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Seattle Sounders ready for reunion with club legend, former captain Osvaldo Alonso in Western Conference Final

The man standing between the Seattle Sounders and their fourth trip to MLS Cup in five years is ironically the one who helped them reach their first two.

Former Sounders captain and club legend Osvaldo Alonso returns to Seattle for Monday night’s Western Conference Final (6:30 p.m. PT; FS1, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM). It will be his second appearance in Seattle since joining Minnesota United ahead of the 2019 MLS season.

“He’s going to be up for the game,” Sounders Head Coach Brian Schmetzer said of Alonso. “He knows what it takes to win in the playoffs, but he’s just one player.