There are less than three weeks left in the Seattle Sounders preseason before the MLS season opens on March 4. A lot of the big issues seem reasonably settled by now: Stefan Frei and Clint Dempsey will likely be healthy, it’s unlikely another Designated Player will be added before the summer and most of the starting lineup seems pretty well set.
But on the periphery there are still some interesting issues, and the three matches in Charleston, S.C., are the last good chance to find out the answers.
1. How close are Dempsey, Jordan Morris and Nicolas Lodeiro to picking up where they left off?