Andrew Thomas

Goalkeeper - Seattle Sounders
18 Jan 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Andrew Thomas

23 Edition

The Seattle Sounders Herald

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The knee: Yeimar Gómez Andrade out for 32 days

32 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Seattle Sounders lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout

Jesus Ferreira keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Seattle Sounders may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Seattle Sounders

Dejan Joveljić 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.

Market

The Pedro de la Vega talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Seattle Sounders know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Andrew Thomas moves up the pecking order

Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at Seattle Sounders than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.

The dugout

The manager makes Danny Musovski a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Seattle Sounders. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

Back issues
20 Edition

The Seattle Sounders Herald

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Yeimar Gómez Andrade

59 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Seattle Sounders lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout

Yu Tsukanome gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Loan watch

Osaze De Rosario keeps scoring at SonderjyskE

20 appearances away from home and 7 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

The dugout

Kim Kee-Hee knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Kim Kee-Hee trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

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.

The dugout

The manager makes Andrew Thomas a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Seattle Sounders. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

17 Edition

The Seattle Sounders Herald

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The knee: Yeimar Gómez Andrade out for 84 days

84 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Seattle Sounders lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout

Paul Rothrock 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 Paul Rothrock is on it.

Market

The Pedro de la Vega story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Pedro de la Vega signs something — a contract at Seattle Sounders or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

10 Edition

The Seattle Sounders Herald

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Jesus Ferreira named player of the month

The award goes to Jesus Ferreira, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

Squad

Jesus Ferreira named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Jesus Ferreira is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Market

Andrew Thomas is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Seattle Sounders has been clear about where Andrew Thomas stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

Seattle Sounders have started building around Ryan Sailor

He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.

Squad

Seattle Sounders take the armband off Paul Arriola

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

Market

The Jordan Morris talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Seattle Sounders know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief