Preseason

SEAvATL Starting XI: Host of young players get the nod

The Seattle Sounders are taking on 2017 MLS expansion side Atlanta United in their second match of the Carolina Challenge Cup in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday (4:30 p.m. PT; SoundersFC.com).


Here is the Sounders’ Starting XI, presented by Delta:


FORMATION: 4-2-3-1

GK: Meredith (35)


RB: Griffith (54)
CB: Barnes (53)
CB: Alfaro (25)
LB: Morris (51)


CM: Delem (77)
CM: Mathers (32)


RM: Wingo (23)
AM: Shipp (19)
LM: Olsen (40)


FW: Adekoya (12)


SUBSTITUTIONS:


- GK: Miller (1)


FW: Dempsey (2)


D: Evans (3)


MF: Svensson (4)


D: Tolo (5)


MF: Alonso (6)


- MF: Roldan (7)


- MF: Fernandez (8)


- MF: Lodeiro (10)


MF: Kovar (11)


- FW: Jo. Morris (13)


- D: Marshall (14)


FW: Bruin (17)


GK: Frei (24)


- D: Torres (29)


- D: Jones (33)


MF: Rogers (50)


D: Nana-Sinkam (52)


D: Fisher (91)


NOTES:


- Clint Dempsey does not start on Wednesday after starting the previous three preseason matches. He went 60 minutes in the Sounders’ 1-1 draw with the Charleston Battery on Saturday. His midfield line of Nicolas Lodeiro and Alvaro Fernandez each begin on the bench as well.


- Quinton Griffith, 24, is a guest right back starting for the Sounders. He is a member of the Charleston Battery and has 34 caps for the Antigua and Barbados national team.


- Bryan Meredith makes his first start of the preseason after Tyler Miller got the nod in the first three matches.


- Trialist Darrius Barnes starts for the second straight match. He will begin at center back on Wednesday after playing right back last Saturday.


- Midfielder Harry Shipp returns to the lineup as expected after missing a couple weeks while recovering from an ankle injury.


- Academy players Jake Morris and David Olsen each make their first start this preseason.

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