2012 Seattle Sounders FC season

Season overview

Pre-season

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. 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.

Summary

The Sounders played 50 matches during the 2012 season across all competitions and including major friendlies—the most in the team's history. They had a record of 26 wins, 11 losses, and 13 draws overall.

Club

Coaching staff

Other information

Official sponsors

• Xbox 360
• Adidas
• Samsung Mob!le
• Seattle Bank
• Virginia Mason Medical Center
• Root Sports Source: Soundersfc.com

Kits

Squad

Current squad

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Squad information

:As of November 18, 2012.

Player movement

Transfers

In

Loan in

On trial

Out

Loan out

On trial

No longer on trial

Unsigned draft picks

Match results

Pre-season

Harris Bonjour Boxall Teibert Cregg Carrasco Ochoa Caskey Vanzie Banton Gutiérrez Seamon

Tchani Anor Heinemann Alonso Montero Gonzalez Sanyang Cato Ochoa Scott Sivebæk Estrada Trialist

Montero Rosales Fernandez Sivebæk Gonzalez

Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield

Main article: Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield

González

Other training games

Sivebæk Johnson Cato Steres

Overall

CONCACAF Champions League

2011–12 edition

Main article: 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League

Hurtado González Evans Mares Gomez Sánchez Hoyos Peralta Baloy Gomez Ochoa Rodríguez Montero Fernández

2012–13 edition

Main article: 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League

;Group 4

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;Match results Montero , Rose Joseph Theobald Joseph Gay Abu Bakr Ochoa Montero Castro Mayorquín Carrasco Gspurning Johnson Ianni Scott Evans Zakuani Estrada Arzú

MLS regular season

Table

Western Conference

Overall

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Alonso Maund Evans Fernández Davis Sivebæk Scott Baca Lenhart Gordon Jaković Scott , Montero Estrada Johnson , Montero Montero Rosales Parke Montero , Scott Saborío Camilo , Koffie Montero Alonso Duka Mendes Rentería Estrada Mapp Wenger Thomas Rivas Neagle Hurtado Johnson , Montero Scott Fernández Collin Olum Nielsen Horst Chará Alhassan Smith Jewsbury Palmer Alonso Johnson Montero Fagundez Johnson Alonso González Wingert Espíndola González Johnson , Cummings Lade Lindpere Henry Burch Rose Montero Alonso Montero Evans Caskey Rose Morrow Dawkins Lenhart Montero Montero Johnson Bolaños , Montero Alonso Ochoa Jazić John Montero González Carrasco Joseph Townsend Montero Martínez Tiffert Alonso Wondolowski Bernárdez Johnson Montero Tiffert Tiffert Schuler Tiffert Rosales , Magee Sarvas

MLS Cup Playoffs

Evans Morales Martínez Magee Scott Alonso

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2012 U.S. Open Cup

Alonso Caskey Burch Ochoa Davis Ochoa Montero Rose Morrow Scott Rose Burch Alonso , Evans Ochoa Romero Califf Rosales Ianni Scott , Espinoza Besler Zusi Nagamura Burch Alonso Tiffert Johnson

World Football Challenge

Main article: 2012 World Football Challenge

Hazard Marin

Cascadia Cup

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.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Top scorers

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

Team statistics

Awards

Sounders FC Team Award Recipients

MLS Goal of the Year

MLS Comeback Player of the Year

MLS Best XI

U.S. Open Cup Player of the Tournament

MLS Player of the Week

MLS Team of the Week

MLS Goal of the Week

MLS All-Stars 2012

Castrol Index Top 25 performers

24 Under 24

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

Reserves

MLS Reserves League

League table

;West Division

Match results

Gonzalez Caskey Dike Gaul Walker Garcia Burch Sivebæk Ángel Romero Townsend Torres Carrasco Ochoa Rose Levesque Dismuke Garza Güvenışık Corrales Scott Zakuani Ochoa Villarreal Stephens Ogăraru Burch Cato Seamon C'deBaca Courtois Steres Boyd Richards Prado-Huerta Martínez Caskey Bingham

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

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.

International roster slots

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.

• USA – Player is U.S. citizen;
• G – Player has U.S. green card.

Future draft picks

References

References

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