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2016 Seattle Sounders FC season

The 2016 season was the eighth season for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight of professional club soccer in the United States. The team were managed by Sigi Schmid until his firing in late July; he was replaced by Brian Schmetzer on an interim basis. The Sounders won their first MLS Cup in the 2016 final against Toronto FC, which ended in a penalty shootout after a scoreless draw.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of July 28, 2016.[3]

Competitions

Preseason

  Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

Scrimmages

Desert Friendlies

Major League Soccer

League tables

Western Conference
Source: MLS
Overall
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored;
(C) MLS Cup Champion

Results summary

Last updated: October 23, 2016.
Source: MLS

Results by matchday

Updated to match(es) played on October 23, 2016. Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

MLS Cup Playoffs

Knockout round

Western Conference Semifinals

Western Conference Finals

MLS Cup Final

U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Champions League

2015–16

Quarterfinals

Mid-season friendlies

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on December 11, 2016.

[S2] - S2 player[A]

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.

In

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Out

See also

Notes

A. a Player who were under contract with Seattle Sounders FC 2.

References

  1. ^ a b "MLS Player Stats: 2016". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Seattle Sounders FC Performance Stats – 2016–17". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "First Team Roster". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "2016 MLS Transactions". MLS.com. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "Sounders FC signs defensive midfielder Jordan Schweitzer as sixth Homegrown Player". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  6. ^ "Seattle Sounders sign Jordan Morris as Homegrown Player". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Sounders FC signs forward Oalex Anderson". Seattle Sounders FC. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Sounders FC signs defender Tony Alfaro". Seattle Sounders FC. March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  9. ^ "Sounders FC signs forward Herculez Gomez". Seattle Sounders FC. March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  10. ^ "Sounders FC signs midfield playmaker Nicolás Lodeiro". Seattle Sounders FC. July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  11. ^ "Sounders FC signs midfielder Alvaro Fernandez". Seattle Sounders FC. July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  12. ^ a b c d "2015 MLS SuperDraft, pres. by adidas: Draft Tracker". MLS. January 14, 2016. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  13. ^ a b "MLS SuperDraft: Sounders FC takes Duke midfielder Zach Mathers". Seattle Sounders. January 15, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Sounders FC exercises options on 11 players, declines on nine others". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  15. ^ "Andy Rose to join Coventry City following offseason trial". December 23, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  16. ^ "Sounders FC transfers forward Obafemi Martins to Shanghai Greenland Shenhua". February 25, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  17. ^ "Seattle Sounders waive second-year forward Andy Craven". SoundersFC.com. August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.