Sounder At Heart 13 hours ago
International Roundup: Misters Worldwide
Photo by Omar Vega/ The boys are (coming) back [to] town! You may have heard that the Seattle Sounders had a handful of players out on international duty during the March 20-28 FIFA window. The six Sounders that joined their assorted national teams played in a mix of friendlies and competitive matches with little in the way of success. Nouhou and Cameroon played a home-and-away series against Namibia in Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, and Alex Roldan joined up with El Salvador for Concacaf Nations League games, including a meeting with the USMNT. Xavier Arreaga and...
Sounder At Heart 15 hours ago
Internationals return to Sounders training
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Sounders hoping to get off to a better start against Galaxy. TUKWILA — The six players who missed last week’s Sounders game due to international duty have started to trickle back into town, with Alex Roldán and Reed Baker-Whiting the first to return. It’s unclear how big of a role any of them will play in Saturday’s match against the LA Galaxy. On Wednesday, Roldán was training exclusively on the side and appeared to be testing the thigh injury that caused him to be removed at halftime of El Salvador’s match on Monday....
Sounder At Heart 18 hours ago
Realio’s Ratings: Jordan Morris gets four to get ten
William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Jordan Morris gets four to get ten. Seattle went to Kansas City to play the Sporks and there was a ton of narrative against the Sounders: on the road, missing starters to international call ups, some injuries, playing a team that is never an easy matchup. After five minutes the doubts were completely justified, as a sluggish road team conceded on their first defensive test and SKC looked to be on the front foot. Unlike last year, however, Seattle weathered the pressure and turned the tide, starting with an equalizer to go into half level...
Sounder At Heart 20 hours ago
Reimagined Memorial Stadium is beautiful, but probably too small for OL Reign
Populous It could potentially be a wonderful place for the Sounders to play early-round U.S. Open Cup games. A reimagined Memorial Stadium would feature covered stands, a concourse that opens into Seattle Center, modern amenities, and is envisioned to accommodate soccer, but would likely be too small to be a viable long-term home for OL Reign based on renderings created by design firm Populous last year at the behest of Seattle Public Schools. The feasibility study, which the Seattle Times brought to light on Wednesday, essentially provides the framework for what SPS...
Sounder At Heart 23 hours ago
Major Link Soccer: Julie Ertz returns to USWNT
Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Republic owner agrees to buy Huddersfield Town; Scotland men shock Spain. Puget Sound Breaking down the keys to Sounders FC’s big win at SKC. Six storylines you might have missed from Saturday’s historic win over Sporting Kansas City | Seattle Sounders Defiance comes in at 10 to start. MLS NEXT Pro Top 10 Power Rankings: Opening Matchday | MLSNEXTPro.com MLS / US men’s club soccer What a week in MLS. A defender passed the ball directly to a St. Louis CITY SC striker, St. Louis CITY SC won by multiple goals and St. Louis CITY SC...
Sounder At Heart Mar 28, 2023
Breakout performance may have earned Léo Chú another start
William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Alex Roldan’s uncertain injury status may open the door further. TUKWILA — Coming off a resounding 4-1 win over Sporting KC that featured several changes to the starting lineup, the Seattle Sounders could be left with a few tough choices to make. The toughest of those would seemingly be how to keep Léo Chú on the field, coming off his MLS-record-tying four-assist performance. Chú earned that start mostly through hard work in training, something that continued on Tuesday. “He’s enjoying himself, he’s in good spirits today,”...
Sounder At Heart Mar 28, 2023
Major Link Soccer: NWSL sets a new opening week attendance record
Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports USMNT grabs a 1-0 win over El Salvador. Seattle Stefan Frei’s mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in December. But that didn’t stop her from embracing life and cherishing time with her family. Sounders’ Stefan Frei shares his mother’s inspiring message after cancer diagnosis | The Seattle Times Breakout performance from Léo Chu leads shorthanded Sounders to historic night at SKC. Léo Chú makes most of opportunity, sets Seattle Sounders single-match assist record | Seattle Sounders MLS The MLS community has joined the...
Sounder At Heart Mar 27, 2023
Win over KC was clear sign Sounders have turned the page
Photo provided by Sounders FC Communications If you were waiting for a clear sign that last year’s struggles are behind the Sounders, the 4-1 win over Sporting KC should go a long way toward reassuring you. We saw plenty of good signs from the Seattle Sounders through the first four games. They had mostly dominated the bad teams and been able to hang with the teams we expect to be closer to elite. But on the heels of back-to-back scoreless performances, there remained at least some level of doubt that they’d truly turned the page from 2022, especially when it came...
Sounder At Heart Mar 27, 2023
Jordan Morris wins MLS Player of the Week off four-goal performance
William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Morris is first Sounder to win the award since Raúl Ruidíaz in 2021. In what should come as absolutely no surprise, Jordan Morris was named the MLS Player of the Matchday for Week 5 on the strength of his four-goal performance against Sporting KC. It was the first time a Sounders player had scored four goals in a single game and he joins just 16 others who have scored at least that many in the entire history of MLS. Morris was also the first player since 2000 to manage that while playing on the road. Fourdan Fourris....
Sounder At Heart Mar 27, 2023
Five things we saw from Sounders’ win over Sporting KC
Photo courtesy of Sounders FC Communications Jordan Morris, Leo Chu, and so much more. The Seattle Sounders put in an impressive shorthanded showing on Saturday by beating a downtrodden Sporting Kansas City 4-1. The stars of the show were none other than Jordan Morris and Léo Chú, but that’s not to say the rest of the squad didn’t put in a solid performance from front to back. Here are the five most notable things we saw from Saturday’s win: Jordan Morris this, Jordan Morris that Fourdan Morris. Jordan Fourris. Counting to four goals? No Sweat. You pick your...
Sounder At Heart Mar 27, 2023
Major Link Soccer: Jordan Morris was Stone Cold against SKC
William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Jordan Morris and the Sounders simply stunned SKC. The Seattle Sounders demolished Sporting Kansas City in a weekend full of lopsided MLS results as teams navigated playing through the international window. OL Reign and the rest of the NWSL returned to action, but the Reign unfortunately come out of the opening weekend with 0 points. Antonio Conte and Tottenham have finally broken up after Conter practically begged to be dumped in press conferences for weeks, and Jurgen Klinsmann’s start as the South Korea manager has gone about as...
Sounder At Heart Mar 26, 2023
Sounders at Sporting KC: community player ratings form
Photo credit: Olivia Brestal / Sounders FC Communications Get those nines and tens out! This should be a fun one! Granted it didn’t start out that way — the first five minutes of this match between your Seattle Sounders and Sporting Kansas City featured a troublesome goal for the bad guys, not to mention some early physicality towards Cristian Roldan to dredge up unpleasant memories. But, once that was out of the way, the Sounders grew into the match, and did a lot of fun soccer stuff. Two dudes who probably did the most fun soccer stuff were Léo Chú and Jordan...
Sounder At Heart Mar 26, 2023
Léo Chú provides breakout performance in supporting role
William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Brazilian set a club record with four assists, including three primaries. The performance of Seattle Sounders forward Jordan Morris will get most of the spotlight, but the contributions of Léo Chú deserve a prominent place on the marquee. Morris’ four-goal haul wouldn’t have been possible without Chú’s three direct assists. And thanks to a bit of forgiving MLS accounting crediting him with an assist on the third Morris goal, Chú is officially the Sounders’ record-holder with four assists in a match. The 4-1 dismantling of...
Sounder At Heart Mar 26, 2023
Sporting KC vs. Sounders: Highlights, stats and quotes
William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Jordan Morris sets Sounders record with four goals in 4-1 win over Sporting KC. The Seattle Sounders broke out of their road doldrums in an emphatic way, beating Sporting KC 4-1 on Saturday behind the first-ever four-goal game in club history from Jordan Morris. Léo Chú provided primary assists on three of the goals and got a secondary assist on the other to also set a franchise record. The Sounders had come into this match riding a 10-game road winless run and had lost five straight, dating back to last year. The start was far from...
Sounder At Heart Mar 25, 2023
Fourdan Morris: Sounders thrash Sporting KC
Photo by Kyle Rivas/ Sounders come back from an early deficit to blast SKC 4-1. The Seattle Sounders punished Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, as they unleashed a tornado named Jordan Morris on their way to a 4-1 win. SKC took an early lead, with Willy Agada claiming a rebound from a Stefan Frei save in the 5th minute. After some early dominance from Kansas City, though, the Sounders worked their way into the game. In the 23rd minute Morris put Seattle on the board and leveled the score. Nico Lodeiro played a ball behind Graham Zusi for Léo Chú, who worked his way...
