# 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.

## Background
### Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of August 22, 2017.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Tyler Miller | United States |
| 2 | FW | Clint Dempsey (DP) | United States |
| 3 | DF | Brad Evans | United States |
| 4 | MF | Gustav Svensson | Sweden |
| 5 | DF | Nouhou | Cameroon |
| 6 | MF | Osvaldo Alonso (DP) | Cuba |
| 7 | MF | Cristian Roldan | United States |
| 8 | MF | Víctor Rodríguez | Spain |
| 10 | MF | Nicolás Lodeiro (DP) | Uruguay |
| 11 | MF | Aaron Kovar (HGP) | United States |
| 12 | FW | Seyi Adekoya (HGP) | United States |
| 13 | FW | Jordan Morris (HGP) | United States |
| 14 | DF | Chad Marshall | United States |
| 15 | DF | Tony Alfaro | Mexico |
| 16 | MF | Calum Mallace | Scotland |
| 17 | FW | Will Bruin | United States |
| 18 | DF | Kelvin Leerdam | Netherlands |
| 19 | MF | Harry Shipp | United States |
| 21 | MF | Jordy Delem | Martinique |
| 23 | MF | Henry Wingo (HGP) | United States |
| 24 | GK | Stefan Frei | Switzerland |
| 27 | FW | Lamar Neagle | United States |
| 29 | DF | Román Torres | Panama |
| 32 | MF | Zach Mathers | United States |
| 33 | DF | Joevin Jones | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 35 | GK | Bryan Meredith | United States |
| 91 | DF | Oniel Fisher | Jamaica |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Major League Soccer
#### League tables
##### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 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 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 5 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 49 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |

##### Overall

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches
### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Regular season | Regular season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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

### 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 |
| 5 | FW | 13 | Jordan Morris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 4 | Gustav Svensson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Aaron Kovar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Harry Shipp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 27 | Lamar Neagle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Brad Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 6 | Osvaldo Alonso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 14 | Chad Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 18 | Kelvin Leerdam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 32 | Zach Mathers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 33 | Joevin Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 7 | 3 | 55 |
* Last updated: November 30, 2017
* Source: Team Stats

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | MLS | MLS | MLS | MLS Cup | MLS Cup | MLS Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | 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 | Total | Total | 43 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 4 |
* Last updated: November 30, 2017
* Source: Disciplinary Stats

## 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. | |

### MLS Goal of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent | Ref |
| 6 | Nicolás Lodeiro | San Jose Earthquakes | |

### MLS Save of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent |
| 6 | Stefan Frei | San Jose Earthquakes |
| 10 | Stefan Frei | Toronto FC |
| 30 | Stefan Frei | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |

### MLS Team of the Week

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

### MLS Coach of the Week

| Week | Coach | Opponent | Ref |
| 19 | Brian Schmetzer | Colorado Rapids | |

## 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 |
| 35 | GK | Bryan Meredith | San Jose Earthquakes | Selected with 20th pick in 2016 MLS Re-Entry Draft | December 16, 2016 |
| 19 | MF | Harry Shipp | Montreal Impact | Traded for allocation money | December 22, 2016 |
| 17 | FW | Will Bruin | Houston Dynamo | Traded for allocation money | December 23, 2016 |
| 12 | FW | Seyi Adekoya | UCLA | Signed HGP Deal | January 18, 2017 |
| 23 | MF | Henry Wingo | Washington | Signed HGP Deal | January 18, 2017 |
| 5 | DF | Nouhou | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | Free | January 26, 2017 |
| 4 | MF | Gustav Svensson | Guangzhou R&F | Free | January 30, 2017 |
| 21 | MF | Jordy Delem | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | Free | March 2, 2017 |
| 32 | MF | Zach Mathers | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | Free | March 2, 2017 |
| 18 | DF | Kelvin Leerdam | SBV Vitesse | Free | July 10, 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Víctor Rodríguez | Sporting de Gijón | Free | August 2, 2017 |
| 27 | FW | Lamar Neagle | D.C. United | Traded for a fourth-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft | August 7, 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Calum Mallace | Montreal Impact | Traded for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft | August 9, 2017 |

#### Draft picks

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

#### Out

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

### Staff

    As of 6 February 2017
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 |