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2018 Western Conference Previews: San Jose, Seattle Sounders, Sporting KC, Vancouver

2017 Record: 13-14-7 (WTL), 46 points, 6th in WC

Goals For: 39, 10th in WC

Goals Against: 60, 9th in WC

Three key additions

Magnus Eriksson, Joel Qwiberg, Jacob Akanyirige

Three key subtractions

General thoughts

Once upon a time, gentle reader, we could write one of these previews on San Jose and just pencil them in as below the playoff red line, easy peasy. A few talented players on the squad, like Chris Wondolowski or Aníbal Godoy, would be flanked by aging players like Victor Bernárdez or Simon Dawkins, and a few young question marks like Fatai Alashe or Tommy Thompson.