SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s Jackson Ragen was sent off for a red card in the 43rd minute, Alex Roldan was forced to leave in the 75th and the Vancouver Whitecaps took advantage to post a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night. Vancouver Whitecaps 2, Seattle Sounders 0: Box Score Ragen left the Sounders (1-4-3) a man down after a video review upgraded his foul on Ryan Gauld. Roldan exited after a foul on Vancouver’s Ali Ahmed. Gauld delivered the first goal of the match in the 58th minute when he used an assist from Sam Adekugbe to drill a left-footed shot from the center of the b ..read more

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Stefan Frei made his 300th regular season appearance for Seattle and recorded his second consecutive shutout as the Seattle Sounders played FC Dallas to 0-0 tie Saturday night. Seattle Sounders FC 0, FC Dallas 0: Box Score The 37-year-old Frei, who helped Seattle win two MLS Cups (2016, ’19), missed the first four games of the season due to a hamstring injury. He allowed three goals in his season debut, a 3-2 loss to previously-winless San Jose on March 23, but has give up just one goal in three games since. Seattle (1-3-3) snapped a five-game winless streak — during which ..read more

SEATTLE (AP) — Raúl Ruidíaz scored a pair of first-half goals and the Seattle Sounders won for the first time this season, beating CF Montreal 5-0 on Saturday night. Seattle Sounders 5, CF Montreal 0: Summary The Sounders (1-3-2) jumped on top in the 20th minute when Jackson Ragen used his head to set up Ruidíaz’s left-footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner of the net off a set piece. HAVE A HIT ? pic.twitter.com/fsABqtKQ79 — Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) April 7, 2024 Ruidíaz’s second goal — and fourth of the season — came via a penalty kick in the 27th min ..read more

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Gabriel Pec scored his first MLS goal in the opening minutes and John McCarthy had his first shutout of the season to help the LA Galaxy beat the Seattle Sounders 1-0 Saturday night in rain-soaked conditions. LA Galaxy 1, Seattle Sounders 0: Box score LA (3-0-3) leads the Western Conference and is tied with Cincinnati atop the MLS with 12 points. Pec blasted a one-touch shot that ricocheted off the hands of goalkeeper Stefan Frei and into the net in the fourth minute and the Galaxy led the rest of the way. Gabriel Pec scores his first MLS goal to give the @LAGalaxy the e ..read more

SEATTLE (AP) — Kévin Cabral scored in the 88th minute to give the Colorado Rockies a 1-1 draw with the Seattle Sounders on Saturday. Seattle Sounders 1, Colorado Rapids 1: Stats The Sounders (0-2-1) were down to 10 players after Joshua Atencio was given a second yellow in the 57th minute. The tying goal came after Djordje Mihailovic’s free kick to the upper right corner was saved by Andrew Thomas, only to have Cabral, who entered the game in the 78th, put in the rebound. Seattle’s goal came on Raúl Ruidíaz’s penalty in the 11th minute after a handball by Keegan Rosenberry. CHEEEEEKY RAÚL ? pi ..read more

SEATTLE (AP) — Brad Stuver had five saves to help Austin play the Seattle Sounders to a 0-0 tie on Saturday night. Seattle Sounders 0, Austin 0: Summary Stuver made a diving stop of a shot by Josh Atencio in the 77th minute for Austin (0-1-1). Stuver with the save to keep things level ? ? #MLSSeasonPass: https://t.co/Jgaz8cD4Td pic.twitter.com/6Ot0KW6jAp — Major League Soccer (@MLS) March 3, 2024 Seattle’s Andrew Thomas made his second consecutive start — and the second of his career — at goalkeeper in place of Stefan Frei (hamstring) and had two saves for his first career shutout. Seattle ..read more

Well before Major League Soccer kicked off, the North American Soccer League was at the top of professional soccer in the United States. And in 1974, three new teams joined that fold: the Seattle Sounders, the Vancouver Whitecaps and the San Jose Earthquakes. Preview: A look at Seattle Sounders and rest of Western Conference All three teams eventually morphed into MLS clubs, and this season the trio are celebrating a 50-year milestone. The NASL was founded in 1967 and was the first successful top-tier league in the United States. The Whitecaps, Sounders and Earthquakes were among eight teams t ..read more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hugo Lloris made seven saves and won his Major League Soccer debut, leading Los Angeles FC to a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday. LAFC 2, Seattle Sounders 1: Stats Timothy Tillman and Mateusz Bogusz scored for LAFC, which began its drive for a third straight MLS Cup Final appearance after winning the league’s postseason title in 2022 and reaching the Final again last season. LAFC has won its season opener in all seven seasons of its existence. LAFC got an impressive debut from Lloris, who moved stateside last December after 11 1/2 seasons with Tottenham, inc ..read more

The 2024 MLS season is nearly here, with the Seattle Sounders set to open play at 1:30 p.m. Saturday against LAFC. Seattle Sounders sign Argentinian winger Pedro de la Vega to deal How do the Sounders and the rest of the Western Conference look heading into the campaign? The Associated Press breaks down every team below. • SEATTLE SOUNDERS 2023 RECORD AND FINISH: 14-9-11, 2nd in West, fell to LAFC in the conference semifinals. COACH: Brian Schmetzer. KEY PLAYERS: Jordan Morris, Cristian Roldan, Stefan Frei. OUTLOOK: After missing the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, the Seattl ..read more

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — For now, the primary purpose of the Seattle Sounders training center that opened Tuesday will be to help the team remain among the MLS elite. Looking ahead, it’s likely the Sounders’ new headquarters will be a coveted base camp for one of the participants in the 2026 World Cup. Seattle gets six matches for 2026 World Cup, including USMNT “I think any club or country that walks through it is going to want to be here,” Sounders general manager Craig Waibel said. “It’ll be special for us to be able to share this with someone else from somewhere else in the world. It’ll be rea ..read more