The Seattle Sounders Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
Stefan Frei is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Stefan Frei: 4 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Paul Rothrock runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 42. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Seattle Sounders
A 0‑0 win over San Jose Earthquakes, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad17 Aug 2026
Yeimar Gómez Andrade in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Seattle Sounders this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Seattle Sounders training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Albert Rusnák is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Pedro de la Vega in the eights
A performance of 8.09 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Jackson Ragen
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jackson Ragen, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The kick that got away from Kim Kee-Hee
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
Match15 Aug 2026
Seattle Sounders share the spoils with Real Salt Lake
A 1‑1 draw with Real Salt Lake leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Market Seattle Sounders pick up Enzo Arreguín for nothing
- Player ratings Paul Arriola ran the game
- The terraces The press have found their man in Stefan Frei