2012 Seattle Sounders FC season

The 2012 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's fourth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. For the Sounders FC organization, it was their fourth year of existence, and including all previous clubs, it was the 32nd season of a soccer team bearing the Sounders name.

Seattle Sounders FC
2012 season
General managerAdrian Hanauer
ManagerSigi Schmid
StadiumCenturyLink Field
Major League SoccerConference: 3rd
Overall: 7th
MLS Cup PlayoffsConference Final
U.S. Open CupRunners-up
CONCACAF Champions
League (2011–12)
Quarterfinals
CONCACAF Champions
League (2012–13)
Semifinals
Cascadia CupRunners-up (2–1–3)
Heritage CupRunners-up (0–2–0)
Top goalscorerLeague: Eddie Johnson (14 goals)
All: Eddie Johnson (17 goals)
Fredy Montero (17 goals)
Highest home attendance66,452 (Oct. 7 vs. Portland)[1]
Lowest home attendance7,767 (Aug. 2 vs. Caledonia, CCL)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 43,144
Playoffs: 39,758
All: 42,751[1]
Biggest winLeague: 4–0 vs. LA Galaxy (Aug. 5)[1]
6–2 at Chivas USA (Aug. 25)
Biggest defeatLeague: 1–4 at Montreal (Jun. 16)[1]
CCL: 1–6 at Santos Laguna (Mar. 14)[1]
← 2011
2013 →

Season overview edit

Pre-season edit

On November 23, 2011, James Riley was drafted away from Seattle by the Montreal Impact as part of the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft. He was immediately traded to Chivas USA with allocation money for Justin Braun and Gerson Mayen. The Sounders also traded Tyson Wahl to the Impact for allocation money.[2] Other off-season transactions included the transfer of Erik Friberg to Malmö FF, the retirements of Kasey Keller, Terry Boss, and Taylor Graham, the release of Nate Jaqua and Pat Noonan, the acquisition of Marc Burch from D.C. United via the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft, and the signings of out of contract players Michael Gspurning and Adam Johansson.

In the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, the Sounders took Creighton University defender Andrew Duran in the first round and University of Alabama-Birmingham forward Babayele Sodade. A week later, in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft the Sounders took University of California-Santa Barbara defender Tim Pontius and former Leicester City F.C. forward Jason Banton in the second round, University of Washington forward Abdul Aman in the third round, and Cal Poly defender Wes Feighner in the fourth round. On the same day as the Supplemental Draft, the Sounders traded the rights to defender Leone Cruz, whom the Sounders acquired in the second round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft but did not sign to a contract, to Real Salt Lake for UCLA defender Andy Rose, whom Real Salt Lake had drafted in the first round of the Supplemental Draft.

Club edit

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach Sigi Schmid
Assistant coaches Brian Schmetzer, Ezra Hendrickson
Goalkeepers Coach Tom Dutra
Fitness coach David Tenney
Equipment manager Nolan Meyer

Other information edit

Majority Owner Joe Roth
Owner & General Manager Adrian Hanauer
Owner & Founder and Chairman, Vulcan Inc. Paul Allen
President Peter McLoughlin
Owner Drew Carey
Director of First Team Grant Clark
Assistant Athletic Trainer Chris Cornish
Chiropractors Lew Estabrook, DC, Forrest Hartford, DC
Team Services Director Vince Johnson
Medical Director Dr. Michael Morris
Head Athletic Trainer Randy Noteboom
Director of Youth Development Darren Sawatzky
Voice of the Sounders FC Ross Fletcher, Kasey Keller
Ground (capacity and dimensions) CenturyLink Field (67,000 / 104x68m)
Training ground (capacity and dimensions) Starfire Sports Complex (4,500 / 101x64m)

Source: Staff, Organization,

Official sponsors edit

Source: Soundersfc.com

Kits edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home Alternate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home Alt. 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info
Home Rave Green Blue Rave Green
Home Alt. Rave Green Rave Green Blue MLS, April 7 against D.C. United
Home Alt. 2 Rave Green Rave Green Rave Green MLS, April 28 against Chicago
Away Shale Shale Shale
Third Cyan Cyan Cyan → International friendlies and non-MLS matches

Squad edit

Current squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of October 3, 2012.[3]

No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Michael Gspurning   Austria
3 MF Brad Evans   United States
4 DF Patrick Ianni   United States
5 DF Adam Johansson   Sweden
6 MF Osvaldo Alonso (Vice-Captain)   Cuba
7 FW Eddie Johnson   United States
8 DF Marc Burch   United States
10 MF Mauro Rosales (DP / Captain)   Argentina
11 MF Steve Zakuani   DR Congo
12 DF Leonardo González   Costa Rica
13 MF Christian Tiffert (DP)   Germany
14 MF Michael Tetteh (GA)   Ghana
15 MF Mario Martínez (on loan from Real España)   Honduras
16 FW David Estrada   United States
17 FW Fredy Montero (DP / 3rd captain)   Colombia
19 FW Babayele Sodade   Canada
20 DF Zach Scott (4th captain)   United States
21 FW Cordell Cato   Trinidad and Tobago
22 MF Mike Seamon   United States
23 MF Servando Carrasco   United States
24 GK Marcus Hahnemann   United States
25 MF Andy Rose   England
26 FW Sammy Ochoa   United States
27 MF Alex Caskey   United States
29 GK Josh Ford   United States
30 DF Andrew Duran   United States
31 DF Jeff Parke   United States
32 DF Daniel Steres   United States
33 GK Andrew Weber   United States
34 DF Jhon Kennedy Hurtado   Colombia
35 GK Bryan Meredith   United States

Squad information edit

As of November 18, 2012.
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Club appearances (MLS) [playoffs] Club goals (MLS) [playoffs]
Goalkeepers
1 Michael Gspurning   GK (1981-05-02)May 2, 1981 (aged 31)   Skoda Xanthi F.C. 30 (21) [4] 0 (0) [0]
24 Marcus Hahnemann   GK (1972-06-15)June 15, 1972 (aged 40)   Everton 1 (0) [0] 0 (0) [0]
29 Josh Ford   GK (1987-11-06)November 6, 1987 (aged 25)   UConn 0 (0) [0] 0 (0) [0]
33 Andrew Weber   GK (1983-08-09)August 9, 1983 (aged 29)   San Jose 5 (3) [0] 0 (0) [0]
35 Bryan Meredith   GK (1989-08-02)August 2, 1989 (aged 23)   Monmouth 16 (12) [0] 0 (0) [0]
Defenders
4 Patrick Ianni   CB (1985-06-15)June 15, 1985 (aged 27)   Houston 98 (74) [3] 3 (3) [0]
5 Adam Johansson   RFB (1983-02-21)February 21, 1983 (aged 29)   IFK Göteborg 28 (21) [4] 0 (0) [0]
8 Marc Burch   LFB / CB (1984-05-07)May 7, 1984 (aged 28)   D.C. United 40 (29) [2] 0 (0) [0]
12 Leonardo González   LFB (1980-11-21)November 21, 1980 (aged 32)   Municipal Liberia 103 (71) [6] 1 (1) [0]
20 Zach Scott   CB / RFB (1980-07-02)July 2, 1980 (aged 32)   Seattle (USL) 74 (45) [4] 3 (1) [1]
30 Andrew Duran   CB (1989-10-26)October 26, 1989 (aged 23)   Creighton 0 (0) [0] 0 (0) [0]
31 Jeff Parke   CB (1982-04-13)April 13, 1982 (aged 30)   Vancouver 105 (78) [7] 1 (1) [0]
32 Daniel Steres   CB (1990-11-11)November 11, 1990 (aged 22)   San Diego State 0 (0) [0] 0 (0) [0]
34 Jhon Kennedy Hurtado   CB (1984-05-16)May 16, 1984 (aged 28)   Deportivo Cali 112 (81) [8] 1 (1) [0]
Midfielders
3 Brad Evans   CM / RM (1985-05-20)May 20, 1985 (aged 27)   Columbus 108 (88) [8] 17 (13) [0]
6 Osvaldo Alonso   DM (1985-11-11)November 11, 1985 (aged 27)   Charleston 151 (113) [10] 14 (6) [1]
10 Mauro Rosales (C)   AM / RM (1981-02-24)February 24, 1981 (aged 31)   River Plate 62 (53) [2] 8 (8) [0]
11 Steve Zakuani   LM (1988-02-09)February 9, 1988 (aged 24)   Akron 90 (72) [7] 19 (17) [1]
13 Christian Tiffert   CM (1982-02-18)February 18, 1982 (aged 30)   1. FC Kaiserslautern 18 (12) [4] 0 (0) [0]
14 Michael Tetteh   LM / LFB (1989-01-16)January 16, 1989 (aged 23)   UCSB 1 (0) [0] 0 (0) [0]
15 Mario Martínez (on loan from Real España)   AM / LM (1989-07-30)July 30, 1989 (aged 23)   Real España 10 (3) [4] 1 (0) [1]
22 Mike Seamon   CM (1988-08-30)August 30, 1988 (aged 24)   Villanova 21 (9) [0] 0 (0) [0]
23 Servando Carrasco   CM / RM (1988-08-13)August 13, 1988 (aged 24)   California 34 (21) [0] 0 (0) [0]
25 Andy Rose   CM (1990-02-13)February 13, 1990 (aged 22)   Salt Lake 33 (23) [2] 4 (1) [0]
27 Alex Caskey   CM / LM (1988-07-22)July 22, 1988 (aged 24)   Charleston 29 (20) [1] 3 (1) [0]
Forwards
7 Eddie Johnson   ST (1984-03-31)March 31, 1984 (aged 28)   Fulham 38 (28) [3] 17 (14) [1]
16 David Estrada   ST / RM (1988-02-04)February 4, 1988 (aged 24)   UCLA 37 (23) [3] 7 (5) [0]
17 Fredy Montero   ST (1987-07-26)July 26, 1987 (aged 25)   Deportivo Cali 160 (119) [10] 60 (47) [0]
19 Babayele Sodade   ST (1990-07-26)July 26, 1990 (aged 22)   UAB 0 (0) [0] 0 (0) [0]
21 Cordell Cato   ST / RM (1992-07-15)July 15, 1992 (aged 20)   Defence Force 15 (8) [0] 1 (0) [0]
26 Sammy Ochoa   ST (1986-09-04)September 4, 1986 (aged 26)   Estudiantes Tecos 27 (13) [3] 10 (3) [0]

Player movement edit

Transfers edit

In edit

Number Position Player Transferred from Notes Date Source
32 MF   Miguel Montaño   Montreal Impact End loan deal November 21, 2011
1 GK   Michael Gspurning   Skoda Xanthi Free December 7, 2011
8 DF   Marc Burch   D.C. United Re-Entry Draft December 12, 2011
5 DF   Adam Johansson   IFK Göteborg Free December 29, 2011 [4]
28 MF   Christian Sivebæk   FC Midtjylland Undisclosed January 11 [5]
21 FW   Cordell Cato   Defence Force F.C. Undisclosed January 18 [6]
7 FW   Eddie Johnson   Puebla F.C. Selected by Montreal Impact via allocation process, traded in exchange for Mike Fucito and Lamar Neagle
February 17 [7]
30 DF   Andrew Duran   Creighton Bluejays
  Des Moines Menace
SuperDraft, joined after pre-season training camp March 1 [8]
19 FW   Babayele Sodade   UAB Blazers
  Michigan Bucks
[8]
33 GK   Andrew Weber Unattached Free, released by San Jose, joined after pre-season training camp March 2 [9]
25 MF   Andy Rose   Real Salt Lake Supplemental Draft, traded in exchange for Leone Cruz, joined after pre-season training camp March 13
27 MF   Alex Caskey   Charleston Battery Free, selected by Seattle in the 2011 SuperDraft, joined after pre-season training camp
32 DF   Daniel Steres   San Diego State Aztecs Supplemental Draft, selected by Chivas USA, played for Sounders Reserses (March – April), selected in Waiver Draft (June 6) June 22
13 MF   Christian Tiffert   1. FC Kaiserslautern Undisclosed July 27 [10]
24 GK   Marcus Hahnemann Unattached Free, selected via allocation process, Seattle acquired the No. 1 selection from Toronto FC in exchange for a conditional draft pick selection September 14 [11]

Loan in edit

Date from Date to Player Position Transferred from Fee/notes Ref
August 1 End of season   Mario Martínez MF   Real España End of season loan deal
On trial edit
Number Position Player Transferred from Notes Date Source

Out edit

Number Position Player Transferred to Notes Date Source
18 GK   Kasey Keller Unattached Retired November 2, 2011
7 DF   James Riley   Montreal Impact Expansion Draft November 23, 2011
5 DF   Tyson Wahl Traded in exchange for allocation money
28 GK   Terry Boss Unattached Retired December 2, 2011
26 DF   Taylor Graham
32 MF   Miguel Montaño   Montreal Impact Free December 7, 2011
21 FW   Nate Jaqua   New England Revolution Re-Entry Draft December 12, 2011
25 FW   Pat Noonan   Los Angeles Galaxy Re-Entry Draft
8 MF   Erik Friberg   Malmö FF Undisclosed
-- DF   Leone Cruz   Real Salt Lake Traded in exchange for Andy Rose January 17
2 FW   Mike Fucito   Montreal Impact Traded in exchange for Eddie Johnson February 17
27 MF   Lamar Neagle
13 FW   O'Brian White Unattached Released, Seattle Buys out his contract March 22
-- MF   Amadou Sanyang   Charleston Battery Released, in Chicago Fire preseason camp April 6
28 MF   Christian Sivebæk   Vejle Kolding Waived by mutual agreement June 22
24 FW   Roger Levesque Unattached Retired July 18
15 MF   Álvaro Fernández   Chicago Fire Traded in exchange for allocation money July 27

Loan out edit

Date from Date to Player Position Destination club Fee/notes Ref
June 15 August 17   Andrew Duran DF   Atlanta Silverbacks Returned after ACL injury
August 24 October 3   Michael Tetteh MF   Fort Lauderdale Strikers End of season loan deal
On trial edit
Number Position Player Transferred to Notes Date Source
No longer on trial edit
Number Position Player Transferred to Notes Date Source
-- GK   Tyrel Lacey Unattached Out of contract, First phase of camp January 30
-- MF   Park Cheun-Yong   Los Angeles Blues First phase of camp January 30 [12]
40 DF   Ever Alvarado   Real España Left Back, Second phase of camp February 10 [13]
38 MF   Andrew Vanzie   Portmore United F.C. Four week trial, Second phase of camp February 10 [13]
-- GK   Chris Blais Unattached SuperDraft, Cut by San Jose, Third phase of camp February 18 [14]
45 DF   Harlinton Gutiérrez   Real España Centre Back, Second & Third phase of camp February 26
-- GK   Brian Rowe   UCLA Bruins Played for Sounders Reserses (April 16) April 16
-- GK   Steve Spangler   Oregon State Beavers Played for Sounders Reserves (April 23) June 1
-- MF   Sean Morris   Portland Timbers U23's 2011 Supplemental Draft, Played for Sounders Reserves (March–April) June 1
-- MF   Jonathan Prieto Unattached First phase of camp, Played for Sounders Reserves (April) June 1
-- MF   Armando Ochoa -- Played for Sounders Reserves (April) June 1
-- DF   Michael Gallagher   Seattle Sounders FC U18 Played for Sounders Reserves (June 1) August 12
-- MF   Aaron Kovar   Seattle Sounders FC U18 Played for Sounders Reserves (June 1) August 12
-- DF Junior Bergueos -- Played for Sounders Reserves (August 12) August 19
-- MF   Angel Ayala   Cerritos College Played for Sounders Reserves (August 12) August 19
-- DF   Kyle Bjornethun   Seattle Sounders FC U18 Played for Sounders Reserves (August) September 9
-- MF   Moisés Orozco   Tigres de la UANL Played for Sounders Reserves (August 19) September 9
-- FW   Dawyne Smith   Pittsburgh Riverhounds Supplemental Draft, selected by New England Revolution, selected in Waiver Draft (June 6), played for Sounders Reserves (August 19) September 9
40 DF   George Ogăraru Unattached Played for Sounders Reserves (September 9) September 16
41 MF   Seth C'deBaca   Pittsburgh Riverhounds Played for Sounders Reserves (September 9) September 16
43 FW   Eiður Guðjohnsen   Cercle Brugge Played for Sounders Reserves (September 9) September 16 [15]
-- FW   Darwin Jones   Seattle Sounders FC U-23
  Washington Huskies
First phase of camp, at practice in September September 16
-- DF   Jacob Beck   Seattle Sounders FC U18 Played for Sounders Reserves (June & September) September 23
-- FW   Isidro Prado-Huerta   Seattle Sounders FC U18 Played for Sounders Reserves (August & September) September 23
-- DF   Jalen Markey   Seattle Sounders FC U18 Played for Sounders Reserves (September 23) September 26
-- DF   Kenny Mueller Unattached Played for Sounders Reserves (September 23) September 26
-- MF   Duncan McCormick   Seattle Sounders FC U18 Played for Sounders Reserves (September) September 26
-- MF   Henry Wingo   Seattle Sounders FC U18 Played for Sounders Reserves (September 23) September 26
-- FW   Dominique Dismuke   Seattle Sounders FC U18
  Washington Huskies
Played for Sounders Reserves (June – September) September 26
-- FW   Jordan Morris   Seattle Sounders FC U18
  Eastside FC
Played for Sounders Reserves (August & September) September 26
Unsigned draft picks edit
Number Position Player Transferred from Transferred to Notes Date (In) Date (Out) Source
-- FW   Abdul Aman   Washington Huskies   North Sound SeaWolves
  Washington Huskies
Supplemental Draft, First phase of camp January 17 January 30
42 DF   Tim Pontius   UC Santa Barbara   Ventura County Fusion Supplemental Draft, First & Second phase of camp January 17 February 10 [13]
44 DF   Wes Feighner   Cal Poly
  Orange County Blue Star
Unattached Supplemental Draft, First & Second phase of camp January 17 February 10 [13]
39 MF   Jason Banton   Leicester City   Crystal Palace Supplemental Draft, First & Second phase of camp January 17 February 10 [13]

Match results edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

Pre-season edit

February 6, 2012 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Casa Grande, Arizona
15:00 PST, 45' x 45' x 30' Training Game Parke   20'
Carrasco   48'
Ochoa   74'
Caskey   94'
Vanzie   101'
Banton   118'
Gutiérrez   120'
Report Camilo   1'
Harris   4'
Bonjour   14'
Boxall   77'
Teibert   103'
Cregg   110'
Stadium: Grande Sports World
Attendance: ~100
February 13, 2012 Orlando City SC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC Bradenton, Florida
13:00 PST, 30' x 30' x 30' Training Game Chin   27'
  61'
  85'
Report Ochoa   53'
Seamon   55'
Stadium: IMG Academy
February 15, 2012 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Columbus Crew Bradenton, Florida
08:00 PST, 45' x 45' x 30' Training Game Hurtado   10'   13'
Alonso   12'
Montero   54'
Gonzalez   68'
Sanyang   82'
Cato   114'
Report Anor   29'
Tchani   38'
Anor   60'
Heinemann   118'
Stadium: IMG Academy
February 16, 2012 United States U-17 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC Bradenton, Florida
07:00 PST, 35' x 35' Training Game Requejo Jr.   5' Report Estrada   24'
Ochoa   32'
Scott   34'
Stadium: IMG Academy
February 19, 2012 FGCU Eagles 0–5 Seattle Sounders FC Bradenton, Florida
13:00 PST, 30' x 30' x 30' Training Game Report Johnson   11'
Sivebæk  14' (pen.)
Estrada   28'
Trialist   73'
  84' (o.g.)
Stadium: IMG Academy
February 22, 2012 Atlante 2–5 Seattle Sounders FC Cancún, Mexico
15:00PST, Training Game   42'
  47'
  54'
  80'
Report Estrada   12'
Montero   16', 55'
Rosales   42'
Fernandez   42'
Sivebæk   67'
Gonzalez   71'
Stadium: Atlante Training Field

Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield edit

February 29, 2012 3rd Edition Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Chiapas Seattle, Washington
19:00 PST Montero   61', 73'
González   76'
Report Fuentes   73' Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 11,140

Other training games edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Major League Soccer Conference Championships Finalist March 17, 2012 November 18, 2012
2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals Quarterfinals March 7, 2012 March 14, 2012
2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group stage Qualified for the quarterfinals August 2, 2012 2013
U.S. Open Cup Third round Finalist May 29, 2012 August 8, 2012

Updated to match played November 18, 2012
Source: Competitions

CONCACAF Champions League edit

2011–12 edition edit

March 7, 2012 Quarterfinals: first leg Seattle Sounders FC   2–1   Santos Laguna Seattle
19:00 PDT Estrada   12',   89'
Hurtado   33'
González   58'
Evans   63'
Report Rodríguez   28'
Mares   29'
Gomez   61'
Sánchez   65'
Hoyos   80'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 23,433
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
March 14, 2012 Quarterfinals: second leg Santos Laguna   6–1
(7–3 agg.)
  Seattle Sounders FC Torreón, Mexico
17:00 PDT Suárez   8', 76'
Peralta   10'
Baloy   45'
Gomez   46', 68'
Ochoa   81'
Rodríguez   88'
Report González   14'
Montero   30'
Fernández   37'
Stadium: Estadio Corona
Attendance: 14,278
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

2012–13 edition edit

Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Seattle Sounders FC 4 4 0 0 12 5 +7 12
  Marathón 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
  Caledonia AIA 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1
  CAL MAR SEA
Caledonia AIA 0–0 1–3
Marathón 2–1 2–3
Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 3–1
Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

August 2, 2012 Group stage: match 1 Seattle Sounders FC   3–1   Caledonia AIA Seattle
19:00 PDT Ochoa   19'
Montero   30',   56'
Rose   43'
Report Edwards   39'
Joseph   50' (pen.)
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 7,767
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
August 30, 2012 Group stage: match 2 Caledonia AIA   1–3   Seattle Sounders FC Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
17:00 PDT Moore   17'
Theobald   28'
Joseph   66' (pen.)
Gay   71'
Abu Bakr   87'
Report Caskey   45'
Ochoa   60'
Montero   69'
Stadium: Ato Boldon Stadium
Attendance: 556
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)
September 19, 2012 Group stage: match 3 Marathón   2–3   Seattle Sounders FC San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:00 PDT Berríos   35' (pen.), 68' (pen.)
Castro   42'
Mayorquín   84'
Report Ochoa   11'
Carrasco   26'
Gspurning   34'
Johnson   62'
Ianni   67'
Scott   72'
Evans   78'
Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Attendance: 968
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
October 24, 2012 Group stage: match 4 Seattle Sounders FC   3–1   Marathón Seattle
19:00 PDT Ochoa   23'
Zakuani   27'
Estrada   76'
Report Brown   37',   83'
Arzú   40'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 7,874
Referee: Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)

MLS regular season edit

Table edit

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
1 San Jose Earthquakes 34 19 6 9 72 43 +29 66 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 Real Salt Lake 34 17 11 6 46 35 +11 57
3 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 8 11 51 33 +18 56
4 LA Galaxy 34 16 12 6 59 47 +12 54 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 11 13 10 35 41 −6 43
6 FC Dallas 34 9 13 12 42 47 −5 39
7 Colorado Rapids 34 11 19 4 44 50 −6 37
8 Portland Timbers 34 8 16 10 34 56 −22 34
9 Chivas USA 34 7 18 9 24 58 −34 30
Source: MLS

Overall

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Jose Earthquakes (S) 34 19 6 9 72 43 +29 66 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Sporting Kansas City 34 18 7 9 42 27 +15 63
3 D.C. United 34 17 10 7 53 43 +10 58
4 New York Red Bulls 34 16 9 9 57 46 +11 57
5 Real Salt Lake 34 17 11 6 46 35 +11 57
6 Chicago Fire 34 17 11 6 46 41 +5 57
7 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 8 11 51 33 +18 56
8 LA Galaxy (C) 34 16 12 6 59 47 +12 54 CONCACAF Champions League
9 Houston Dynamo 34 14 9 11 48 41 +7 53
10 Columbus Crew 34 15 12 7 44 44 0 52
11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 11 13 10 35 41 −6 43
12 Montreal Impact 34 12 16 6 45 51 −6 42 CONCACAF Champions League
13 FC Dallas 34 9 13 12 42 47 −5 39
14 Colorado Rapids 34 11 19 4 44 50 −6 37
15 Philadelphia Union 34 10 18 6 37 45 −8 36
16 New England Revolution 34 9 17 8 39 44 −5 35
17 Portland Timbers 34 8 16 10 34 56 −22 34
18 Chivas USA 34 7 18 9 24 58 −34 30
19 Toronto FC 34 5 21 8 36 62 −26 23
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
34 56 15 8 11 51 33  +18 11 4 2 27 11  +16 4 4 9 24 22  +2

Last updated: October 28, 2012
Source: 2012 Major League Soccer season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumHHHAHAHHAHAHAAHAAAHAAHAHAAHAHAHHHA
ResultWWLTWWWWWLTLTLTLTTWTWWLWWTWTLTWTWL
Updated to match(es) played on October 28, 2012. Source: Regular season matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Match results edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

March 17, 2012 Match 1 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Toronto FC Seattle
19:00 PDT Estrada   17', 51', 63'
Alonso   25'
Report Johnson   61'
Maund   90+2'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 39,232
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
March 23, 2012 Match 2 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo Seattle
19:00 PDT Estrada   23'
Evans  27' (pen.)
Fernández   83'
Report Moffat   35'
Davis   78'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,304
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
March 31, 2012 Match 3 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes Seattle
19:00 PDT Alonso   6'
Sivebæk   45+2'
Scott   79'
Report Wondolowski  24' (pen.)
Baca   63'
Lenhart   64'
Gordon   81'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,458
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
April 7, 2012 Match 4 D.C. United 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC Washington, D.C.
16:30 PDT Maicon Santos   12'
Jaković   30'
Report Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 15,651
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
April 14, 2012 Match 5 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Colorado Rapids Seattle
13:00 PDT Johnson   47'
Scott   49',   63'
Montero   87'
Report Mullan   87' Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,360
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
April 28, 2012 Match 6 Chicago Fire 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC Bridgeview, Illinois
17:30 PDT Pappa   89',   90+1' Report Friedrich   39' (o.g.)
Estrada   60'
Johnson   67',   90+2'
Montero   90+1'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 14,166
Referee: Michael Kennedy
May 2, 2012 Match 7 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle
19:00 PDT Johnson   40'
Montero   48'
Report Marcelo Sarvas   34' Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 39,002
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
May 5, 2012 Match 8 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Philadelphia Union Seattle
13:30 PDT Rose   18'
Rosales   63'
Report Gómez   78' Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,399
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
May 9, 2012 Match 9 FC Dallas 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC Frisco, Texas
17:30 PDT John   57' Report Burch   30'
Parke   42'
Montero   68', 71',   82'
Scott   75'
Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium
Attendance: 10,092
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
May 12, 2012 Match 10 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake Seattle
19:00 PDT Johnson   54' Report Espíndola   51'
Saborío   70'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 39,312
Referee: Mark Geiger
May 19, 2012 Match 11 Cascadia Cup Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC Vancouver
14:00 PDT Rochat   12'
Camilo   82',   90+3'
Koffie   83'
Report Johnson   47'
Montero   90'
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Kevin Stott
May 23, 2012 Match 12 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Columbus Crew Seattle
19:00 PDT Burch   85'
Alonso   88'
Report Meram   15'
Duka   47'
Mendes   71'
Rentería   76'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,311
Referee: Geoff Gamble
May 26, 2012 Match 13 Chivas USA 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC Carson, California
19:30 PDT Agudelo   58' Report Rose   20'
Estrada   61'
Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 12,280
Referee: Chris Penso
June 16, 2012 Match 14 Montreal Impact 4–1 Seattle Sounders FC Montreal
16:30 PDT Felipe   18'
Mapp   51'
Wenger   58'
Thomas   79'
Rivas   85'
Neagle   87'
Report Parke   22'
Hurtado   56'
Johnson   61',   70'
Montero   76'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 17,112
Referee: Mark Geiger
June 20, 2012 Match 15 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City Seattle
19:00 PDT Ianni   15'
Scott   89'
Fernández   90+2'
Report Peterson   8'
Collin   16'
Olum   48'
Nielsen   59'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 46,932
Referee: Jair Marrufo
June 24, 2012 Match 16 Cascadia Cup Portland Timbers 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC Portland, Oregon
14:00 PDT Boyd   16'
Horst   25'
Chará   44'
Alhassan   54'
Smith   73'
Jewsbury   90'
Palmer   90+2'
Report Evans   18'
Alonso   48'
Johnson   59'
Montero   90+1'
Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 20,438
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
June 30, 2012 Match 17 New England Revolution 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
16:30 PDT Sène   12'
Fagundez   90+4'
Report Rose   18'
Johnson   23', 36'
Alonso   50'
González   90'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 15,264
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
July 4, 2012 Match 18 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC Sandy, Utah
19:00 PDT Saborío   41'
Wingert   56'
Espíndola   86'
Report Hurtado   41'
González   45+1'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,363
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
July 7, 2012 Match 19 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Colorado Rapids Seattle
20:00 PDT Fernández   52'
Johnson   64',   64'
Report Rivero   41'
Cummings   79'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 39,060
Referee: Kevin Stott
July 15, 2012 Match 20 New York Red Bulls 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC Harrison, New Jersey
13:00 PDT Le Toux   24'
Lade   53'
Lindpere   61'
Henry   74'
Report Fernández   16'
Burch   44'
Rose   66'
Montero   67'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena (New Jersey)
Attendance: 19,414
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
July 28, 2012 Match 21 Colorado Rapids 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 PDT Moor   3' Report Johnson   2'
Alonso   65'
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 13,816
Referee: Paul Ward
August 5, 2012 Match 22 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle
18:00 PDT Johnson   6'
Montero   52'
Evans   60'
Caskey   61'
Rose   88'
Report DeLaGarza   24' Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 60,908
Referee: Chris Penso
August 11, 2012 Match 23 Heritage Cup San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC Santa Clara, California
19:30 PDT Bernárdez   15'
Morrow   45+2'
Dawkins   71'
Lenhart   90+3'
Report Johansson   82'
Montero   90+1'
Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 10,744
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
August 18, 2012 Match 24 Cascadia Cup Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Seattle
13:00 PDT Hurtado   59'
Montero   64'
Johnson   87'
Report Koffie   90+1' Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 55,718
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
August 25, 2012 Match 25 Chivas USA 2–6 Seattle Sounders FC Carson, California
19:30 PDT Agudelo   38' (pen.)
Bolaños   64',   90+1'
Report Evans   10'
Montero   27', 34', 67'
Alonso   54'
Ochoa   80'
Jazić   90+1' (o.g.)
Stadium: The Home Depot Center
Attendance: 11,973
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
September 2, 2012 Match 26 FC Dallas 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC Frisco, Texas
16:00 PDT Jackson   32',   56'
John   42'
Report Rosales   21'
Montero   30'
González   72'
Carrasco   86'
Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium
Attendance: 12,811
Referee: Sorin Stoica
September 8, 2012 Match 27 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chivas USA Seattle
13:00 PDT Johnson   29', 89' Report LaBrocca   8'
Joseph   66'
Townsend   76'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,934
Referee: Kevin Stott
September 15, 2012 Match 28 Cascadia Cup Portland Timbers 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC Portland, Oregon
12:30 PDT Wallace   78' Report Johnson   26'
Montero   57'
Martínez   79'
Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 20,448
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
September 22, 2012 Match 29 Heritage Cup Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes Seattle
19:30 PDT Zakuani   14'
Tiffert   78'
Alonso   90'
Report Dawkins   2'
Wondolowski   30'
Bernárdez   53'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,948
September 29, 2012 Match 30 Cascadia Cup Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC Vancouver
18:00 PDT Harvey   49' Report Parke   55' Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
October 7, 2012 Match 31 Cascadia Cup Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Portland Timbers Seattle
18:00 PDT Danso   25' (o.g.)
Johnson   28'
Montero   62'
Tiffert   69'
Report Chará   73' Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 66,452
Referee: Jair Marrufo
October 17, 2012 Match 32 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Real Salt Lake Seattle
19:00 PDT Scott   10'   30'
Tiffert   67'
Report Beltran   45+1'
Schuler   51'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,356
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
October 21, 2012 Match 33 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 FC Dallas Seattle
18:00 PDT Evans  32' (pen.), 60'
Tiffert   45'
Rosales   72',   79'
Report Pérez   40' Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 38,755
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
October 28, 2012 Match 34 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC Carson, California
18:00 PDT Saunders   4'
Magee   83'
Sarvas   90'
Report Alonso   90' Stadium: The Home Depot Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Kevin Stott

MLS Cup Playoffs edit

November 2 Conference semifinals: leg 1 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Real Salt Lake Seattle
19:00 PDT Parke   45+1'
Evans   54'
Report Beckerman   53'
Morales   56'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 34,941
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
November 8 Conference semifinals: leg 2 Real Salt Lake 0–1
(0–1 agg.)
Seattle Sounders FC Sandy, Utah
19:00 PDT Report Alonso   51'
Martínez   81'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,657
Referee: Chris Penso
November 18 Conference championships: leg 2 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1
(2–4 agg.)
Los Angeles Galaxy Seattle
18:00 PDT Johnson   12',   68'
Scott   57'
Alonso   75'   90+5'
Report Keane  68' (pen.) Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 44,575
Referee: Mark Geiger

U.S. Open Cup edit

May 30, 2012 Third round Seattle Sounders FC 5–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Tukwila, Washington
19:00 PDT Rose   45'
Alonso   47'
Caskey   54'
Burch   59'
Ochoa   62', 66'
Report Navia   54',   59'
Davis   88'
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,703
Referee: Josh Wilkens
June 5, 2012 Fourth round Seattle Sounders FC 5–0 Cal FC Tukwila, Washington
19:00 PDT Alonso   19',   50' (pen.), 69'
Ochoa   45'
Montero   58', 68'
Rose   66'
Report Richard Menjivar   74' Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,894
June 26, 2012 Quarterfinal San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC San Francisco
19:30 PDT Gordon   49',   90+3'
Morrow   75'
Report Cato   19'
Scott   51'
Rose   82'
Burch   90+4'
Stadium: Kezar Stadium
Attendance: 7,219
Referee: Yader Reyes
July 11, 2012 Semifinal Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 Chivas USA Tukwila, Washington
19:00 PDT Johnson   31'
Alonso   42',   48' (pen.)
Evans   83'
Ochoa   88'
Report Minda   43'
Romero   74'
Califf   77'
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Chris Penso
August 8, 2012 Final Sporting Kansas City 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
Seattle Sounders FC Kansas City, Kansas
18:00 PDT Kamara   84' (pen.) Report Alonso   4'
Rosales   57'
Ianni   73'   118'
Scott   86',   93'
Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park
Attendance: 18,863
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Penalties
Kamara  
Espinoza  
Besler  
Zusi  
Nagamura  
  Evans
  Burch
  Alonso
  Tiffert
  Johnson

World Football Challenge edit

July 18, 2012 Seattle Sounders FC 2–4 Chelsea Seattle
18:30 PDT Montero   14', 32' Report Lukaku   3', 44'
Hazard   11'
Marin   40'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 53,309
Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Cascadia Cup edit

The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants.

Pos Team GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Portland Timbers 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 11
2 Seattle Sounders FC 6 2 1 3 9 5 +4 9
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6 0 3 3 4 8 -4 3

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Major League Soccer Playoffs Champions League U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   AUT Michael Gspurning 34 -30 25+0 -15 4+0 -4 4+0 -10 1+0 -1
3 MF   USA Brad Evans 45 7 33+0 4 4+0 0 4+1 2 1+2 1
4 DF   USA Patrick Ianni 21 1 15+1 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF   SWE Adam Johansson 32 0 25+0 0 4+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
6 MF   CUB Osvaldo Alonso 47 5 34+0 1 4+0 0 4+1 0 4+0 4
7 FW   USA Eddie Johnson 41 17 26+5 14 2+1 1 1+2 1 3+1 1
8 DF   USA Marc Burch 42 0 21+10 0 2+0 0 3+2 0 2+2 0
10 MF   ARG Mauro Rosales 34 3 26+3 3 1+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF   COD Steve Zakuani 15 2 5+6 1 1+2 0 1+0 1 0+0 0
12 DF   CRC Leonardo González 26 0 15+4 0 0+0 0 2+2 0 3+0 0
13 MF   GER Christian Tiffert 22 0 15+1 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
14 MF   GHA Michael Tetteh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   HON Mario Martínez (on loan from Real España) 14 2 2+5 1 2+2 1 3+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF   USA David Estrada 28 7 12+8 5 0+3 0 3+0 2 0+2 0
17 FW   COL Fredy Montero 49 17 32+5 13 4+0 0 4+1 2 3+0 2
19 FW   CAN Babayele Sodade 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF   USA Zach Scott 34 4 18+5 2 2+1 1 3+0 0 5+0 1
21 FW   TRI Cordell Cato 15 1 0+8 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 4+0 1
22 MF   USA Mike Seamon 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   USA Servando Carrasco 15 0 2+7 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 1+2 0
24 GK   USA Marcus Hahnemann 1 -1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 -1 0+0 0
25 MF   ENG Andy Rose 35 4 11+14 1 0+2 0 3+0 1 5+0 2
26 FW   USA Sammy Ochoa 19 8 4+6 1 1+0 0 4+0 4 3+1 3
27 MF   USA Alex Caskey 30 3 13+8 1 1+0 0 3+1 1 4+0 1
29 GK   USA Josh Ford 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF   USA Andrew Duran 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF   USA Jeff Parke 44 0 33+1 0 4+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
32 DF   USA Daniel Steres 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK   USA Andrew Weber 5 -5 3+0 -4 0+0 0 1+0 -1 1+0 0
34 DF   COL Jhon Kennedy Hurtado 41 0 24+2 0 4+0 0 6+0 0 4+1 0
35 GK   USA Bryan Meredith 15 -16 10+2 -14 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 -2
     Own goals for 0 3 0+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the season: (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored while at Seattle Sounders)
13 FW   JAM O'Brian White (Released) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   URU Álvaro Fernández (Traded) 18 3 11+3 2 0+0 0 2+0 1 1+1 0
24 FW   USA Roger Levesque (Retired) 8 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+2 0
28 MF   DEN Christian Sivebæk (Waived) 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
-- MF   GAM Amadou Sanyang (Released) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Updated to match played November 18, 2012
Source: Competitive matches

Top scorers edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Ran No. Pos Nat Name Major League Soccer Playoffs Champions League U.S. Open Cup Total
1 7 FW   Eddie Johnson 14 1 1 1 17
17 FW   Fredy Montero 13 0 2 2 17
3 26 FW   Sammy Ochoa 1 0 4 3 8
4 3 MF   Brad Evans 4 0 2 1 7
16 MF   David Estrada 5 0 2 0 7
6 6 MF   Osvaldo Alonso 1 0 0 4 5
7 25 MF   Andy Rose 1 0 1 2 4
8 10 MF   Mauro Rosales 3 0 0 0 3
15 MF   Álvaro Fernández 2 0 1 0 3
20 DF   Zach Scott 1 1 0 1 3
27 MF   Alex Caskey 1 0 1 1 3
3 0 0 0 3
13 11 MF   Steve Zakuani 1 0 1 0 2
14 4 DF   Patrick Ianni 1 0 0 0 1
15 MF   Mario Martínez 0 1 0 0 1
21 FW   Cordell Cato 0 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 51 3 15 16 85

Last updated: November 18, 2012
Source: Competitive matches

Italic: denotes no longer with club.

Clean sheets edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Ran No. Pos Nat Name Major League Soccer Playoffs Champions League U.S. Open Cup Total
1 1 GK   Michael Gspurning 9 2 0 0 11
2 35 GK   Bryan Meredith 3 0 0 1 4
3 33 GK   Andrew Weber 0 0 0 1 1
4 24 GK   Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK   Josh Ford 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 12 2 0 2 16

Last updated: November 9, 2012
Source: Competitive matches

Italic: denotes no longer with club.

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.

R No. Pos Nat Name Major League Soccer Playoffs Champions League U.S. Open Cup Total
                                       
1 6 MF   Osvaldo Alonso 8 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 1 0
2 20 DF   Zach Scott 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
3 17 FW   Fredy Montero 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
4 7 FW   Eddie Johnson 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
5 8 DF   Marc Burch 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0
12 DF   Leonardo González 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
25 MF   Andy Rose 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
34 DF   Jhon Kennedy Hurtado 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
9 4 DF   Patrick Ianni 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0
13 MF   Christian Tiffert 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
31 DF   Jeff Parke 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
12 3 MF   Brad Evans 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
13 10 MF   Mauro Rosales 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
15 MF   Álvaro Fernández 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
16 MF   David Estrada 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 MF   Servando Carrasco 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 1 GK   Michael Gspurning 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF   Adam Johansson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 MF   Mario Martínez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 FW   Sammy Ochoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
28 MF   Christian Sivebæk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 53 1 3 7 1 0 10 0 0 11 1 0 81 3 3

Last updated: November 19, 2012
Source: Competitive matches

Italic: denotes no longer with club.

Captains edit

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on November 18, 2012.
No. Pos. Name Games
10 MF   Mauro Rosales 29
6 MF   Osvaldo Alonso 9
20 DF   Zach Scott 6
17 FW   Fredy Montero 5

Team statistics edit

Total Home Away
Games played 49 25 24
Games won 26 18 8
Games drawn 12 3 9
Games lost 11 4 7
Biggest win 5–0 v Cal FC 5–0 v Cal FC 6–2 v Chivas USA
Biggest loss 1–6 v Santos Laguna 0–2 v Columbus Crew 1–6 v Santos Laguna
Biggest win (League) 4–0 v Los Angeles Galaxy
6–2 v Chivas USA
4–0 v Los Angeles Galaxy 6–2 v Chivas USA
Biggest win (Playoffs) 1–0 v Real Salt Lake
2–1 v Los Angeles Galaxy
2–1 v Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 v Real Salt Lake
Biggest win (North America) 3–1 v Caledonia AIA
3–1 v Marathón
3–1 v Caledonia AIA
3–1 v Marathón
3–1 v Caledonia AIA
Biggest win (Cup) 5–0 v Cal FC 5–0 v Cal FC 1–0 v San Jose Earthquakes
Biggest loss (League) 1–4 v Montreal Impact 0–2 v Columbus Crew 1–4 v Montreal Impact
Biggest loss (Playoffs) 0–3 v Los Angeles Galaxy n/a 0–3 v Los Angeles Galaxy
Biggest loss (North America) 1–6 v Santos Laguna n/a 1–6 v Santos Laguna
Biggest loss (Cup) 1(2)–1(3) v Sporting Kansas City n/a 1(2)–1(3) v Sporting Kansas City
Clean sheets 16 10 6
Goals scored 85 51 34
Goals conceded 52 17 35
Goal difference +33 +34 −1
Average GF per game 1.73 2.04 1.42
Average GA per game 1.06 0.68 1.46
Yellow cards 81 37 44
Red cards 6 3 3
Most appearances Montero (45) Alonso (24) Johnson (22)
Montero (22)
Top scorer Johnson (17)
Montero (17)
Johnson (9) Montero (10)
Worst discipline Alonso 14   1   Alonso 8   1   Alonso 6  
Montero 5   1  
Penalties for 4/4 100% 4/4 100% 0/0
Penalties against 8/8 100% 3/3 100% 5/5 100%
Points (League) 54.9% 68.63% 41.18%
Winning rate 53.06% 72% 33.33%

Last updated: November 18, 2012
Source: Competitive matches

International call-ups edit

No. P Name Country Level Caps Goals Opposition Competition Source
5 DF Adam Johansson Sweden Senior 2 0 vs. Bahrain Y (January 18)
vs. Qatar U-23 Y (January 23)
Friendly
31 DF Jeff Parke United States Senior 1 0 vs. Venezuela N (January 21)
vs. Panama Y (January 25)
Friendly
3 MF Brad Evans United States Senior 2 0 vs. Venezuela Y (January 21)
vs. Panama Y (January 25)
Friendly
19 FW Babayele Sodade Canada U-23 1 0 vs. El Salvador U-23 N (March 22 – group stage)
vs. United States U-23 Y (March 24 – group stage)
vs. Cuba U-23 N (March 26 – group stage)
vs. Mexico U-23 N (March 31 – Semi-finals)
2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying
21 FW Cordell Cato Trinidad and Tobago U-23 0 0 vs. Mexico U-23 N (March 23 – group stage)
vs. Panama U-23 N (March 25 – group stage)
vs. Honduras U-23 N (March 27 – group stage)
2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying
15 MF Mario Martínez Honduras U-23 1 1 vs. Brazil U-23 Y   (August 4 – Quarter-finals) 2012 Summer Olympics
Senior 1 0 vs. Boca Juniors Y (August 15) Friendly – Unofficial
Senior 4 2 vs. Cuba Y (September 7 – group stage)
vs. Cuba Y (September 11 – group stage)
vs. Panama Y (October 12 – group stage)
vs. Canada Y     (October 16 – group stage)
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 DF Adam Johansson Sweden Senior 1 0 vs. China Y (September 6) Friendly
vs. Kazakhstan N (September 11 – group stage)
vs. Faroe Islands N (October 12 – group stage)
vs. Germany N (October 16 – group stage)
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 FW Eddie Johnson United States Senior 2 2 vs. Antigua and Barbuda Y     (October 12 – group stage)
vs. Guatemala Y (October 16 – group stage)
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
15 MF Mario Martínez Honduras Senior 1 0 vs. Peru Y (November 14) Friendly

Awards edit

Sounders FC Team Award Recipients

Award Position Player Link
Most Valuable Player MF   Osvaldo Alonso Sounders FC Award
Defender of the Year DF   Jeff Parke
Golden Boot FW   Eddie Johnson
Humanitarian of the Year FW   David Estrada

MLS Goal of the Year

Player Opponent Link
  Patrick Ianni Sporting Kansas City Goal of the Year Archived March 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

MLS Comeback Player of the Year

Player Link
  Eddie Johnson Comeback Player of the Year Archived January 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

MLS Best XI

Position Player Link
MF   Osvaldo Alonso Best XI Archived June 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

U.S. Open Cup Player of the Tournament

Player Link
  Osvaldo Alonso Player of the Tournament

MLS Player of the Week

Week Player Opponent Link
2   David Estrada Toronto FC Player of the Week
22   Eddie Johnson Los Angeles Galaxy Player of the Week
27 Chivas USA Player of the Week
32   Brad Evans FC Dallas Player of the Week

MLS Team of the Week

Week Player Opponent Link
2   Álvaro Fernández
  David Estrada
Toronto FC Team of the Week
3   Osvaldo Alonso Houston Dynamo Team of the Week
5   Michael Gspurning
  Osvaldo Alonso
D.C. United Team of the Week
6   Osvaldo Alonso Colorado Rapids Team of the Week
9   Mauro Rosales
  Fredy Montero
Los Angeles Galaxy
Philadelphia Union
Team of the Week
17   Eddie Johnson New England Revolution Team of the Week
18   Mauro Rosales Colorado Rapids Team of the Week Archived July 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
21   Eddie Johnson Team of the Week Archived August 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
22   Mauro Rosales
  Eddie Johnson
Los Angeles Galaxy Team of the Week
24   Osvaldo Alonso Vancouver Whitecaps FC Team of the Week
25   Mauro Rosales
  Fredy Montero
Chivas USA Team of the Week
27   Christian Tiffert
  Eddie Johnson
Team of the Week
28   Fredy Montero Portland Timbers Team of the Week
30   Jeff Parke Vancouver Whitecaps FC Team of the Week
31   Adam Johansson
  Christian Tiffert
Portland Timbers Team of the Week
32   Brad Evans FC Dallas Team of the Week

MLS Goal of the Week

Week Player Opponent Link
9   Fredy Montero Los Angeles Galaxy Goal Week
11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Goal Week
16   Patrick Ianni Sporting Kansas City Goal Week
27   Eddie Johnson Chivas USA Goal Week
28   Fredy Montero Portland Timbers Goal Week

MLS All-Stars 2012

Position Player Link
MF   Osvaldo Alonso All-Stars
FW   Eddie Johnson All-Stars

Castrol Index Top 25 performers

Rank Player Score
7   Fredy Montero 728
12   Michael Gspurning 695
14   Eddie Johnson 686

24 Under 24

Rank Player Link
24   Andy Rose 24. Andy Rose Archived September 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Month

Month Player Link
May   Roger Levesque Humanitarian of the Month
October   Servando Carrasco Humanitarian of the Month

Reserves edit

MLS Reserves League edit

League table edit

West Division
Pos Team GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 LA Galaxy (C) 10 6 3 1 22 11 +11 19
2 San Jose Earthquakes 10 5 3 2 15 12 +3 17
3 Seattle Sounders FC 10 4 5 1 18 18 0 13
4 Portland Timbers 10 4 5 1 17 18 –1 13
5 Chivas USA 10 3 4 3 21 21 0 12
6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 3 5 2 11 22 –11 11

Source: MLSsoccer.com

Match results edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

April 16, 2012 Match 3 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC Carson, California
11:00 PDT Sarvas   45'
Gaul   59'
Walker   88'
Garcia   90'
Report Rose   59'
Burch   68'
Sivebæk   69'
Stadium: Home Depot Center
Referee: Juan Guzman
April 23, 2012 Match 4 Chivas USA 3–4 Seattle Sounders FC Carson, California
11:00 PDT Courtois   8'
Ángel   39'
Romero   45'
Townsend   58'
Torres   90+'
Report Cato   10'
Carrasco   10'
Ochoa   31', 70'
Rose   62'
Levesque   67'
Stadium: Home Depot Center
Referee: Daniel Radford
June 1, 2012 Match 5 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tukwila, Washington
18:00 PDT Carrasco   36'
Dismuke   81'
Report Mitchell   26', 72' Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Referee: Paul Nothman
August 12, 2012 Match 6 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC San Jose, California
11:00 PDT Ring   45'
Garza   57'
Güvenışık   63'
Corrales   66'
Report Tetteh   65' Stadium: Nutrilite Training Facility
Attendance: 250
Referee: Vince Cortes
August 19, 2012 Match 7 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy Tukwila, Washington
13:00 PDT Ianni   56'
Scott   59'
Zakuani   72', 84'
Ochoa   90'
Report Boyens   25'
Villarreal   35'
Stephens   78'
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Referee: Levi Rippy
September 9, 2012 Match 8 Seattle Sounders FC 4–2 Chivas USA Tukwila, Washington
11:00 PDT Guðjohnsen   22'
Ogăraru   49'
Burch   56'
Cato   62'
Seamon   69'
C'deBaca   90'
Report Correa   26'
Courtois   35'
Steres   60' (o.g.)
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Referee: William Niccolls
September 16, 2012 Match 9 Portland Timbers 3–2 Seattle Sounders FC Portland, Oregon
14:00 PDT Fucito   5'
Boyd   9'
Richards   15'
Report Morris   49'
Prado-Huerta   79'
Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 8,968
Referee: Greg Marshall

Miscellany edit

Allocation ranking edit

Seattle is in the No. 15 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.[17]

International roster slots edit

Seattle has eight MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots and no trades involving Seattle have been reported.

Future draft picks edit

References edit

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  2. ^ Defenders James Riley selected and Tyson Wahl traded by the Montreal Impact
  3. ^ "Roster – Seattle Sounders Football Club". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "Sounders FC signs Danish midfielder Sivebæk". Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  5. ^ "Sounders FC signs Johansson". Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  6. ^ "Sounders signs Trinidad & Tobago U20 Forward". Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  7. ^ "Sounders FC Trades for Eddie Johnson". Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Sounders sign both MLS SuperDraft picks: Andrew Duran and Babayele Sodade". Joshua Mayers. Seattle Times. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  9. ^ "Sounders FC Signs Goalkeeper Andrew Weber". Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  10. ^ "Sounders FC signs Tiffert". Retrieved July 27, 2012.
  11. ^ "Sounders FC Acquires Marcus Hahnemann". Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  12. ^ "Blues Sign Another Talented South Korean in Park". Los Angeles Blues. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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  14. ^ Mayers, Joshua. "Roster update after Eddie Johnson trade". Seattle Times. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  15. ^ "Gudjohnsen in the mix". Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  16. ^ "Johnson bags a brace on return to USA action". Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  17. ^ 2011 MLS Roster Rules | Major League Soccer Archived April 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Gaschk, Matt (June 19, 2012). "Alonso a U.S. Citizen – Seattle Sounders Football Club". Soundersfc.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  19. ^ Public, Sounders FC (March 29, 2011). "Defender Leo Gonzalez Receives Green Card – Seattle Sounders Football Club". Soundersfc.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
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  21. ^ Public, Sounders FC. "Fredy Montero receives Green Card – Seattle Sounders Football Club". Soundersfc.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  22. ^ Public, Sounders FC. "Fernandez and Rosales receive U.S. Green Cards – Seattle Sounders Football Club". Soundersfc.com. Retrieved July 9, 2012.