93 | 5 | 19 |
| Shalrie Joseph | MF | Grenada | 2013 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Kim Kee-hee | DF | South Korea | 2018–2019 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| Stephen King | MF | USA | 2009 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Sota Kitahara | MF | USA | 2023–2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalani Kossa-Rienzi | MF | USA | 2024– | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Kovar | MF | USA | 2014–2018 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| Sébastien Le Toux | MF | France | 2009 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
| Kelvin Leerdam | DF | Suriname | 2017–2020 | 91 | 9 | 12 |
| Roger Levesque | FW | USA | 2009–2012 | 53 | 6 | 2 |
| Danny Leyva | MF | USA | 2019– | 63 | 0 | 2 |
| Freddie Ljungberg | MF | Sweden | 2009–2010 | 37 | 2 | 12 |
| Nicolás Lodeiro | MF | Uruguay | 2016–2023 | 191 | 41 | 80 |
| Antino Lopez | DF | USA | 2024– | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Lund | MF | Denmark | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Mansaray | FW | USA | 2015–2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Marshall | DF | USA | 2014–2019 | 156 | 10 | 6 |
| Tyrone Marshall | DF | Jamaica | 2009–2010 | 46 | 3 | 3 |
| Mario Martínez | MF | Honduras | 2012–2013 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Obafemi Martins | FW | Nigeria | 2013–2015 | 72 | 40 | 23 |
| Jordan McCrary | DF | USA | 2018 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Mears | DF | England | 2015–2016 | 65 | 1 | 5 |
| Jimmy Medranda | DF | Colombia | 2020–2022 | 46 | 4 | 6 |
| Georgi Minoungou | DF | Ivory Coast | 2024– | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Moffat | MF | Scotland | 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Montaño | FW | Colombia | 2010–2011 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fredy Montero | FW | Colombia | 2009–2014, 2021–2023 | 191 | 59 | 43 |
| Jordan Morris | FW | USA | 2016– | 196 | 66 | 30 |
| Danny Musovski | FW | USA | 2024– | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan | DF | Brazil | 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Neagle | FW | USA | 2011, 2013–2015, 2017–2018 | 130 | 28 | 17 |
| Blaise Nkufo | FW | Switzerland | 2010 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| Pat Noonan | FW | USA | 2010–2011 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| Sanna Nyassi | MF | Gambia | 2009–2010 | 38 | 2 | 3 |
| Shane O'Neill | DF | USA | 2020–2021 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Ocampo-Chavez | FW | USA | 2019–2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Ochoa | FW | USA | 2011–2013 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| Jimmy Ockford | DF | USA | 2014–2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Okoli | FW | USA | 2014–2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Pappa | MF | Guatemala | 2014–2015 | 49 | 9 | 11 |
| Jeff Parke | DF | USA | 2010–2012 | 78 | 1 | 2 |
| João Paulo | MF | Brazil | 2020– | 108 | 6 | 24 |
| Gonzalo Pineda | MF | Mexico | 2014–2015 | 56 | 4 | 9 |
| Jackson Ragen | DF | USA | 2022– | 88 | 3 | 5 |
| Dylan Remick | DF | USA | 2013–2016 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| James Riley | DF | USA | 2009–2011 | 84 | 1 | 9 |
| Victor Rodríguez | MF | Spain | 2017–2019 | 43 | 9 | 10 |
| Alex Roldan | MF | El Salvador | 2018– | 164 | 4 | 18 |
| Cristian Roldan | MF | USA | 2015– | 276 | 36 | 45 |
| Mauro Rosales | MF | Argentina | 2011–2013 | 86 | 12 | 34 |
| Andy Rose | MF | England | 2012–2015 | 82 | 5 | 7 |
| Paul Rothrock | MF | USA | 2023– | 31 | 6 | 2 |
| Kelyn Rowe | MF | USA | 2021–2023 | 71 | 2 | 6 |
| Raúl Ruidíaz | FW | Peru | 2018–2024 | 139 | 72 | 14 |
| Albert Rusnák | MF | Slovakia | 2022– | 96 | 18 | 22 |
| Amadou Sanyang | MF | Gambia | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Seamon | MF | USA | 2010–2012 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Zach Scott | DF | USA | 2009–2016 | 118 | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Shipp | MF | USA | 2017–2020 | 64 | 10 | 7 |
| Luis Silva | MF | Mexico | 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Sivebæk | MF | Denmark | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Smith | DF | Australia | 2018–2019, 2020–2021 | 63 | 3 | 11 |
| Nathan Sturgis | MF | USA | 2009–2010, 2016 | 29 | 1 | 2 |
| Gustav Svensson | MF | Sweden | 2017–2020 | 90 | 4 | 6 |
| Dylan Teves | MF | USA | 2022–2024 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| Thomás | MF | Brazil | 2015 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Tiffert | MF | Germany | 2012 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| Nouhou Tolo | DF | Cameroon | 2017– | 195 | 1 | 8 |
| Román Torres | DF | Panama | 2015–2019, 2020 | 69 | 1 | 3 |
| Djimi Traoré | DF | Mali | 2013–2014 | 42 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Vagenas | MF | USA | 2009–2010 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| Nelson Valdez | FW | Paraguay | 2015–2016 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| Obed Vargas | MF | Mexico | 2021– | 66 | 1 | 9 |
| Alex Villanueva | DF | USA | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Wahl | DF | USA | 2009–2011 | 39 | 1 | 3 |
| Cam Weaver | FW | USA | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Brian White | FW | Jamaica | 2011 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Henry Wingo | MF | USA | 2017–2019 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Magnus Wolff Eikrem | MF | Norway | 2018 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| DeAndre Yedlin | DF | USA | 2013–2014 | 56 | 1 | 6 |
| Steve Zakuani | MF | DR Congo | 2009–2013 | 80 | 17 | 14 |
| Eriq Zavaleta | FW | El Salvador | 2013–2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalkeepers

In their history the Seattle Sounders FC have used three primary goalkeepers. US national team member and Seattle area native Kasey Keller was the goalkeeper for the team's first three seasons. In November 2011, just shy of his 42nd birthday, Keller retired. Austrian Michael Gspurning was brought in as Keller's replacement in 2012. After two seasons Gspurning and the Sounders FC front office were unable to come to an agreement on a contract and Gspurning was released. Toronto FC traded Stefan Frei to the Sounders in December 2013. Frei would be the first choice goalkeeper for the Sounders from the 2014 season to present.
| Name | Country | Years | Games | Conceded | Shutouts |
| Terry Boss | Puerto Rico | 2009–2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Stefan Cleveland | USA | 2020–2023 | 29 | 37 | 4 |
| Ben Dragavon | USA | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Eylander | USA | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Stefan Frei | Switzerland | 2014– | 325 | 375 | 99 |
| Michael Gspurning | Austria | 2012–2013 | 49 | 50 | 18 |
| Marcus Hahnemann | USA | 2012–2014 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Kasey Keller | USA | 2009–2011 | 93 | 97 | 30 |
| Bryan Meredith | USA | 2011–2012, 2017–2019 | 13 | 17 | 3 |
| Tyler Miller | USA | 2016–2017 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Troy Perkins | USA | 2015 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Spencer Richey | USA | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Thomas | Russia | 2021– | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Andrew Weber | USA | 2012, 2013 | 6 | 7 | 0 |

## By nationality

MLS regulations permit teams to name eight players from outside of the United States in their rosters. However, this limit can be exceeded by trading international slots with another MLS team, or if one or more of the overseas players is a refugee or has permanent residency rights in the USA. As of April 24, 2023, 67 players from outside the United States have played in MLS for Seattle Sounders FC.
| Country | Number of players | Games |
| Argentina | 3 | 99 |
| Australia | 1 | 63 |
| Austria | 2 | 83 |
| Brazil | 5 | 222 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 190 |
| Colombia | 5 | 489 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 148 |
| Cuba | 1 | 277 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 80 |
| Denmark | 2 | 4 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 100 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 162 |
| England | 2 | 147 |
| France | 3 | 67 |
| Gambia | 2 | 39 |
| Germany | 1 | 12 |
| Grenada | 1 | 10 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 49 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 3 |
| Honduras | 1 | 13 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 83 |
| Mali | 1 | 42 |
| Martinique | 1 | 74 |
| Mexico | 4 | 146 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 72 |
| Norway | 1 | 15 |
| Panama | 1 | 69 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 31 |
| Peru | 1 | 138 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 15 |
| Russia | 1 | 6 |
| Scotland | 1 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 89 |
| Somalia | 1 | 32 |
| South Korea | 1 | 59 |
| Spain | 1 | 43 |
| Suriname | 1 | 91 |
| Sweden | 4 | 212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 330 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 101 |
| Uganda | 1 | 26 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 266 |
| USA | 79 | 3,157 |

## Additional players

In addition to competing in Major League Soccer every year, Sounders FC participate in other competitions such as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the CONCACAF Champions League. Below is a list of players who have not appeared in a league match, but have played for the team in other competitions.
| Name | Position | Country | Years | Competitions |
| Evan Brown | DF | USA | 2009 | 2009 US Open Cup qualifying |
| Snyder Brunell | MF | USA | 2024 | 2024 US Open Cup |
| Felix Chenkam | FW | Cameroon | 2017–2018 | 2017 US Open Cup |
| Osaze De Rosario | FW | Guyana | 2024 | 2024 US Open Cup |
| Rodrigue Ele | FW | Cameroon | 2017–2018 | 2017 US Open Cup |
| Kevin Forrest | FW | USA | 2009 | 2009 US Open Cup qualifying |
| Stuart Hawkins | DF | USA | 2024 | 2024 US Open Cup |
| Nick Hinds | DF | USA | 2018 | 2018 US Open Cup |
| Zach Mathers | MF | USA | 2016–2017 | 2016 US Open Cup |
| Francisco Narbón | MF | Panama | 2017 | 2017 US Open Cup |
| David Olsen | FW | USA | 2018 | 2018 US Open Cup |
| Irvin Parra | MF | USA | 2017 | 2017 US Open Cup |
| Fábio Pereira | MF | Brazil | 2014 | 2014 US Open Cup |
| Sam Rogers | DF | USA | 2017 | 2017 US Open Cup |
| Ray Saari | MF | USA | 2017–2018 | 2017 US Open Cup |
| Jarrod Smith | FW | New Zealand | 2009 | 2009 US Open Cup |
| Travian Sousa | DF | USA | 2023 | 2023 US Open Cup |
| Michael Tetteh | MF | Ghana | 2011–2012 | 2011 US Open Cup |
| Hal Uderitz | DF | USA | 2023 | 2023 US Open Cup |