2011 Seattle Sounders FC season

Background

The 2011 season is the third season for Seattle Sounders FC who began play in 2009 as the league's 15th team. In their inaugural season, Sounders FC became the second MLS expansion team in league history (Chicago was first) to win the U.S. Open Cup tournament in their first season. They did so by defeating D.C. United 2–1 on the road at RFK Stadium. In winning the U.S. Open Cup tournament, Sounders FC qualified for the preliminary round of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. During the preliminary round, they were paired up with the defending Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador winners, Isidro Metapán. After winning the first leg by a score of 1–0, Seattle went to El Salvador to play the second.

Review

November

On November 22, 2010, Seattle made a trade with the Colorado Rapids for defenders Julien Baudet of France and Danny Earls of the Republic of Ireland for Peter Vagenas. Also, the list of the ten protected players for the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft was decided by the club. The draft took place on November 24, 2010, when both the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC selected ten players from the Major League Soccer teams, including Sanna Nyassi (who was later traded to Colorado) and Nathan Sturgis (who was later traded to Toronto) from Seattle Sounders FC. Vancouver later traded Jamaican international O'Brian White to Seattle.

December

On December 9, 2010, Swedish club, BK Häcken reported that midfielder, Erik Friberg completed a three-year deal with the Seattle Sounders FC, bringing him over to the team. They also have announced a contract extension with captain Kasey Keller. On December 15, 2010, the Sounders selected Chris Seitz of the Philadelphia Union in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft. The goalkeeper was later traded to FC Dallas for a fourth round pick of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Defender Tyrone Marshall was also selected in the draft by the Colorado Rapids.

February

The team traveled to Casa Grande, Arizona, just like before the 2010 season for preseason training.

March

On March 9, 2011, the Seattle Sounders FC played the defending MLS Cup champions, Colorado Rapids in the second Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield. The game was at Qwest Field, now called CenturyLink Field.

The Sounders opened up the 2011 regular season against the defending Supporters' Shield titleholders, Los Angeles Galaxy at Qwest Field. It was the third-consecutive MLS season that the league had its opening game in Seattle. The match was held on March 15.

Match results

Preseason

Evans Grabavoy Morales Araujo Jr. Warner
Carrasco Alonso White Montero Scott Cunningham Estrada Shea Jacobson Carrasco Tetteh Ching Tetteh Hunt UCF Knights White
Estrada Fucito Levesque Montaño Carrasco

Cascadia Summit

Hurtado Jewsbury Cooper Levesque Montaño Teibert Khalfan Camilo Cannon

Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield

Hurtado Montero
Friberg

MLS regular season

Table

;Western Conference ;League

Results by round

Match results

González Juninho
Beckham González
Zakuani Palmer
Cameron
Cameron Dawkins
Stephenson White
Jaqua
González Zakuani Riley Hurtado Robinson Miglioranzi Okugo Valdes Fernández Folan Alonso Evans
Wolff
Davies
Evans Miranda Carrasco González Fernández Levesque Carrasco Rosales Alonso Parke John Olave Wingert Gonzalez Riley Neagle Wahl Wahl Alonso
Rochat Camilo Leathers Borman Yourassowsky Cordon Montero

Alonso
Riley Levesque
González Richards Da Luz Scott De Rosario Wahl
Fernández Phelan Cochrane Lekić Soares Marcelin Perlaza Brunner Alonso
Rosales Montero
Levesque
Rosales Mastroeni Casey Larentowicz Folan Ching
Weaver Davis Fucito Diop Bravo Neagle Friberg Elliott Jazic Ihemelu Rosales Montero Hurtado Scott Rosales Fucito Parke Gardner Scott Burns Gardner Hurtado Montero Alonso Keller Saborio Williams Wahl Fernández
da Luz DeMerit Hassli Montero
Parke Caraglio Carroll Ochoa Montero Wondolowski Ring Hernandez Estupinan Boyens Fernández Ochoa Evans

MLS Cup Playoffs

Semi-finals](2011-mls-cup-playoffs-conference-semifinals) Saborio Grabavoy Montero Friberg Semi-finals](2011-mls-cup-playoffs-conference-semifinals) Neagle

U.S. Open Cup

Besagno
Scott Alonso Montero
Parke Neagle Fucito Cardozo Montero Evans Hernández Villar Santos Alonso
Anibaba

CONCACAF Champions League

Preliminary round

Panezo Alonso Fernández Alonso Rosales Jaqua Friberg Keller de Avila

Group stage

Evans Riley González Neagle Fucito Hurtado Gómez Morales Castrillo Machado Ramirez Martinez Thompson Jaqua Nunez Scott Fernández Ianni Cordero Barbosa Cambronero R. Morales E. Morales Hurtado Scott Pérez Delgado Meza Suazo Morales

Friendlies

Diouf Rooney
Park Obertan

Statistics

Appearances and goals

:Last updated on August 26, 2016.

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Squads

First Team squad

:Updated August 27, 2011.

Major League Soccer squad

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Transfers

In

Out

Loan out

Club

Coaching staff

Recognition

MLS Player of the Week

MLS Goal of the Week

MLS Save of the Week

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

Miscellany

Stadium

On June 23, 2011, after the completion of CenturyLink's acquisition of Qwest, Qwest Field was renamed CenturyLink Field. CenturyLink picked up the five-year extension in the naming rights contract at that time, extending the contract to June 2019.

Allocation ranking

Seattle is in the No. 18 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. Seattle started 2011 ranked No. 11 on the allocation list but on August 26 traded allocation positions with Chicago Fire to acquire Sammy Ochoa.

International roster spots

Seattle has 7 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Seattle dealt one slot to Portland Timbers on January 14, 2011, for use in the 2011 season. There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: 2012 SuperDraft Round 4 pick acquired from FC Dallas.

Future picks traded: 2012 SuperDraft Round 3 pick traded to Chicago Fire.

References

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