Not much of a surprise with the starting lineups for today’s game (4 p.m. PT, Ch. 10; ROOT Sports outside of Seattle) as midfielder Harry Shipp takes over for Alvaro “Flaco” Fernandez, making his Sounders debut along the left flank. Shipp played at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium last year when he was with the Impact for a season, while Fernandez was contained in the opener at Houston last Saturday and banged up his knee a bit in midweek training.
On the bench, we’ve got Jordy Delem dressing in place of Zach Mathers.
So, a bit of a different look for the Sounders.