2021 Seattle Sounders FC season

The 2021 Seattle Sounders FC season is the club's forty-seventh season of existence, and their thirteenth in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The team is under the management of Brian Schmetzer in his fifth full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders. Seattle are the reigning Western Conference champions and lost to Columbus Crew SC in the MLS Cup 3–0.[1]

Seattle Sounders FC

2021 season
General manager	Garth Lagerwey
Head coach	Brian Schmetzer
Stadium	Lumen Field
Major League Soccer	Conference: Overall:
Top goalscorer	League: All:
Highest home attendance	League:
Lowest home attendance	League:
Average home league attendance	League:
Home colors Away colors

Background

The Sounders lost the MLS Cup at Mapfre Stadium to Columbus Crew SC 3–0. The team is set to play in the Leagues Cup, along with regular MLS and U.S. Open Cup matches.

Current roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of February 2, 2021.[2]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
2	Defender	Brad Smith	Australia
3	Defender	Xavier Arreaga	Ecuador
5	Defender	Nouhou Tolo	Cameroon
6	Midfielder	João Paulo (DP)	Brazil
7	Midfielder	Cristian Roldan	United States
8	Midfielder	Jordy Delem	Martinique
9	Forward	Raúl Ruidíaz (DP)	Peru
10	Midfielder	Nicolás Lodeiro (DP)	Uruguay
16	Defender	Alex Roldan	United States
17	Forward	Will Bruin	United States
24	Goalkeeper	Stefan Frei	Switzerland
27	Defender	Shane O'Neill	United States
28	Defender	Yeimar Gómez Andrade	Colombia
30	Goalkeeper	Stefan Cleveland	United States
37	Midfielder	Shandon Hopeau (HGP)	United States
45	Midfielder	Ethan Dobbelaere (HGP)	United States
75	Midfielder	Danny Leyva (HGP)	United States
84	Midfielder	Josh Atencio (HGP)	United States
87	Forward	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (HGP)	United States
94	Defender	Jimmy Medranda	Colombia
—	Midfielder	Kelyn Rowe	United States
—	Goalkeeper	Spencer Richey	United States

Out on loan

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of January 22, 2021.

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Trey Muse (HGP on loan to San Diego Loyal SC)	United States
13	Forward	Jordan Morris (HGP on loan to Swansea)	United States

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void   Upcoming fixture

Preseason

v

Friendlies

–

Major League Soccer

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Portland Timbers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Real Salt Lake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Sporting Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on April 3, 2021. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
21	Portland Timbers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Real Salt Lake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Sporting Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on April 3, 2021. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: December 13, 2020.
Source: MLS

Matchday	1
Ground
Result

Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Canceled

MLS 1		–
(PST)

Leagues Cup

		–
(PST)

U.S. Open Cup

Round of 32		v
(PDT)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		U.S. Open Cup		Playoffs		Leagues Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Trey Muse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Brad Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Xavier Arreaga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Nouhou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		João Paulo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Cristian Roldan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Jordy Delem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Raúl Ruidíaz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Nicolás Lodeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW		Jordan Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Alex Roldan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Will Bruin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK		Stefan Frei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Shane O'Neill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Yeimar Gómez Andrade	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Shandon Hopeau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF		Ethan Dobbelaere	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	MF		Danny Leyva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	MF		Josh Atencio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	FW		Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: January 21, 2020
• Source: Team Stats

[TAC] – Defiance player^[A]

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Playoffs	Leagues Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Raúl Ruidíaz	0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: December 13, 2020
• Source: Team Stats

Top assists

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Playoffs	Leagues Cup	Total
1	MF	10	Nicolás Lodeiro	0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: December 13, 2020
• Source:

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			U.S. Open Cup			MLS Playoffs			Leagues Cup			Total
6	DF	Xavier Arreaga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: December 13, 2020
• Source: Disciplinary Stats

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
6	MF	João Paulo	Botafogo	Undisclosed	January 21, 2021	[3]
11	MF	Kelyn Rowe	New England Revolution	Free Transfer	January 29, 2021	[4]
	GK	Spencer Richey	FC Cincinnati	Free Transfer	February 2, 2021	[5]

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2021 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
January 21, 2021	T. J. Bush	01	GK	James Madison University	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#80)

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
99	FW	Justin Dhillon	San Antonio FC	Option declined	December 14, 2020	[6][7]
11	MF	Miguel Ibarra		Option declined	December 14, 2020	[6]
33	DF	Joevin Jones		Option declined	December 14, 2020	[6]
30	GK	Stefan Cleveland		Out of contract	December 14, 2020	[6]
94	DF	Jimmy Medranda		Out of contract	December 14, 2020	[6]
18	DF	Kelvin Leerdam		Out of contract	December 14, 2020	[6]
4	MF	Gustav Svensson		Out of contract	December 14, 2020	[6]
29	DF	Román Torres	Cartagines	Out of contract	December 14, 2020	[6]
6	MF	João Paulo	Botafogo	End of loan	December 14, 2020	[6]
11	GK	Trey Muse	San Diego Loyal SC	On loan	February 2, 2021	[8]

Notes

A. ^a Players who are under contract with Tacoma Defiance.

References

1. "Columbus Crew SC 3, Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 2020 MLS Cup Match Recap". December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
2. "First Team Roster". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
3. "Sounders FC completes transfer of midfielder João Paulo from Botafogo". MLSsoccer staff. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
4. "Sounders FC signs midfielder Kelyn Rowe". MLSsoccer staff. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
5. "Sounders FC signs goalkeeper Spencer Richey". MLSsoccer staff. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
6. "Sounders FC announces roster decisions to conclude 2020 season". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
7. "SSAN ANTONIO FC SIGNS FORWARD JUSTIN DHILLON". San Antonio FC Communications. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
8. "Sounders FC signs goalkeeper Spencer Richey". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved February 2, 2021.