SEATTLE — Major League Soccer announced Thursday an extended delay to its 25th season.

SEATTLE (AP) — Gyasi Zardes scored in the first half to give Columbus the lead, but Seattle's Raul Ruidiaz scored on a second penalty-kick attempt midway through the second half as the Crew and Sounders played to a 1-1 draw Saturday night.

Stefan Frei confessed that Sunday’s match was particularly difficult to prepare for.

SEATTLE — A home advantage historically has been worth playing for in Major League Soccer and other major professional circuits.

TUKWILA, Wash. — The chase is on again.

San Jose’s desperation turned into a Stefan Frei highlight reel.

SEATTLE — The Sounders FC clinched a playoff berth late Wednesday night, albeit not the way the club wanted.

WASHINGTON — Everything was ready to go for the Sounders on Sunday.

SEATTLE — After conceding a barrage of goals the past month, you’d think the Sounders FC would be happy about seeing a clean sheet.

LOS ANGELES — Without protest, L.A. Galaxy defender Daniel Steres walked off the field in what would have been a game-changer for any other MLS team.

SANDY, Utah — Defensive blunders continue to plague Sounders FC.

SEATTLE — Felipe Gutierrez credited luck for one of his going in the net for Sporting Kansas City.

TUKWILA, Wash. – Sounders center back Roman Torres was suspended by MLS on Friday for 10 games for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. Torres tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance, the league said.

Performance — good and bad — was a keyword for the Sounders in their final training sessions before hosting Sporting Kansas City on Sunday at CenturyLink Field.

SEATTLE — Brian Fernandez only arrived in Portland a couple of months ago. He’s quickly become a despised figure in Seattle.

SEATTLE — Borussia Dortmund of the German Bundesliga proved a bit too much for the Seattle Sounders in a 3-1 victory in an international friendly Wednesday night at CenturyLink Field.

SEATTLE — Raúl Ruidíaz and Harry Shipp scored to help the Seattle Sounders beat Atlanta United 2-1 on Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Maximiliano Moralez, Jesús Medina and Ebenezer Ofori each scored a second-half goal and New York City FC knocked off the Seattle Sounders 3-0 in an MLS match here on Wednesday night.

SEATTLE — Midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro, the Sounders’ all-time assists leader, has been named to the 26-player MLS All-Star team, league officials announced on Monday.

TACOMA — The Sounders switched competitions but couldn’t shake their losing skid.

TUKWILA — MLS is on a two-week FIFA international break and the Sounders are … still playing?

MONTREAL — An unhappy group of Sounders trudged slowly around the visitors’ locker room, having finished off the first half of their season knowing they’d allowed yet another road game to get away.

TACOMA — Since 1975, the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers soccer teams have battled for Pacific Northwest superiority.

History likely will be made today for the Sounders.

TUKWILA, Wash. — Three-time MLS defender of the year Chad Marshall announced his retirement due to injury on Wednesday, bringing an end to a 16-year career that included stints with the Columbus Crew and Seattle Sounders.

SEATTLE — Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer understood the frustration even if a full CenturyLink Field audience couldn’t.

TUKWILA — Perhaps Jordy Delem has a knack for breaking up plays on the soccer field because his parents were talented scorers.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Sounders bolstered their defense by signing Ecuadorean central defender Xavier Arreaga and bringing back Joevin Jones before the MLS transfer window deadline.

TUKWILA — A MLS disciplinary panel on Wednesday rescinded the red card issued to the Sounders’ Cristian Roldan in the 18th minute of a draw against Los Angeles FC on Sunday at CenturyLink Field, meaning the midfielder will be eligible to play at Minnesota on Saturday.

SEATTLE — When his Seattle Sounders salvaged a tie against San Jose last Wednesday, coach Brian Schmetzer wasn’t shy about saying it felt like a loss. He had a far different feeling about another tie Sunday.

SEATTLE — The Sounders’ hot start to the season was on the verge of becoming a distant memory until they stoked a fire in the second half of their matchup against San Jose on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES — Seattle headed to Los Angeles wanting a statement MLS game.

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Major League Soccer postponed a game scheduled for Wednesday night between the Seattle Sounders and Colorado Rapids due to bad weather in the Denver area.

SEATTLE — An expansion team that played as poorly as expected was a welcome tonic for a trio of Sounders midfielders that still face work in adjusting to one another.

SEATTLE — Sounders forward Jordan Morris couldn’t have asked for a more triumphant return from injury than he pulled off last weekend.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Sounders have a new jersey sponsor after signing a multiyear deal with online retailer Zulily.

SEATTLE — It had been accepted within the Sounders ranks some time ago that Osvaldo Alonso, the team’s last remaining original MLS member, had played his final match with the club.

SEATTLE — Even before stars like Fredy Montero, Kasey Keller, Clint Dempsey and Stefan Frei put the Sounders on the Major League Soccer map, the team’s defining acquisition had been a German-born head coach with a penchant for winning games.

SEATTLE — A longer offseason than the Sounders hoped for began Tuesday night with them confirming their general manager will indeed be the one making any player personnel calls this winter.