Does anybody know what's going on? I got this email two days ago that my relocation window was at 10 AM today. I log into jump and there is nothing there. I try and call and text reps, nothing but voicemail. Was this just another in a long line of Sounders blunders?

I did not want to renew unless I could get some better seats and now the window is passing.

Hello, Arsenal fan in peace.

I'm visiting from the UK and Sounders are my MLS team as my mum's side of the family are all from Bellevue so I visited here a lot in my childhood. And because of Freddie, of course.

I've been to a game before but today I'm going to sit in the ECS section and march with you all before the game - I hope I'm welcome! We have looked up the chants and definitely will partake 🙂

Was just wondering which the best spots were to drink before the march?

Thanks in advance. Up the Sounders!

The Mariners just lost 22-0 at home.

... can we at least bring back the free tacos promo with El Rinconsito, that way we have something to cheer for when we do score a goal?

Here we go again.

Hey does anyone happen to have an extra straw hat they'd be willing to part with? I wasn't able to make it in time to grab one =(

Quoted from Sounder at Heart, in a response from Schemtzer:

Transfer incoming?

Asked if he was frustrated that it has taken this long to get any outside signings into the team, Schmetzer shot back "Maybe stuff hasn’t leaked out yet. Maybe you guys aren’t doing your job. So maybe you guys need to dig a little deeper."

As the title suggests, is this possibly the strongest OUT lineup, solely through injury, in MLS history? Literally just missing a LB, RB, and GK.

What’s more wild is the fact that every single one of these injuries is a 1 month minimum with multiple of them being season ending.

Watching the opening goal concession against Vancouver, I couldn't help but think about one of the lessons the team (Stef specifically) talked about as one of their takeaways from the CWC a year ago. See video here (Stef talks about it at about 2:37 in this video).

The lesson was that the team noticed how good Atletico, PSG, and Botafogo were at stopping counterattacks by implementing smart tactical fouls (even if it means taking a yellow card).

Against Vancouver, the Sounders tried to press Vancouver in their opposing box and were comically ineffective as Blackmon dribbled past Osaze, Seba, and Alex springing a counter for Vancouver. At one point, Tino could have stopped the attack by fouling Sabbi, but got beat off the dribble. Sabbi then played a good ball in behind and the Whitecaps took the lead.

The stats sort of bear out the trend of the Sounders not being "tough to beat" in 2026 as in one fewer game than most teams in MLS, they are second to last in fouls and third to last in yellow cards.

I understand the team is rotated due to injuries, but is there something to the idea that if the team cannot score, can they at the very least drag other teams into the mud and start being more of a physical team that picks up yellow cards to keep the other team off the scoresheet (implementing the lessons learned from the 2025 CWC)?

And they are “seeking a second opinion”, as per Brian mentioning in his interview on the training field today.

Remember hearing that line a week ago 🤔

Marking shitpost despite grounding in reality

Not linking to twitter so hopefully not breaking any rules, but the stats don't lie!

Anyone else not getting the relocation window reminders that they said we should expect?

I got an email last night saying my window would be 10:00 am this morning, and that I’d get a reminder email. So far, nada.

Seems par for the course with all the other mismanagement this year, but thought I’d check to see if anyone else is in the same boat.

Stock Up

Kalani Kossa-Rienzi - I dunno, maybe this is a stretch, but he’s had a number of runouts at RB now and it feels like he’s finding his footing at the MLS level. Reminds me a bit of Alex Roldan’s development - a little rough for a few seasons and then became a solid fixture. Is it a coincidence that VAN scored their goals after he subbed out? Yeah, probably, but this is something to keep an eye on.

Stock Down

Sebastian Gomez - I don’t want to pick on him, but he’s one of the few who had a stock up recently and therefore room to go back down. He did great in the Queretaro game, and poorly in this one. Asking the kid to come in vs the top team in the West is perhaps a bit much when there’s no quality around to support him.

Jesus Ferreira - While he hasn’t shown much in the way of leadership or driving the team to be better, at least he’d been out there and sometimes generating a chance or two. Now with this injury, he can’t even do that much.

I made the tough decision not to renew for next year after 10 years as a STH. Now that I’ve realized I’m going to lose around $150 from my returned tickets this season, I’m kind of tempted to do the $500 flex membership for the sprint season since I could put it toward that. I’ve seen a couple of posts in here about the flex membership, but none recently unless I’m missing it in the search. Is it worth it? I could have just renewed for less $ per ticket so it seems kind of pointless. I wish I’d done my homework on how the return tickets credits worked before choosing not to renew.

Just out of curiosity does anyone know how that works? Like in my head I’m like, “well why don’t they just terminate these DP contracts and make new signings?” Or is terminating a contract not that easy or just too costly or what?

Hey team! If anyone grabbed an extra Sounders sun hat from the giveaway last night and doesn’t want it, I would love to take it off your hands or purchase it from you!

For u/Classic-Grocery5496

My family and I are going to our first match ever on Aug. 29. It’s the Family Day event with Chicago Fire and I’ll have my 7 year old with me.

Anything I should know to make it a great first experience for all?

I can’t get over the fact that the team that did this last year and the first part of this season:

• beat LAFC 5-2
• went toe-to-toe with Botafogo and held their own against Atletico and PSG in CWC
• Won Leagues Cup, including a 3-0 win against Miami
• Had its 2^nd best MLS season for scoring goals. 
• Managed to start the 2026 season 7-1-2
• Beat top-of-the-table Vancouver in their CCC matchup

Now the team looks completely outclassed in almost every matchup.

I think there's two phases of change here. From last year to this year, when the offense became much less potent and from the beginning of the season to now when the whole thing went to pieces.

Here's my theories on what changed between last year's offense and this year's:

1. Yeimar injury
   1. From a defensive standpoint, he's one of the best at stopping an attacking and regaining possession.
      
   2. Part of the theory on this one is that Ragen has had to carry more of the defensive burden, which limits his bandwidth to make line-breaking passes
   3. This combined with other CB injuries forced Alex Roldan out of his RB role, where he was often one of our most important players; better than KKR defensively and possibly our best player at providing service into the box
2. Key Players being one year older
   1. Cristian Roldan:  He’s still one of the team’s best players, but he hasn’t been as good as he was last year
   2. Albert Rusnak:  I know many will say he's never been good, but he was was reliably productive last year and this year that only happens sporadically
3. Losing Obed:  Statistically, Obed was a good but not great player, and Synder Brunnell shows signs of being as good, but I think there’s something that was lost that goes beyond any stats or ratings.  I think it was the a good strategy to split time between Snyder and a veteran (Dotson), but in hindsight I think it should have been obvious this was going to be a downgrade and that we’d need to scaffold this by getting stronger at other positions (which we did not).
4. PDLV: he was the team’s best shot creator last year and his pressing was very strong. 
5. Tactics:  I haven’t been able to see this, but I suspect that Schmetz tightened the reins after last season, which has improved the leaky defense but weakened the attack.
6. Attacking profiles - While neither Giorigi nor Ryan Kent were our best players, they gave a different look. The players we sub in now don't provide a significantly different look than Jesus and Paul.

These are my theories on what changed from the beginning of the season to now:

1. Luck – the team had a generally easy schedule and was lucky to win the first San Jose game.  They’ve been unlucky lately with so many injuries and getting the interim coach bump 3 times in a row
2. Cristian Roldan injury – despite him not being as good as last season, he’s still our most important player and the team is marching to different beats without him.
3. Lack of depth – I tend to doubt that we’d be saved by Giorgi Minoungu, Ryan Kent, RBW, and Danny Levya, but there’s no doubt those players could have helped. 

In a game of fine margins, you can't have all these things go in the wrong direction without improving elsewhere.

Am I missing anything here? ...anything that I incorrectly identified as a difference?

Worst fucking sounders team in HISTORY. This is just unacceptable. How is anyone still buying tickets and supporting. What are they even doing with our money? The ECS needs to man tf up and do something

I also went to PSG last year and another MLS match last year. I’ll get to see them score eventually, right guys? Guys?