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Joao Paulo scored the first goal, Raul Ruidiaz added two more and Fredy Montero got the fourth in Seattle's season-opening win Friday.
When the Sounders open up their season April 16, fans should be cheering in person for the first time since March 7, 2020. The club received final approval from regional health authorities Monday and will be allowed to have fans at Lumen Field during the 2021 season.
After easily disposing of Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer’s postseason opening round last week, the Sounders are at the point of uncertainty.
Sounders forward Raul Ruidiaz has tested positive for COVID-19 with another member of the Peru national team.
Major League Soccer released Tuesday the final stretch of its 2020 schedule to complete a season amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Major League Soccer said Saturday it will resume its season once the MLS is Back tournament in Florida wraps up.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Mauricio Pineda scored in the 84th minute to give the Chicago Fire a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders this morning in the MLS is Back tournament.
SEATTLE — Major League Soccer is awaiting a vote from its players regarding a return-to-play proposal that could end the suspension of the MLS season and avoid a lockout, according to reporting by The Athletic.
By Seattle Times staff
SEATTLE — Sounders FC majority owner Adrian Hanauer has heard all of the extreme and fantastical plans professional sports leagues and fans have sketched trying to resume or debut a season during the global coronavirus pandemic.
SEATTLE — On Sunday, 40,126 fans gathered at CenturyLink Field to watch the Sounders open their MLS season with a come-from-behind, 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire.
Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer (right) talks to his bench during the second half against Minnesota United on Oct. 6 in Seattle. The Sounders won, 1-0.
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. — Serenaded by dozens of flag-waving, chanting supporters, the Sounders wrapped up possibly their final home training session of the season Sunday hoping to give their faithful an even bigger home show.
SEATTLE — There’s a phone call Nico Lodeiro used to make from the soccer field.
TUKWILA, Wash. — The chase is on again.
SEATTLE — Fourteen teams are vying for this year’s MLS Cup, and the postseason features a single-elimination bracket, a first in the league’s 24-year history. The Sounders earned the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference and will host seventh-seeded FC Dallas on Saturday at CenturyLink Field.…
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.
SEATTLE — In the jumbled MLS Western Conference, the Seattle Sounders know they can’t afford to drop points at home. On Sunday, they found a way to pull out all three.
SEATTLE — Cristian Roldan knows the Seattle Sounders will spend much of the upcoming week talking about defense.
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.
TUKWILA, Wash. — Brad Smith will remain a Sounder through 2019.
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.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Johnny Russell had a hat trick and Sporting Kansas City beat the Seattle Sounders 3-2 on Sunday to snap a seven-game winless streak.
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.
