List of Seattle Sounders FC players

Starting players before a 2009 Sounders FC match

Seattle Sounders FC is an American soccer club founded in 2008, after the city of Seattle was awarded a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise. Sounders FC began playing competitive soccer in the 2009 season. It plays its home games at CenturyLink Field, competing in the Western Conference of the MLS.^[1] The current Sounders FC is the third soccer team from Seattle to bear the Sounders nickname. The tradition was started by Seattle's North American Soccer League team in 1974, and continued by the city's United Soccer Leagues side, formed in 1994.^[2] The current Sounders FC is an entity distinct to both of these clubs, and played its first MLS game on March 19, 2009, against Red Bull New York.^[3]

As of October 22, 2011 (2011 -10-22)^[update], a total of 39 players have participated in at least one league match for Sounders FC. This consists of 35 outfield players, and four goalkeepers. Goalkeeper Kasey Keller owns the Sounders FC appearance record, having played 93 MLS regular season games for the club.^[4] The club's all-time top scorer is Fredy Montero with 34 goals, and his 26 assists is also a Sounders record.^[4] Twenty Sounders FC players have represented their country at full international level. Keller has made the most international appearances (102 for the United States),^[5] while Ljungberg has scored the most goals (14 for Sweden).^[6]

Players

Major League Soccer clubs are allowed a roster of 30 players at any one time during the MLS season. In its inaugural 2009 season, Sounders FC used a total of nineteen outfield players, as well as three goalkeepers, who are documented in a separate section below. Players who were contracted to the club but never played an MLS game are not listed.

All statistics are for the MLS regular season games only, and are correct as of May 26, 2012 (2012 -05-26)^[update].^[4][7]

Key

Outfield players

Fredy Montero is Sounders FC's all-time leader in goals, assists, and appearances.

Name	Position	Country	Years	Games	Goals	Assists	Int. caps	Int. goals	Notes
Alonso, OsvaldoOsvaldo Alonso	MF	Cuba	2009–	94	5	9	16	2	[8]
Burch, MarcMarc Burch	DF	USA	2012–	13	0	1	0	0	[9]
Carrasco, ServandoServando Carrasco	MF	USA	2011–	17	0	0	0	0	[10]
Caskey, AlexAlex Caskey	MF	USA	2012–	8	0	3	0	0
Cato, CordellCordell Cato	FW	Trinidad and Tobago	2012–	3	0	1	0	0
Estrada, DavidDavid Estrada	FW	USA	2010–	19	5	0	0	0	[11]
Evans, BradBrad Evans	MF	USA	2009–	68	10	11	6	0	[12]
Fernández, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Fernández	MF	Uruguay	2010–	49	11	3	11	0	[13]
Friberg, ErikErik Friberg	MF	Sweden	2011	26	1	2	2	0	[14]
Fucito, MikeMike Fucito	FW	USA	2010–2011	23	3	2	0	0	[15]
González, LeonardoLeonardo González	DF	Costa Rica	2009–	58	1	2	61	1	[16]
Graham, TaylorTaylor Graham	DF	USA	2009–2011	1	0	0	3	1	[17]
Hurtado, Jhon KennedyJhon Kennedy Hurtado	DF	Colombia	2009–	69	1	3	0	0	[18]
Ianni, PatrickPatrick Ianni	DF	USA	2009–	64	2	2	0	0	[nb 1]
Jaqua, NateNate Jaqua	FW	USA	2009–2011	66	9	12	3	0	[20]
King, StephenStephen King	MF	USA	2009	10	0	0	0	0	[21]
Johansson, AdamAdam Johansson	MF	Sweden	2012–	6	0	0	11	0	[22]
Johnson, EddieEddie Johnson	FW	USA	2012–	10	3	1	42	12
Le Toux, SébastienSébastien Le Toux	MF	France	2009	28	1	3	0	0	[23]
Levesque, RogerRoger Levesque	FW	USA	2009–	53	6	2	0	0	[24]
Ljungberg, FreddieFreddie Ljungberg	MF	Sweden	2009–2010	37	2	12	75	14	[6]
Marshall, TyroneTyrone Marshall	DF	Jamaica	2009–2010	46	3	3	82	5	[25]
Montaño, MiguelMiguel Montaño	FW	Colombia	2010–2011	8	0	0	0	0	[26]
Montero, FredyFredy Montero	FW	Colombia	2009–	99	38	29	4	0	[27]
Neagle, LamarLamar Neagle	FW	USA	2011	23	5	2	0	0	[28]
Nkufo, BlaiseBlaise Nkufo	FW	Switzerland	2010	11	5	0	34	7	[29]
Noonan, PatPat Noonan	FW	USA	2010–2011	21	1	1	14	1	[30]
Nyassi, SannaSanna Nyassi	MF	Gambia	2009–2010	38	2	3	4	1	[nb 2]
Ochoa, SammySammy Ochoa	FW	USA	2011–	7	2	0	0	0	[32]
Parke, JeffJeff Parke	DF	USA	2010–	59	1	1	1	0	[33]
Riley, JamesJames Riley	DF	USA	2009–2011	84	1	9	0	0	[34]
Rosales, MauroMauro Rosales	MF	Argentina	2011–	35	6	15	10	1	[35]
Rose, AndyAndy Rose	DF	England	2012–	6	0	1	0	0
Sanyang, AmadouAmadou Sanyang	MF	Gambia	2011	1	0	0	0	0	[36]
Seamon, MikeMike Seamon	MF	USA	2010–	8	0	1	0	0	[37]
Scott, ZachZach Scott	DF	USA	2009–	34	1	0	0	0	[38]
Sivebæk, ChristianChristian Sivebæk	MF	Denmark	2012–	3	0	0	0	0	[39]
Sturgis, NathanNathan Sturgis	DF	USA	2009–2010	29	1	2	0	0	[40]
Vagenas, PeterPeter Vagenas	MF	USA	2009–2010	21	0	2	3	0	[41]
Wahl, TysonTyson Wahl	DF	USA	2009–2011	39	1	3	0	0	[42]
White, O'BrianO'Brian White	FW	Jamaica	2011	7	2	2	1	0	[43]
Zakuani, SteveSteve Zakuani	MF	DR Congo	2009–	64	16	12	1	0	[44]

Goalkeepers

Former Sounders FC captain Kasey Keller

In soccer, the goalkeeper is the only player allowed to defend his team's goal with his hands. Sounders FC's most used goalkeeper is former United States international Kasey Keller, who captained Seattle in their first season of competitive soccer.^[45] In the team's first three seasons, Sounders FC's other keepers only played in MLS matches when Keller was unavailable due to suspension.^[46]

Name	Country	Years	Games	Conceded	Shutouts[nb 3]	Int. caps	Notes
Boss, TerryTerry Boss	Puerto Rico	2009–2011	1	1	0	7	[47]
Dragavon, BenBen Dragavon	USA	2009	1	1	0	0	—
Eylander, ChrisChris Eylander	USA	2009	1	2	0	0	—
Gspurning, MichaelMichael Gspurning	Austria	2012–	7	3	3	3	[48]
Keller, KaseyKasey Keller	USA	2009–2011	93	97	30	102	[5][49]
Meredith, BryanBryan Meredith	USA	2011–	7	6	2	0	[50]

By nationality

Freddie Ljungberg has represented the Swedish national team, as well as several European club sides.

MLS regulations permit teams to name eight players from outside of the United States in their rosters. However, this limit can be exceeded by trading international slots with another MLS team, or if one or more of the overseas players is a refugee or has permanent residency rights in the USA.^[51] As of January 1, 2012 (2012 -01-01)^[update], seventeen players from outside the United States have played in MLS for Seattle Sounders FC.

Country	Number of players	Games
Argentina	1	35
Austria	1	7
Colombia	3	176
Costa Rica	1	58
Cuba	1	94
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	64
Denmark	1	3
England	1	6
France	1	28
Gambia	2	39
Jamaica	2	53
Puerto Rico	1	1
Sweden	3	69
Switzerland	1	11
Trinidad and Tobago	1	3
Uruguay	1	49
USA	26	779

See also

	Book: Seattle Sounders FC
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• List of Seattle Sounders (USL) players – list of players who played for Seattle Sounders FC's USL predecessor

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