For much of training camp, the Sounders were thinking trialist Darrius Barnes would eventually form part of their roster this coming season. The veteran New England Revolution defender had missed much of the past two seasons due to injury and again got hurt at the tail end of camp but was seasoned enough that a Sounders club shorthanded on defense felt it would eventually need him.
That came to an end this week when the Sounders cut ties with Barnes after he’d spent the past month rehabilitating an upper leg injury with them in hopes of signing on.