2022 Seattle Sounders FC season
The 2022 Seattle Sounders FC season is the club's forty-eighth season of existence, and their fourteenth in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The team is under the management of Brian Schmetzer in his sixth full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders. 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. 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 2022 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes. Competitions. Preseason. The Seattle Sounders announced the their pre-season schedule on January 22, 2022 . Seattle competed against its rival, the Portland Timbers, in a friendly match in Tuscan as part of the Desert Showcase which was hosted by FC Tucson. The club also participated in the Coachella Valley Invitational with its host, LA Galaxy. Match Results. MLS Regular Season. The MLS schedule was released on December 15, 2021. U.S. Open Cup. The Sounders will enter the 2022 U.S. Open Cup in the Round of 32 on 10–11 May 2022 by virtue of finishing second in the 2021 Western Conference. The draw is scheduled for 22 April 2022. CONCACAF Champions League. The Sounders qualified to  the round of 16 of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League by virtue of their second-place finish in the 2021 Western Conference. The round of 16 draw occurred on December 15. Statistics. ! style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers ! style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders ! style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders ! style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards ! style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred/loaned out during the season