The Seattle Sounders Herald
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Seattle Sounders
Yeimar Gómez Andrade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market14 Dec 2026
Seattle Sounders promote David Johnson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Johnson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market14 Dec 2026
Mark Ferreira steps up from the Seattle Sounders academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Ferreira has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Stuart Hawkins gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Stuart Hawkins is on it.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
A door opens for Álex Roldán
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Market14 Dec 2026
The Jesus Ferreira question follows Seattle Sounders around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Jesus Ferreira’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- The dugout Paul Rothrock knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Pedro de la Vega keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Welcome back, Brenden Johnson
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Cody Baker at New England Revolution