The Seattle Sounders enter the 2018 Major League Soccer season returning 10 of 11 starters from last year’s MLS Cup appearance, but the one man not coming back leaves a considerable statistical hole to fill.
Joevin Jones departed for SV Darmstadt in 2.Bundesliga at the end of the year and took his three goals and 19 assists at left fullback with him. The Sounders will likely slide second-year First Teamer Nouhou, who had a breakout season in 2017, into Jones’ role, but Seattle replenished its fullback depth when it acquired veteran Waylon Francis from Columbus.