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The 2012 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's fourth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. For the Sounders FC organization, it was their fourth year of existence, and including all previous clubs, it was the 32nd season of a soccer team bearing the Sounders name.
Contents
- Pre season
- Other information
- Official sponsors
- Current squad
- Squad information
- Loan in
- Loan out
- Match results
- Overall
- 201213 edition
- Table
- Results summary
- Results by round
- Cascadia Cup
- Appearances and goals
- Top scorers
- Clean sheets
- Disciplinary record
- Captains
- Awards
- League table
- Allocation ranking
- International roster slots
- References
Pre-season
On November 23, 2011, James Riley was drafted away from Seattle by the Montreal Impact as part of the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft. He was immediately traded to Chivas USA with allocation money for Justin Braun and Gerson Mayen. The Sounders also traded Tyson Wahl to the Impact for allocation money. Other off-season transactions included the transfer of Erik Friberg to Malmö FF, the retirements of Kasey Keller, Terry Boss, and Taylor Graham, the release of Nate Jaqua and Pat Noonan, the acquisition of Marc Burch from D.C. United via the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft, and the signings of out of contract players Michael Gspurning and Adam Johansson.
In the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, the Sounders took Creighton University defender Andrew Duran in the first round and University of Alabama-Birmingham forward Babayele Sodade. A week later, in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft the Sounders took University of California-Santa Barbara defender Tim Pontius and former Leicester City F.C. forward Jason Banton in the second round, University of Washington forward Abdul Aman in the third round, and Cal Poly defender Wes Feighner in the fourth round. On the same day as the Supplemental Draft, the Sounders traded the rights to defender Leone Cruz, whom the Sounders acquired in the second round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft but did not sign to a contract, to Real Salt Lake for UCLA defender Andy Rose, whom Real Salt Lake had drafted in the first round of the Supplemental Draft.
Other information
Source: Staff, Organization,
Official sponsors
Source: Soundersfc.com
Current squad
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of October 3, 2012.
Squad information
As of November 18, 2012.Loan in
On Trial
Loan out
On Trial
No Longer On Trial
Unsigned draft picks
Match results
Win Tie Loss
Overall
Last updated: November 18, 2012
Source: Competitions
2012–13 edition
Win Tie Loss
Table
Western Conference
Updated to matches played on October 28, 2012. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:
Overall
Updated to matches played on October 28, 2012. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:
1The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League (placed in Pot A). The other U.S. representatives in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League are:
2Toronto FC qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2012 Canadian Championship.
Results summary
Last updated: October 28, 2012
Source: 2012 Major League Soccer season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Results by round
Last updated: October 28, 2012.
Source: Regular season matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Match results
Win Tie Loss
Cascadia Cup
The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants.
Appearances and goals
Last updated: November 18, 2012
Source: Competitive matches
Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Italic: denotes no longer with club.
Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
Italic: denotes no longer with club.
Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.
Italic: denotes no longer with club.
Captains
Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on November 18, 2012.Awards
Sounders FC Team Award Recipients
MLS Goal of the Year
MLS Comeback Player of the Year
MLS Best XI
U.S. Open Cup Player of the Tournament
MLS Player of the Week
MLS Team of the Week
MLS Goal of the Week
MLS All-Stars 2012
Castrol Index Top 25 performers
24 Under 24
MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Month
League table
Source: MLSsoccer.com
Match results
Win Tie Loss
Allocation ranking
Seattle is in the No. 15 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club’s ranking.
International roster slots
Seattle has eight MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots and no trades involving Seattle have been reported.