It’s difficult to describe the scale of the Seattle Sounders’ current injury crisis. With Paul Rothrock’s most recent injury – estimated to keep him out 8–10 weeks — the Sounders will see the vast majority of their regular outfield starters miss extended minutes in 2026. The only real exceptions to the rule at the moment are Nouhou, Albert Rusnak, Kalani Kossa-Rienzi and Snyder Brunnell. A team that hasn’t been allowed any level of consistency, and is yet to see all three of its DPs share the ...
Meet “TERS” a statistic designed to show much rotation a team is forced into.
There was a time in Seattle Sounders history when facing the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park, absorbing punches from an aging collection of soccer royalty, and grinding out a 1-1 draw, would be greeted with a satisfied nod. You bank the Western Conference away point, applaud the defensive resilience, and head home feeling okay. That satisfaction, however, doesn’t work when your team rolls into mid-September dragging the rotting corpse of an eleven-match winless streak and is buried in ...
Aaron joins Jeremiah to recap the Galaxy match while also trying to figure out what is going on with all of these injuries as the Sounders announced that Paul Rothrock will be out due to hamstring injury for 8–10 weeks. In the second segment to balance out last week’s downer episode, the guys outline some copeium showing how Seattle can not only make the playoffs but end the season on a genuinely positive note. View on Zencastr SPONSORED This newsletter was made possible through the support of...
RENTON — Just as it seemed the Seattle Sounders were inching toward something like full health, news of yet another injury has hit. The latest player to succumb is Paul Rothrock, who came out of Saturday’s game at halftime with what has now been revealed to be a reasonably serious hamstring injury that will likely keep him out 8–10 weeks. That timeline means Rothrock would potentially be available if the Sounders qualified for the playoffs, but not long before. It has gotten to the point that ...
Midfielder had been one of Sounders’ most durable players this year.
Sounders are starting to play better but don’t have enough to show for it.
Niko Moreno and Adam Race discuss the Galaxy game and how some of the decision-making problems that have been on display reared their ugly head again. They were still encouraged by the performance and results around the league have conspired to keep the Sounders very much in the playoff chase. They close out with some discussion of Jeremiah’s article about some front office dysfunction and highlight a few of the games around the league. View on Zencastr Follow Niko Moreno on BlueSky and YouTub...
New draw city.
Did Sounders do a good job? Was it a disappointment? Maybe both?
Sounders get a late goal to secure 1–1 draw.
A scrappy, sloppy 1-1 draw on the road.
The Seattle Sounders head back on the road to face the LA Galaxy, a team that is in a very similar place. The Sounders are still trying to snap their winless run, which has now reached 11 straight, but have picked up ties in each of their past three games. The Galaxy are one spot ahead of the Sounders in the standings, but have also played two more games. They’ve gone just 2–5–4 in their last 11 matches. The Galaxy could get a bit of a boost from the return of Joao Klaus, who is expected to at...
Sounders visit Galaxy at 7:30 PM PT on AppleTV.
The Seattle Sounders have put together three straight performances in which they could have conceivably won. They have not actually won any of them and will head into tonight’s game against the LA Galaxy on a franchise-record 11-game winless run. If they are to maintain any realistic hopes of making the playoffs, they’ll almost certainly need three points against the Galaxy. Here’s what you need to know: Injury news Sounders OUT: Pedro de la Vega (quad); Jesús Ferreira (hamstring); Yeimar Góme...
Sounders will try to snap their winless when they visit the Galaxy at 7:30 PM on Saturday.
RENTON – The return of Cristian Roldan likely provides the Seattle Sounders with their biggest potential boost when it comes to making the playoffs. But simply making the playoffs has never been how the Sounders judge a successful season. Ever since the Sounders entered MLS in 2009, they’ve judged success by how well they compete for trophies. In that sense, Jordan Morris’ ability to return to the form that made him a Designated Player may be the most important variable. Morris has played just...
Niko Moreno and Tim Ostlund-Foss join Jeremiah for What We Learned This Week where they talk a bit about the Sounders injury situation where there is finally good news. Kalani Kossa-Rienzi is surprisingly available and Jackson Ragen being ahead of schedule lead the positives on that front. The trio also spend time previewing the Galaxy match and even express some confidence that the Sounders could finally get three points. (Editor’s note: we were testing our live streaming setup for this recor...
Sounders need their Designated Players to maintain elite levels if they are to be contenders.
Tim, Niko and Jeremiah also preview the Galaxy match and assess which Sounder would make the best decathlete.
The Seattle Sounders U18 academy team recently traveled to Mexico City to play in the Liga BBVA international youth development tournament. The competitive structure of the tournament was unclear but the team was able to play seven different teams from Mexico, Chile and the USA. Each game was 70 minutes long with 35-minute halves and lots of substitutions allowed for each team to give players minutes. While the Sounders brought the majority of their U18 team, there were players included from o...
Sounders finish with 4 wins and 3 losses in group play and lose final
There is a fine line between stability and stagnation, and the Seattle Sounders have parked their bus squarely on top of it. Last Saturday evening at Lumen Field was supposed to be the palate cleanser, an opportunity to punish an Eastern Conference visitor, flush the taste of squandered leads, and put three points in the bank. Instead, it was 90 minutes of frustrating soccer against Michael Bradley’s New York Red Bulls. The visitors’ game plan consisted of manic pressing, tactical hacking, and...
Sounders continue to draw it out.
A deep dive into the tactics that finally get the Sounders back in the win column.