The Seattle Sounders Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Seattle Sounders say no — this time
The offer from San Jose Earthquakes for Jordan Morris was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
So close: Danny Musovski’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. New York City moved on, Danny Musovski reports back to Seattle Sounders, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Seattle Sounders agree $400.0K for George Marks
The clubs have shaken hands with Philadelphia Union; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Window shuts: 12 in, 0 out at Seattle Sounders
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 12 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Seattle Sounders go back to the board over George Marks
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $440.0K — a club that wants George Marks enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Seattle Sounders
Yeimar Gómez Andrade and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Hassani Dotson stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Hassani Dotson and Seattle Sounders agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Kobe Franklin will join Seattle Sounders for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Kobe Franklin has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Seattle Sounders have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jordan Weah joins the Seattle Sounders first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jordan Weah is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Owen Wright steps up from the Seattle Sounders academy
- Squad A row about effort at Seattle Sounders
- Squad Seattle Sounders count the cost of losing Kalani Kossa-Rienzi