2012 Seattle Sounders FC season


The 2012 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's fourth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. For the Sounders FC organization, it was their fourth year of existence, and including all previous clubs, it was the 32nd season of a soccer team bearing the Sounders name.

Season overview

Pre-season

On November 23, 2011, James Riley was drafted away from Seattle by the Montreal Impact as part of the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft. He was immediately traded to Chivas USA with allocation money for Justin Braun and Gerson Mayen. The Sounders also traded Tyson Wahl to the Impact for allocation money. Other off-season transactions included the transfer of Erik Friberg to Malmö FF, the retirements of Kasey Keller, Terry Boss, and Taylor Graham, the release of Nate Jaqua and Pat Noonan, the acquisition of Marc Burch from D.C. United via the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft, and the signings of out of contract players Michael Gspurning and Adam Johansson.
In the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, the Sounders took Creighton University defender Andrew Duran in the first round and University of Alabama-Birmingham forward Babayele Sodade. A week later, in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft the Sounders took University of California-Santa Barbara defender Tim Pontius and former Leicester City F.C. forward Jason Banton in the second round, University of Washington forward Abdul Aman in the third round, and Cal Poly defender Wes Feighner in the fourth round. On the same day as the Supplemental Draft, the Sounders traded the rights to defender Leone Cruz, whom the Sounders acquired in the second round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft but did not sign to a contract, to Real Salt Lake for UCLA defender Andy Rose, whom Real Salt Lake had drafted in the first round of the Supplemental Draft.

Club

Coaching staff

Other information

Official sponsors

TypeShirtShortsSocksFirst appearance / Info
HomeRave GreenBlueRave Green
Home Alt.Rave GreenRave GreenBlueMLS, April 7 against D.C. United
Home Alt. 2Rave GreenRave GreenRave GreenMLS, April 28 against Chicago
AwayShaleShaleShale
ThirdCyanCyanCyan→ International friendlies and non-MLS matches

Squad

Current squad

Squad information

Player movement

Transfers

In

Loan in

On Trial

Out

Loan out

On Trial
No Longer On Trial
Unsigned draft picks

Match results

Pre-season

Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield

Other training games

Overall

CONCACAF Champions League

2011–12 edition

2012–13 edition

;Group 4

;Match results

MLS regular season

Table

Western Conference
Overall

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

World Football Challenge

Cascadia Cup

The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.

Captains

No.Pos.NameGames
10MF Mauro Rosales29
6MF Osvaldo Alonso9
20DF Zach Scott6
17FW Fredy Montero5

Team statistics

International call-ups

No.PNameCountryLevelCapsGoalsOppositionCompetitionSource
5DFAdam JohanssonSwedenSenior20vs. Bahrain
vs. Qatar U-23
Friendly
31DFJeff ParkeUnited StatesSenior10vs. Venezuela
vs. Panama
Friendly
3MFBrad EvansUnited StatesSenior20vs. Venezuela
vs. Panama
Friendly
19FWBabayele SodadeCanadaU-2310vs. El Salvador U-23
vs. United States U-23
vs. Cuba U-23
vs. Mexico U-23
2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying
21FWCordell CatoTrinidad and TobagoU-2300vs. Mexico U-23
vs. Panama U-23
vs. Honduras U-23
2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying
15MFMario MartínezHondurasU-2311vs. Brazil U-23 2012 Summer Olympics
15MFMario MartínezHondurasSenior10vs. Boca Juniors Friendly – Unofficial
15MFMario MartínezHondurasSenior42vs. Cuba
vs. Cuba
vs. Panama
vs. Canada
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5DFAdam JohanssonSwedenSenior10vs. China Friendly
5DFAdam JohanssonSwedenSenior10vs. Kazakhstan
vs. Faroe Islands
vs. Germany
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7FWEddie JohnsonUnited StatesSenior22vs. Antigua and Barbuda
vs. Guatemala
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
15MFMario MartínezHondurasSenior10vs. Peru Friendly

Awards

Sounders FC Team Award Recipients
AwardPositionPlayerLink
Most Valuable PlayerMF Osvaldo Alonso
Defender of the YearDF Jeff Parke
Golden BootFW Eddie Johnson
Humanitarian of the YearFW David Estrada

MLS Goal of the Year
PlayerOpponentLink
Patrick IanniSporting Kansas City

MLS Comeback Player of the Year
PlayerLink
Eddie Johnson

MLS Best XI
PositionPlayerLink
MF Osvaldo Alonso

U.S. Open Cup Player of the Tournament
PlayerLink
Osvaldo Alonso

MLS Player of the Week
WeekPlayerOpponentLink
2 David EstradaToronto FC
22 Eddie JohnsonLos Angeles Galaxy
27 Eddie JohnsonChivas USA
32 Brad EvansFC Dallas

MLS Team of the Week
WeekPlayerOpponentLink
2 Álvaro Fernández
David Estrada
Toronto FC
3 Osvaldo AlonsoHouston Dynamo
5 Michael Gspurning
Osvaldo Alonso
D.C. United
6 Osvaldo AlonsoColorado Rapids
9 Mauro Rosales
Fredy Montero
Los Angeles Galaxy
Philadelphia Union
17 Eddie JohnsonNew England Revolution
18 Mauro RosalesColorado Rapids
21 Eddie JohnsonColorado Rapids
22 Mauro Rosales
Eddie Johnson
Los Angeles Galaxy
24 Osvaldo AlonsoVancouver Whitecaps FC
25 Mauro Rosales
Fredy Montero
Chivas USA
27 Christian Tiffert
Eddie Johnson
Chivas USA
28 Fredy MonteroPortland Timbers
30 Jeff ParkeVancouver Whitecaps FC
31 Adam Johansson
Christian Tiffert
Portland Timbers
32 Brad EvansFC Dallas

MLS Goal of the Week
WeekPlayerOpponentLink
9 Fredy MonteroLos Angeles Galaxy
11 Fredy MonteroVancouver Whitecaps FC
16 Patrick IanniSporting Kansas City
27 Eddie JohnsonChivas USA
28 Fredy MonteroPortland Timbers

MLS All-Stars 2012
PositionPlayerLink
MF Osvaldo Alonso
FW Eddie Johnson

Castrol Index Top 25 performers
RankPlayerScore
7 Fredy Montero728
12 Michael Gspurning695
14 Eddie Johnson686

24 Under 24
RankPlayerLink
24 Andy Rose

MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Month
MonthPlayerLink
May Roger Levesque
October Servando Carrasco

Reserves

MLS Reserves League

League table

;West Division

Match results

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Seattle is in the No. 15 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.

International roster slots

Seattle has eight MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots and no trades involving Seattle have been reported.
PlayerNationality
Osvaldo Alonso Cuba /
Leonardo González Costa RicaG
Jhon Kennedy Hurtado ColombiaG
Fredy Montero ColombiaG
Steve Zakuani DR Congo / EnglandG
Mauro Rosales ArgentinaG
Michael Gspurning AustriaG

  • – Player is U.S. citizen;
  • G – Player has U.S. green card.

    Future draft picks


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