The 2017 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's ninth season in

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. The Sounders entered the 2017 season as the defending MLS Cup champions. The 2017 season is

Brian Schmetzer Brian Thomas Schmetzer (born August 18, 1962) is an American soccer coach and former professional player. He is the head coach of Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), having been assistant coach for the team until Sigi Schmid's depa ...

's first full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders.

Background

Roster

Competitions

Preseason

2017 Desert Friendlies

2017 Carolina Challenge Cup

Major League Soccer

League tables

= Western Conference

= Overall

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinals

Western Conference Finals

MLS Cup Final

Mid-season friendlies

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

''Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players who left the club during the season:'' '' 2' – S2 player

Top scorers

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Nicolás Lodeiro Marcelo Nicolás Lodeiro Benítez (; born 21 March 1989), commonly known as Nicolás Lodeiro, is a Uruguayan professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo FC, Houst ...

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Cristian Roldan Cristian Roldan (born June 3, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC. Roldan was the 2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year while playing for El Rancho Hig ...

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Osvaldo Alonso Osvaldo Alonso Moreno (born November 11, 1985) is a Cuban former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He defected from Cuba in 2007 and became a U.S. citizen in 2012. During his decade-long career with Seattle Sounders ...

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Chad Marshall Chad Marshall (born August 22, 1984) is an American former professional soccer player. During his 16-year career, he played for Columbus Crew and Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. Regarded as one of the league's greatest players of a ...

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Kelvin Leerdam Kelvin Leerdam (; born 24 June 1990) is a Surinamese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Heracles Almelo and Suriname national team. Club career Early career Leerdam was born in Paramaribo, the capital and largest city of Su ...

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Disciplinary record

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Honors and awards

MLS Comeback Player of the Year

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MLS Goal of the Week

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MLS Save of the Week

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MLS Team of the Week

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MLS Coach of the Week

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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.

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Draft picks

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Out

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Staff

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References

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