UPDATE (Wednesday): Cristian Roldan will be available for Saturday’s game at Minnesota United after the Sounders successfully appealed his red card.
UPDATE (Tuesday): The Sounders are appealing the red card, GM Garth Lagerwey told KJR on Tuesday.
“What we’re appealing on is his intent,” Lagerwey said. “We’ve submitted a number of materials that we believe shows the action was not deliberate and that’s what the panel is going to decide upon.”
SEATTLE — Over the course of his adult life, Cristian Roldan had only been red-carded once. It came in a college game when he won a header but his opponent was hurt on the play.