The Seattle Sounders are hosting Real Salt Lake at 1 p.m. PT in the final regular-season match of the season. The Sounders can ensure their eighth consecutive playoff berth with a win. Here is Seattle’s Starting XI:
FORMATION: 4-2-3-1
GK: Frei (24)
RB: Mears (4)
CB: Torres (29)
CB: Marshall (14)
LB: Jones (33)
CM: Alonso (6) – Captain
CM: Friberg (8)
RM: Roldan (7)
AM: Lodeiro (10)
LM: Fernandez (21)
FW: Morris (13)
SUBSTITUTES:
GK: Miller (1)
DEF: Scott (20)
DEF: Fisher (91)
MF: Evans (3)
MF: Kovar (11)
FW: Valdez (16)
FW: Gomez (9)
NOTES
- Defensive midfielder Osvaldo Alonso returns to the starting lineup after serving a red-card suspension in Seattle’s 2-1 loss to FC Dallas last week.
- Erik Friberg starts again at defensive midfield, Cristian Roldan slides to the right flank and Herculez Gomez is relegated to the bench.
- Captain Brad Evans (calf) and forward Nelson Valdez (tailbone) each return to the 18-man roster after not traveling last week.
- Oalex Anderson (right hamstring strain) is out for the second consecutive week, as is Andreas Ivanschitz (right knee sprain)
- Defender Zach Scott is in the 18-man roster in what is his final regular-season match before his upcoming retirement.
