2015 Seattle Sounders FC season

The Sounders came into the 2015 season following a successful 2014, winning the U.S. Open Cup for the fourth time as well as winning the Supporters' Shield for the first time in franchise history. By winning the Double, the Sounders became the sixth Major League Soccer team to win two major trophies in one season. This was the first time a club managed to win two trophies since the 2011 Los Angeles Galaxy. It was also the first time since the 2003 Chicago Fire for a team to do the Open Cup/League double.

Seattle also qualified for the 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs for the sixth consecutive time. Seattle came into the playoffs with the ability to become the first MLS club to win the Treble. Seattle ended up losing in the Conference Finals 2-2 on aggregate, losing by away goals.

By virtue of winning the Supporters' Shield, the Sounders qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League after a two-year drought from the competition.

Major League Soccer teams are limited to eight players without U.S. citizenship, a permanent resident (green card holder), or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status). These international roster slots can be traded. Sounders FC began the 2015 MLS season with eight international slots; it was announced they traded with DC United for a ninth slot during the Summer Transfer Window. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of April 4, 2015.[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Troy Perkins	United States
2	Midfielder	Clint Dempsey (DP)	United States
3	Midfielder	Brad Evans (c)	United States
4	Defender	Tyrone Mears	England
5	Midfielder	Andy Rose	England
6	Midfielder	Osvaldo Alonso	Cuba
7	Midfielder	Cristian Roldan (GA)	United States
8	Midfielder	Gonzalo Pineda	Mexico
9	Forward	Obafemi Martins (DP)	Nigeria
10	Midfielder	Marco Pappa	Guatemala
11	Midfielder	Aaron Kovar (HGP)	United States
12	Defender	Leonardo González	Costa Rica
13	Defender	Andrés Correa	Colombia
14	Defender	Chad Marshall	United States
15	Defender	Dylan Remick	United States
16	Forward	Nelson Valdez (DP)	Paraguay
17	Forward	Darwin Jones (HGP)	United States
18	Midfielder	Thomás Jaguaribe	Brazil
19	Forward	Chad Barrett	United States
20	Defender	Zach Scott	United States
21	Defender	Jimmy Ockford	United States
22	Goalkeeper	Charlie Lyon	United States
23	Midfielder	Andreas Ivanschitz	Austria
24	Goalkeeper	Stefan Frei	Switzerland
27	Midfielder	Lamar Neagle	United States
28	Midfielder	Erik Friberg	Sweden
29	Defender	Román Torres	Panama
31	Defender	Damion Lowe (GA)	Jamaica
42	Midfielder	Micheal Azira	Uganda
80	Forward	Victor Mansaray (HGP)	United States
91	Defender	Oniel Fisher	Jamaica
99	Forward	Andy Craven (DL)	United States

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
80	FW	Victor Mansaray	Seattle Sounders FC Academy	Signed HGP deal	November 5, 2014	[3]
21	DF	Jimmy Ockford	New York Cosmos	Return from loan at the end of 2014 NASL season	November 16, 2014
22	DF	Eriq Zavaleta	Chivas USA	Return from loan at the end of 2014 MLS season	December 8, 2014
4	DF	Tyrone Mears	Free agent	Discovery Signing	December 29, 2014	[4]
17	FW	Darwin Jones	Washington Huskies	Signed HGP deal	January 9, 2015	[5]
1	GK	Troy Perkins	Free agent	Out of contract at Montreal Impact and was not selected during the 2014 Re-Entry Draft	January 13, 2015	[6]
7	MF	Cristian Roldan	Washington Huskies	Generation adidas; 16th pick of the MLS SuperDraft	January 15, 2015	[7][8]
99	FW	Andy Craven	North Carolina Tar Heels	Signed MLS college senior contract; 48th pick of the MLS SuperDraft	January 20, 2015	[7][9]
13	DF	Andrés Correa	Free agent	Discovery Signing	February 10, 2015	[10]
91	DF	Oniel Fisher	New Mexico Lobos	40th pick of the MLS SuperDraft	March 17, 2015	[11]
22	GK	Charlie Lyon	Marquette Golden Eagles	75th pick of the MLS SuperDraft	March 17, 2015	[11]
18	MF	Thomás Jaguaribe	Discovery Signing		June 1, 2015	[12]
28	MF	Erik Friberg	Esbjerg fB		July 29, 2015	[13]
23	MF	Andreas Ivanschitz	Discovery Signing	Free	August 4, 2015	[14]
16	FW	Nelson Haedo Valdez	Free Agent	Free, Signed as DP	August 7, 2015	[15]
29	DF	Román Torres	Discovery Signing	Targeted Allocation Money	August 12, 2015	[16]

Seattle's first signing ahead of the 2015 season was the signing of 17-year-old Victor Mansaray to a Homegrown Player contract. In December, 2014, English defender Tyrone Mears was added to the roster as a Discovery Signing; Mears had been a free agent since July when he was released by Bolton Wanderers following the 2013-14 English Championship season. Seattle added All-Pac-12 forward Darwin Jones from the Washington Huskies as a Homegrown Player on January 9, 2015.

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.

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
January 15, 2015	Cristian Roldan (GA)	7	MF	Washington Huskies	MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#16); pick acquired from Real Salt Lake in exchange for pick #27 and allocation money	[7][17]
January 15, 2015	Tyler Miller		GK	Northwestern Wildcats	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#33); pick acquired from New England Revolution in exchange for future considerations (the rights to Sean Okoli and allocation money)	[7][17]
January 15, 2015	Oniel Fisher		MF/DF	New Mexico Lobos	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#40)	[7]
January 20, 2015	Andy Craven		FW	North Carolina Tar Heels	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#48)	[7]
January 20, 2015	Charlie Lyon		GK	Marquette Golden Eagles	MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#75)	[7]
January 20, 2015	Andy Bevin		FW	West Virginia Mountaineers	MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#80)	[7]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
26	DF	Onyekachi Apam	Retired	Waived	December 4, 2014	[18]
4	DF	Jalil Anibaba	Orlando City SC	Out of contract; selected in Expansion Draft	December 4, 2014	[18][19]
7	FW	Tristan Bowen	New England Revolution	Waived; selected in Re-Entry Draft Stage 2	December 4, 2014	[18][20]
29	GK	Josh Ford	Orlando City SC	Waived; selected in Re-Entry Draft Stage 2	December 4, 2014	[18][20]
1	GK	Marcus Hahnemann	Retired	Waived	December 4, 2014	[18][21]
13	FW	Sean Okoli	New England Revolution	Waived; rights along with allocation money traded for the 33rd pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft	December 4, 2014	[17][18]
18	DF	Djimi Traoré	Retired	Waived	December 4, 2014	[18]
23	FW	Cam Weaver	Retired	Waived	December 4, 2014	[18]
22	FW	Eriq Zavaleta	Toronto FC	Waived; rights traded for a 2nd round pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft	December 4, 2014	[18][22]
17	DF	DeAndre Yedlin	Tottenham Hotspur	$4,000,000	December 23, 2014	[23][24]
	FW	Andy Craven	Sounders 2		March 10, 2015	[25]
	DF	Aaron Long	Sounders 2		March 14, 2015	[26]
77	FW	Kévin Parsemain		Waived	March 20, 2015	[27]
33	FW	Kenny Cooper	Montreal Impact	Waived	April 2, 2015	[28]

On August 13, 2014, it was confirmed that DeAndre Yedlin would be transferred to Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League for a reported transfer fee of $4 million. Yedlin departed for the English club in January 2015.

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
11	Chad Barrett	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[29]

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
1	Clint Dempsey	New England Revolution	[30]
7	Obafemi Martins	Colorado Rapids	[31]
9	Obafemi Martins	New York City FC	[32]
13	Marco Pappa	New York Red Bulls	[33]

MLS Save of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
9	Stefan Frei	New York City FC	[34]

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
1	Clint Dempsey	New England Revolution	[35]
1	Obafemi Martins	New England Revolution	[35]
1	Tyrone Mears	New England Revolution	[35]
5	Chad Marshall	Houston Dynamo	[36]
7	Stefan Frei	Colorado Rapids	[37]
7	Lamar Neagle	Colorado Rapids	[37]
9	Chad Marshall	New York City FC	[38]
9	Obafemi Martins	New York City FC	[38]
9	Dylan Remick	New York City FC	[38]
11	Chad Barrett	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[39]
13	Marco Pappa	Colorado Rapids and New York Red Bulls	[40]

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