2020 Seattle Sounders FC season

Seattle Sounders FC
2020 season
General Manager	Garth Lagerwey
Head Coach	Brian Schmetzer
Stadium	CenturyLink Field
Major League Soccer	Conference: ; Overall:
CONCACAF Champions League	Round of 16
Highest home attendance	League: 40,126; (March 1 vs. Chicago Fire FC)
Lowest home attendance	League: 33,080; (March 7 vs. Columbus Crew SC)
Average home league attendance	League: 36,603
Home colors	Away colors

The 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season is the club's forty-sixth season of existence, and their twelfth in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The team is under the management of Brian Schmetzer in his fourth full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders. Seattle are the reigning MLS Cup champions, having defeated Toronto FC 3–1 in the 2019 final at their home stadium, CenturyLink Field.[1]

Background

The Sounders won the MLS Cup at CenturyLink Field by defeating Toronto FC 3–1. The team is set to play in the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League and 2020 Campeones Cup, along with regular MLS and U.S. Open Cup matches.[2]

Recap

Prior to the start of the season, Sounders backup goalkeeper Bryan Meredith was selected by Inter Miami CF in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft.[3]

Due to the expansion of the league and the resulting unbalanced schedule, the Sounders will not play FC Cincinnati, Orlando City SC, and the Philadelphia Union.[4]

The second home match of the season, on March 7 against the Columbus Crew SC, had an attendance of 33,080—the lowest for an MLS regular season game in Sounders history. The match was played amid a local outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 that had caused several deaths in the week prior.[5]

Current roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of June 16, 2020.[6]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Trey Muse (HGP)	United States
3	Defender	Xavier Arreaga	Ecuador
4	Midfielder	Gustav Svensson	Sweden
5	Defender	Nouhou Tolo	Cameroon
6	Midfielder	João Paulo (DP)	Brazil
7	Midfielder	Cristian Roldan	United States
8	Midfielder	Jordy Delem	Martinique
9	Forward	Raúl Ruidíaz (DP)	Peru
10	Midfielder	Nicolás Lodeiro (DP)	Uruguay
11	Midfielder	Miguel Ibarra	United States
13	Forward	Jordan Morris (HGP)	United States
16	Defender	Alex Roldan	United States
17	Forward	Will Bruin	United States
18	Defender	Kelvin Leerdam	Suriname
24	Goalkeeper	Stefan Frei	Switzerland
27	Defender	Shane O'Neill	United States
28	Defender	Yeimar Gómez Andrade	Colombia
30	Goalkeeper	Stefan Cleveland	United States
33	Defender	Joevin Jones	Trinidad and Tobago
45	Midfielder	Ethan Dobbelaere (HGP)	United States
70	Midfielder	Handwalla Bwana (HGP)	Kenya
75	Midfielder	Danny Leyva (HGP)	United States
87	Forward	Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (HGP)	United States
84	Midfielder	Josh Atencio (HGP)	United States
99	Forward	Justin Dhillon	United States

Out on loan

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of January 31, 2020.

No.	Position	Player	Nation
15	Midfielder	Emanuel Cecchini (On loan from Málaga CF on loan to Unión de Santa Fe)	Argentina

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Preseason

January 22, 2020 Closed-door scrimmage	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Peñarol	Long Beach, California
		Recap	Urretaviscaya 37'	Stadium: George Allen Field

January 29, 2020 Closed-door scrimmage	Seattle Sounders FC	3–2	Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California
10:50 am (PST)	Ruidíaz 14' Delem 55' Bwana 98'	Recap	23' 43'	Stadium: Sullivan Field
Note: 105 min scrimmage

February 5, 2020 Closed-door scrimmage	Seattle Sounders FC	6–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Seattle, Washington
11:00 am (PST)	Ruidíaz 2' Shipp 9' Morris 35' Dhillon 78', 97' A. Roldan 117'	Recap	Werner 72' Iwasa 96'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: 120 min scrimmage

February 12, 2020 Closed-door scrimmage	Seattle Sounders FC	2–2	Club Atlético Zacatepec	Mexico City, Mexico
8:30 am (PST)	Leyva 8' Ruidíaz 2' Morris 33'		Castillo 63' Barboza 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Centro Alto Rendimiento

February 12, 2020 Closed-door scrimmage	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Club Universidad Nacional U-20	Mexico City, Mexico
10:30 am (PST)	Bwana 20' Robles 61'		40'	Stadium: Centro Alto Rendimiento

Friendlies

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Major League Soccer

League tables

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	FC Dallas	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	4	First round & 2021 Leagues Cup
5	Los Angeles FC	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	4	First round & 2021 Leagues Cup
6	Seattle Sounders FC	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	4	First round
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC[lower-alpha 1]	2	1	1	0	2	3	−1	3	First round
8	Portland Timbers	2	1	1	0	2	3	−1	3

Updated to match(es) played on March 8, 2020. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:

Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	New York Red Bulls	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	4
9	Toronto FC	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	4
10	Seattle Sounders FC	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	4
11	Columbus Crew SC	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	4
12	D.C. United	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	3

Updated to match(es) played on March 8, 2020. 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) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	1	1	0	3	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: March 7, 2020.
Source: MLS

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D

Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

March 1, 2020 MLS 1	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Chicago Fire FC	Seattle, Washington
12:00 p.m. (PST)	Morris 62', 90'+3' Delem 80' João Paulo 86'	Preview	Berić 46' Herbers 72'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,126 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

March 7, 2020 MLS 2	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Columbus Crew SC	Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PST)	Jones 36' Ruidíaz 79' (pen.) João Paulo 85'	Boxscore	Zardes 33' Díaz 62'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 33,080 Referee: Jair Marrufo

March 14, 2020 MLS 3	Houston Dynamo	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston, Texas
5:30 p.m. (PDT)		Preview		Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Note: Match postponed by MLS due to coronavirus pandemic[7]

March 21, 2020 MLS 4	Seattle Sounders FC	–	FC Dallas	Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PDT)		Preview		Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic at request of governor.[8]

April 3, 2020 MLS 5	Nashville SC	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Nashville, Tennessee
6:00 p.m. (PDT)		Preview		Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Note: Match postponed by MLS due to coronavirus pandemic[7]

April 8, 2020 MLS 6	New England Revolution	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
4:00 p.m. (PDT)		Preview		Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Note: This match was originally scheduled for June 17th. Match postponed by MLS due to coronavirus pandemic[7]

April 18, 2020 MLS 7 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Vancouver Whitecaps	Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[9]

April 25, 2020 MLS 8	Real Salt Lake	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Sandy, Utah
6:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[9]

May 2, 2020 MLS 9	Seattle Sounders FC	–	D.C. United	Seattle, Washington
2:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[9]

May 9, 2020 MLS 10	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Colorado Rapids	Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[9]

May 13, 2020 MLS 11 Heritage Cup	San Jose Earthquakes	–	Seattle Sounders FC	San Jose, California
7:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[9]

May 17, 2020 MLS 12 Cascadia Cup	Portland Timbers	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Portland, Oregon
2:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Providence Park
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[9]

May 23, 2020 MLS 13	Sporting Kansas City	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Kansas City, Kansas
5:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[10]

May 27, 2020 MLS 14	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Montreal Impact	Seattle, Washington
7:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[10]

May 31, 2020 MLS 15	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington
3:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[10]

June 13, 2020 MLS 16 Cascadia Cup	Vancouver Whitecaps	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: BC Place
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[10]

June 21, 2020 MLS 17	LA Galaxy	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
12:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[10]

June 27, 2020 MLS 18	Seattle Sounders FC	–	New York City FC	Seattle, Washington
2:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: Training for "MLS is Back" tournament.

July 5, 2020 MLS 19	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Minnesota United FC	Seattle, Washington
6:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: Training for "MLS is Back" tournament.

July 8, 2020 MLS 20	New York Red Bulls	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Note: During "MLS is Back" tournament.

July 12, 2020 MLS 21	Atlanta United FC	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Atlanta, Georgia
9:30 a.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Note: During "MLS is Back" tournament.

July 18, 2020 MLS 22	Toronto FC	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:00 a.m. (PDT)				Stadium: BMO Field
Note: During "MLS is Back" tournament.

July 22, 2020 MLS 23	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Houston Dynamo	Seattle, Washington
7:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: During "MLS is Back" tournament.

July 25, 2020 MLS 24	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Los Angeles FC	Seattle, Washington
12:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: During "MLS is Back" tournament.

August 2, 2020 MLS 25	Los Angeles FC	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Los Angeles, California
12:30 a.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Note: During "MLS is Back" tournament.

August 8, 2020 MLS 26	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Sporting Kansas City	Seattle, Washington
12:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: During "MLS is Back" tournament.

August 16, 2020 MLS 27	Minnesota United FC	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Saint Paul, Minnesota
4:00 a.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Allianz Field

August 22, 2020 MLS 28 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Portland Timbers	Seattle, Washington
1:00 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field

August 28, 2020 MLS 29	Inter Miami FC	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
4:00 a.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium

September 13, 2020 MLS 30	Seattle Sounders FC	–	LA Galaxy	Seattle, Washington
3:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field

September 16, 2020 MLS 31 Heritage Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	–	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington
7:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field

September 20, 2020 MLS 32	FC Dallas	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Frisco, Texas
2:00 a.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

September 26, 2020 MLS 33	Colorado Rapids	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Commerce City, Colorado
6:00 a.m. (PDT)				Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park

October 4, 2020 MLS 34	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Nashville SC	Seattle, Washington
1:30 p.m. (PDT)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

February 20, 2020 First leg	Olimpia	2–2	Seattle Sounders FC	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
7:00 p.m. (PST)	Paz 19' Troglio 23' Arboleda 25' 63', 81'	Report	João Paulo 6' Arreaga 22' Schmetzer 23' Frei 25' Morris 54'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

February 27, 2020 Second leg	Seattle Sounders FC	2–2 (4–4 agg.) (2–4 p)	Olimpia	Seattle, United States
7:00 p.m. (PST)	Nouhou 8' Roldan 21' João Paulo 64' Delem 90+2''	Boxscore	Mejía 2' Oliva 4' Arboleda 37' Pineda 69', 86' Bengtson 79'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 34,016 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
	Penalties
	Ruidíaz João Paulo Roldan Leerdam		Arboleda Benguché Rodriguez Leverón

U.S. Open Cup

May 19/20, 2020 Round of 32		–
(PDT)
Note: The first three rounds were temporarily suspended on March 13, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic[11]

Campeones Cup

August 12, 2020	Seattle Sounders FC	N.P.	TBD	Seattle, Washington
(cancelled)				Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Note: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

2020 MLS is Back Tournament

Group Stage (Group B)

July 10, 2020 Matchday 1 (MLS 3)	Seattle Sounders FC	–	San Jose Earthquakes	Bay Lake, Florida
7:30 pm (PDT)		Preview		Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

July 15, 2020 Matchday 2 (MLS 4)	Seattle Sounders FC	–	FC Dallas	Bay Lake, Florida
6:00 am (PDT)		Preview		Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

July 20, 2020 Matchday 3 (MLS 5)	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Bay Lake, Florida
7:30 pm (PDT)		Preview		Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

Note: Group Stage matches are part of MLS regular season standings[13]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		U.S. Open Cup		Playoffs		Champions League		Campeones Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Trey Muse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Xavier Arreaga	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
4	MF		Gustav Svensson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Nouhou	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF		João Paulo	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
7	MF		Cristian Roldan	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
8	MF		Jordy Delem	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Raúl Ruidíaz	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF		Nicolás Lodeiro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Miguel Ibarra	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
13	FW		Jordan Morris	4	3	1+1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
16	DF		Alex Roldan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	FW		Will Bruin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Kelvin Leerdam	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
19	MF		Harry Shipp	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK		Stefan Frei	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
27	DF		Shane O'Neill	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
28	DF		Yeimar Gómez Andrade	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30	GK		Stefan Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Joevin Jones	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
45	MF		Ethan Dobbelaere	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	FW		Handwalla Bwana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	MF		Danny Leyva	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
84	MF		Josh Atencio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	FW		Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Justin Dhillon	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Last updated: March 7, 2020
Source: Team Stats

[TAC] – Defiance player^[A]

Top scorers

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	Champions League	Total
1	FW	13	Jordan Morris	2	1	3
2	MF	6	João Paulo	0	2	2
3	MF	7	Cristian Roldan	0	1	1
3	FW	9	Raúl Ruidíaz	1	0	1

Last updated: March 7, 2020
Source: Team Stats

Top assists

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	Champions League	Total
1	MF	7	Cristian Roldan	2	1	3
2	MF	6	João Paulo	1	1	2
3	FW	13	Jordan Morris	0	1	1
3	DF	18	Kelvin Leerdam	1	0	1

Last updated: March 1,2020
Source:

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player
No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			U.S. Open Cup			MLS Playoffs			Champions League			Campeones Cup			Total
3	DF	Xavier Arreaga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Nouhou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	MF	João Paulo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF	Jordy Delem	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
24	GK	Stefan Frei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	DF	Joevin Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0

Last updated: March 7, 2020
Source: Disciplinary Stats

Honors and awards

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Position	Ref
1	Jordan Morris	Chicago Fire FC	FW	[14][15]

Bold indicates Audi Player Index Spotlight

Italics indicates MLS Player of the Week

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
30	GK	Stefan Cleveland	Chicago Fire	Traded First Round pick (26th overall) in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft and received Second Round pick (35th overall) in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.	November 26, 2019	[16]
27	DF	Shane O'Neill	Orlando City	Free Transfer	January 14, 2020	[17]
6	MF	João Paulo	Botafogo	Undisclosed	January 31, 2020	[18]
28	DF	Yeimar Gómez Andrade	Unión de Santa Fe	Undisclosed	February 5, 2020	[19]
11	MF	Miguel Ibarra	Minnesota United FC	Free Transfer	February 20, 2020	[20]
45	MF	Ethan Dobbelaere	Sounders FC Academy	Homegrown Player	June 15, 2020	[21]
84	MF	Josh Atencio	Tacoma Defiance	Homegrown Player	June 15, 2020	[21]

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 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
January 9, 2020	Danny Reynolds	51	DF	UNC Wilmington	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#35)	[22]
January 9, 2020	Timo Mehlich		MF	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#52). Signed contract with Rio Grande Valley FC before draft.	[22]
January 13, 2020	Julian Avila-Good	41	MF	Seattle University	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#78)

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
35	GK	Bryan Meredith	Inter Miami CF	Selected #9 in 2019 MLS Expansion Draft	November 19, 2019	[23]
3	DF	Jonathan Campbell		Option declined	November 20, 2019	[24]
12	DF	Saad Abdul-Salaam	FC Cincinnati	Option declined, selected in second stage of Re-Entry Draft	November 20, 2019	[24]
29	DF	Román Torres	Inter Miami CF	Option declined	November 20, 2019	[24]
8	MF	Víctor Rodríguez	Elche CF	Option declined	November 20, 2019	[24]
23	FW	Luis Silva		Option declined	November 20, 2019	[24]
20	DF	Kim Kee-hee	Ulsan Hyundai FC	Out of contract	November 20, 2019	[24]
11	DF	Brad Smith	A.F.C. Bournemouth	Out of contract (loan ended)	November 20, 2019	[24]
15	MF	Emanuel Cecchini	Unión de Santa Fe	On loan through the end of 2020	January 31, 2020	[25]
19	MF	Harry Shipp	N/A	Retired	June 16, 2020	[26]

Notes

A. ^a Players who are under contract with Tacoma Defiance.

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"Sounders FC signs midfielder João Paulo as Designated Player". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
"Sounders FC signs defender Yeimar Gómez Andrade". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
"Sounders FC signs midfielder Miguel Ibarra". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
"Sounders FC signs midfielders Atencio and Dobbelaere as Homegrown Players". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
"Seattle Sounders FC selects two players in second round of 2020 MLS SuperDraft". SoundersFC staff. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
"2019 Expansion Draft results: Inter Miami, Nashville SC make their picks". MLSsoccer staff. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
"Sounders FC announces roster decisions to conclude 2019 season". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
"Sounders FC loans midfielder Emanuel Cecchini to Unión de Sante Fe". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
"Harry Shipp announces retirement from professional soccer". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved June 16, 2020.

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[table_note_VAN0.11457681381822-7] Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

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[27] "Harry Shipp announces retirement from professional soccer". Sounders FC Communications. Retrieved June 16, 2020.

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