2015 Seattle Sounders FC season

Seattle Sounders FC
2015 season
General Manager Garth Lagerwey
Head Coach Sigi Schmid
Stadium CenturyLink Field
MLS Conference: 4th
Overall: 6th
MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup Fourth round
CONCACAF Champions
League (2015–16)		 TBD
Cascadia Cup Winners
Heritage Cup TBD
Desert Diamond Cup 4th
Top goalscorer League: Clint Dempsey (7)
All: Clint Dempsey (7)
Highest home attendance 64,358
(Aug. 30 vs. Portland)
Lowest home attendance League: 39,175
(Mar. 14 vs. San Jose)
All: 37,106
(Aug. 19 vs. Olimpia)
Average home league attendance Regular season: 44,245
Playoffs: —
All: 39,877
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors
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The 2015 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's forty-first year of existence, and their seventh consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of United States soccer. Including previous Seattle Sounders franchises, this was the 35th season of a soccer team playing in the Seattle metro area.

Background

The Sounders came into the 2015 season following a successful 2014, winning the US Open Cup for the fourth time as well as winning the Supporters' Shield for the first time in franchise history. By winning the Double, the Sounders became the sixth Major League Soccer team to win two major trophies in one season. This was the first time a club managed to win two trophies since the 2011 Los Angeles Galaxy. It was also the first time since the 2003 Chicago Fire for a team to do the Open Cup/League double.

Seattle also qualified for the 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs for the sixth consecutive time. Seattle came into the playoffs with the ability to become the first MLS club to win the Treble. Seattle ended up losing in the Conference Finals 2-2 on aggregate, losing by away goals.

By virtue of winning the Supporters' Shield, the Sounders qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League after a two-year drought from the competition.

Roster

Major League Soccer teams are limited to eight players without U.S. citizenship, a permanent resident (green card holder), or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status). These international roster slots can be traded. Sounders FC began the 2015 MLS season with eight international slots; it was announced they traded with DC United for a ninth slot during the Summer Transfer Window. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of April 4, 2015.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Perkins, TroyTroy Perkins      United States
2 Midfielder Dempsey, ClintClint Dempsey (DP)     United States
3 Midfielder Evans, BradBrad Evans (c)     United States
4 Defender Mears, TyroneTyrone Mears      England
5 Midfielder Rose, AndyAndy Rose      England
6 Midfielder Alonso, OsvaldoOsvaldo Alonso      Cuba
7 Midfielder Roldan, CristianCristian Roldan (GA)     United States
8 Midfielder Pineda, GonzaloGonzalo Pineda      Mexico
9 Forward Martins, ObafemiObafemi Martins (DP)     Nigeria
10 Midfielder Pappa, MarcoMarco Pappa      Guatemala
11 Midfielder Kovar, AaronAaron Kovar (HGP)     United States
12 Defender González, LeonardoLeonardo González      Costa Rica
13 Defender Correa, AndrésAndrés Correa      Colombia
14 Defender Marshall, ChadChad Marshall      United States
15 Defender Remick, DylanDylan Remick      United States
16 Forward Valdez, NelsonNelson Valdez (DP)     Paraguay
17 Forward Jones, DarwinDarwin Jones (HGP)     United States
18 Midfielder Jaguaribe, ThomásThomás Jaguaribe      Brazil
19 Forward Barrett, ChadChad Barrett      United States
20 Defender Scott, ZachZach Scott      United States
21 Defender Ockford, JimmyJimmy Ockford      United States
22 Goalkeeper Lyon, CharlieCharlie Lyon      United States
23 Midfielder Ivanschitz, AndreasAndreas Ivanschitz      Austria
24 Goalkeeper Frei, StefanStefan Frei       Switzerland
27 Midfielder Neagle, LamarLamar Neagle      United States
28 Midfielder Friberg, ErikErik Friberg      Sweden
29 Defender Torres, RománRomán Torres      Panama
31 Defender Lowe, DamionDamion Lowe (GA)     Jamaica
42 Midfielder Azira, MichealMicheal Azira      Uganda
80 Forward Mansaray, VictorVictor Mansaray (HGP)     United States
91 Defender Fisher, OnielOniel Fisher      Jamaica
99 Forward Craven, AndyAndy Craven (DL)     United States

Competitions

Preseason

Desert Diamond Cup

Major League Soccer

League tables

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 16 13 5 45 36 +9 53 Conference Semifinals
3 Portland Timbers 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 Knockout round
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
6 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51
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) 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 Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
4 Columbus Crew 34 15 11 8 58 53 +5 53
5 Portland Timbers (C) 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
6 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
7 Montreal Impact 34 15 13 6 48 44 +4 51
8 D.C. United 34 15 13 6 43 45 −2 51
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) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
33 14 6 13 41 35  +6 48 10 2 4 23 13  +10 4 4 9 18 22  −4

Last updated: October 20, 2015.
Source: MLS

Results by matchday


Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHHAHAAHAAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAH
Result W L D W L W W W L W D W W L W L L L W L L L L L W L W W D W D D D W

Last updated: October 20, 2015.
Source: MLS
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

MLS Cup Playoffs

Knockout round

Conference semifinals

FC Dallas win 4–2 on penalties after 3-3 aggregate and advance to Western Conference Finals.

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 United States Seattle Sounders FC 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 Knockout stage
2 Honduras Olimpia 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 6
3 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 4
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Friendlies

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
80 FW United States Victor Mansaray United States Seattle Sounders FC Academy Signed HGP deal November 5, 2014 [3]
21 DF United States Jimmy Ockford United States New York Cosmos Return from loan at the end of 2014 NASL season November 16, 2014
22 DF United States Eriq Zavaleta United States Chivas USA Return from loan at the end of 2014 MLS season December 8, 2014
4 DF England Tyrone Mears Free agent Discovery Signing December 29, 2014 [4]
17 FW United States Darwin Jones United States Washington Huskies Signed HGP deal January 9, 2015 [5]
1 GK United States Troy Perkins Free agent Out of contract at Montreal Impact and was not selected during the 2014 Re-Entry Draft January 13, 2015 [6]
7 MF United States Cristian Roldan United States Washington Huskies Generation adidas; 16th pick of the MLS SuperDraft January 15, 2015 [7][8]
99 FW United States Andy Craven United States North Carolina Tar Heels Signed MLS college senior contract; 48th pick of the MLS SuperDraft January 20, 2015 [7][9]
13 DF Colombia Andrés Correa Free agent Discovery Signing February 10, 2015 [10]
91 DF Jamaica Oniel Fisher United States New Mexico Lobos 40th pick of the MLS SuperDraft March 17, 2015 [11]
22 GK United States Charlie Lyon United States Marquette Golden Eagles 75th pick of the MLS SuperDraft March 17, 2015 [11]
18 MF Brazil Thomás Jaguaribe Discovery Signing June 1, 2015 [12]
28 MF Sweden Erik Friberg Denmark Esbjerg fB July 29, 2015 [13]
23 MF Austria Andreas Ivanschitz Discovery Signing Free August 4, 2015 [14]
16 FW Paraguay Nelson Haedo Valdez Free Agent Free, Signed as DP August 7, 2015 [15]
29 DF Panama Román Torres Discovery Signing Targeted Allocation Money August 12, 2015 [16]

Seattle's first signing ahead of the 2015 season was the signing of 17-year-old Victor Mansaray to a Homegrown Player contract. In December, 2014, English defender Tyrone Mears was added to the roster as a Discovery Signing; Mears had been a free agent since July when he was released by Bolton Wanderers following the 2013-14 English Championship season. Seattle added All-Pac-12 forward Darwin Jones from the Washington Huskies as a Homegrown Player on January 9, 2015.

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 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Date Player Number Position Previous Club Notes Ref
January 15, 2015 United States Cristian Roldan (GA) 7 MF United States Washington Huskies MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#16); pick acquired from Real Salt Lake in exchange for pick #27 and allocation money [7][17]
January 15, 2015 United States Tyler Miller GK United States Northwestern Wildcats MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#33); pick acquired from New England Revolution in exchange for future considerations (the rights to Sean Okoli and allocation money) [7][17]
January 15, 2015 Jamaica Oniel Fisher MF/DF United States New Mexico Lobos MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#40) [7]
January 20, 2015 United States Andy Craven FW United States North Carolina Tar Heels MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#48) [7]
January 20, 2015 United States Charlie Lyon GK United States Marquette Golden Eagles MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#75) [7]
January 20, 2015 New Zealand Andy Bevin FW United States West Virginia Mountaineers MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#80) [7]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
26 DF Nigeria Onyekachi Apam Retired Waived December 4, 2014 [18]
4 DF United States Jalil Anibaba United States Orlando City SC Out of contract; selected in Expansion Draft December 4, 2014 [18][19]
7 FW United States Tristan Bowen United States New England Revolution Waived; selected in Re-Entry Draft Stage 2 December 4, 2014 [18][20]
29 GK United States Josh Ford United States Orlando City SC Waived; selected in Re-Entry Draft Stage 2 December 4, 2014 [18][20]
1 GK United States Marcus Hahnemann Retired Waived December 4, 2014 [18][21]
13 FW United States Sean Okoli United States New England Revolution Waived; rights along with allocation money traded for the 33rd pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft December 4, 2014 [17][18]
18 DF Mali Djimi Traoré Retired Waived December 4, 2014 [18]
23 FW United States Cam Weaver Retired Waived December 4, 2014 [18]
22 FW United States Eriq Zavaleta Canada Toronto FC Waived; rights traded for a 2nd round pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft December 4, 2014 [18][22]
17 DF United States DeAndre Yedlin England Tottenham Hotspur $4,000,000 December 23, 2014 [23][24]
FW United States Andy Craven United States Sounders 2 March 10, 2015 [25]
DF United States Aaron Long United States Sounders 2 March 14, 2015 [26]
77 FW Martinique Kévin Parsemain Waived March 20, 2015 [27]
33 FW United States Kenny Cooper Waived April 2, 2015 [28]

On August 13, 2014, it was confirmed that DeAndre Yedlin would be transferred to Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League for a reported transfer fee of $4 million. Yedlin departed for the English club in January 2015.

Recognition

MLS Player of the Week
Week Player Opponent Ref
11 United States Chad Barrett Vancouver Whitecaps FC [29]
MLS Goal of the Week
Week Player Opponent Ref
1 United States Clint Dempsey New England Revolution [30]
7 Nigeria Obafemi Martins Colorado Rapids [31]
9 Nigeria Obafemi Martins New York City FC [32]
13 Guatemala Marco Pappa New York Red Bulls [33]
MLS Save of the Week
Week Player Opponent Ref
9 Switzerland Stefan Frei New York City FC [34]
MLS Team of the Week
Week Player Opponent Ref
1 United States Clint Dempsey New England Revolution [35]
1 Nigeria Obafemi Martins New England Revolution [35]
1 England Tyrone Mears New England Revolution [35]
5 United States Chad Marshall Houston Dynamo [36]
7 Switzerland Stefan Frei Colorado Rapids [37]
7 United States Lamar Neagle Colorado Rapids [37]
9 United States Chad Marshall New York City FC [38]
9 Nigeria Obafemi Martins New York City FC [38]
9 United States Dylan Remick New York City FC [38]
11 United States Chad Barrett Vancouver Whitecaps FC [39]
13 Guatemala Marco Pappa Colorado Rapids and New York Red Bulls [40]

Kits

Home
Home Alt.
Home Alt. 2
Away
Third
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info
Home Rave Green Blue Rave Green March 8 vs. New England Revolution
Home Alt. Rave Green Rave Green Blue March 28 at FC Dallas
Home Alt. 2 Rave Green Rave Green Rave Green June 24 at Philadelphia Union
Away White White Black May 9 at Columbus Crew
Third Black Light green Light green May 3 at New York City FC

See also

References

  1. ↑ "First Team Roster". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ Sounders FC Public Relations (March 24, 2015). "Kickoff for international friendly vs. Club Tijuana pushed to 7:23 p.m. PT". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sounders FC Signs Victor Mansaray to Homegrown Player Contract". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sounders FC Signs Defender Tyrone Mears". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sounders FC Signs Darwin Jones to Homegrown Contract". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sounders FC Acquires Goalkeeper Troy Perkins". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2015 MLS SuperDraft, pres. by adidas: Draft Tracker". MLS. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Major League Soccer announces 2015 Generation adidas class". MLS. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "2015 MLS SuperDraft: Major League Soccer signs four more college seniors, bringing total to 12 players". MLS. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Sounders FC Signs Colombian Defender Andrés Correa". Seattle Sounders FC. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Sounders FC signs 2015 MLS SuperDraft selections Fisher and Lyon". Seattle Sounders FC. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Sounders FC signs midfielder Thomás". Seattle Sounders FC. June 1, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Sounders FC signs midfielder Erik Friberg". Seattle Sounders FC. June 29, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Sounders FC signs midfielder Andreas Ivanschitz". Seattle Sounders FC. August 4, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Sounders FC signs Nelson Valdez as Designated Player". Seattle Sounders FC. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Sounders FC signs Panamanian National Team captain Román Torres". Seattle Sounders FC. August 12, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 "Trade Tracker: Keep tabs on all the offseason trades here as MLS teams build for 2015 season". MLS. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Sounders FC Declines Options on Eight Players". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  19. ↑ "MLS Expansion Draft: Listen in live as New York City FC & Orlando City SC build out rosters". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  20. 1 2 "San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo each grab two players in Stage 2 of Re-Entry Draft". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  21. ↑ "Marcus Hahnemann Announces Retirement from Professional Soccer". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  22. ↑ "Sounders FC Acquires Second Round 2016 MLS SuperDraft Pick". Seattle Sounders FC. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  23. ↑ "Sounders FC Agrees to Transfer Yedlin to Tottenham Hotspur". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  24. ↑ "DeAndre Yedlin Completes Transfer to Tottenham Hotspur". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  25. ↑ "S2 Signs Forward Andy Craven". Seattle Sounders FC. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  26. ↑ "Sounders FC 2 signs defender Aaron Long and forward Sam Garza". Seattle Sounders FC. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  27. ↑ "Sounders FC waives forward Kevin Parsemain". Seattle Sounders FC. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  28. ↑ "Sounders FC waives forward Kenny Cooper". Seattle Sounders FC. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  29. ↑ "Seattle Sounders striker Chad Barrett named MLS Player of the Week after brace in Vancouver win". MLSsoccer.com. May 19, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Seattle Sounders, Clint Dempsey's pass-and-move golazo wins 2015's first AT&T Goal of the Week award". MLSsoccer.com. March 13, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Seattle Sounders' Obafemi Martins runs away with Week 7 AT&T MLS Goal of the Week award". MLSsoccer.com. April 24, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Obafemi Martins' connection with Clint Dempsey, classy finish nets him Week 9's AT&T Goal of the Week". MLSsoccer.com. May 8, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Seattle Sounders' Marco Pappa wins Week 13 AT&T Goal of the Week honors for first goal of 2015". MLSsoccer.com. June 5, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  34. ↑ "Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei cruises to MLS Save of the Week honors for Week 9". MLSsoccer.com. May 9, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  35. 1 2 3 Baer, Benjamin (March 9, 2015). "Team of the Week (Wk 1): USMNT teammates Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore highlight opening weekend". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  36. ↑ Baer, Benjamin (April 6, 2015). "Team of the Week (Wk 5): Vancouver young guns show their stuff against MLS' best in Week 5". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  37. 1 2 Baer, Benjamin (April 20, 2015). "Team of the Week (Wk 7): Speedsters and playmakers light up the scoreboard in Week 7". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  38. 1 2 3 Baer, Benjamin (May 4, 2015). "Team of the Week (Wk 9): Clint Dempsey or Obafemi Martins? Only one Sounders star claims spot". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  39. ↑ Baer, Benjamin (May 18, 2015). "Team of the Week (Wk 11): Which players made their mark in unpredictable week?". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  40. ↑ Baer, Benjamin (June 1, 2015). "Team of the Week (Wk 13): Another dominant week for Sporting Kansas City leads to stars littering team". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
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