The Seattle Sounders are taking on the Houston Dynamo on Saturday (5:30 p.m. PT; Q13 FOX, KIRO Radio 97.3FM, El Rey 1360AM) in the regular-season opener of the 2017 Major League Soccer season.
Here is the Sounders’ Starting XI, presented by Delta:
FORMATION: 4-2-3-1
GK: Frei (24)
RB: Svensson (4)
CB: Torres (29)
CB: Marshall (14)
LB: Jones (33)
CM: Alonso (6) – Captain
CM: Roldan (7)
RM: Fernandez (8)
AM: Dempsey (2)
LM: Lodeiro (10)
FW: Morris (13)
SUBSTITUTES:
GK: Miller (1)
D: Alfaro (15)
D: Fisher (91)
M: Mathers (32)
M: Wingo (23)
M: Shipp (11)
F: Bruin (17)
NOTES:
- Clint Dempsey does indeed make his first start in competitive action since last August after missing the final four months of the season with an irregular heartbeat.