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Seattle Sounders FC
2008–09 season
Chairman	Joe Roth; Adrian Hanauer; Paul Allen; Drew Carey
Manager	Sigi Schmid

The 2008–09 season is Seattle Sounders FC's inaugural season as a professional club.

Matches

March 1, 2000	Team1	1 - 1 ^{(2–2 agg.)}^{(7–6 pen.)}	Team2	Stadium
Time Round	goals1 10' goals1 20'	Report	goals1 10' goals1 20'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Joe Blow

March 2, 2000	Team1	1 - 1 ^{(3–2 agg.)}_{(7–6 pen.)}	Team2	Stadium
Time Round	goals1 10' goals1 20'	Report	goals1 10' goals1 20'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Joe Blow

Squad

Results summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L
Conference	1	1	1	2	2
Overall	1	1	1	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 Feb. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
1	4-1-3-2	2 MLS

Last updated: 10 March
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting 11

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
18	GK	Kasey Keller	4
20	RB	Zach Scott	4
14	CB	Tyrone Marshall	4
19	CB	Jhon Kennedy Hurtado	4
7	LB	James Riley	4
9	LM	Sebastien Le Toux	4
3	CM	Brad Evans	4
6	DM	Osvaldo Alonso	4
10	RM	Fredrik Ljungberg	2	Nyassi on 1, Zakuani on 2
17	FW	Fredy Montero	3
21	FW	Nate Jaqua	4

Keller

Riley

Hurtado

Marshall

Scott

Alonso

Ljungberg

Evans

Le Toux

Montero

Jaqua

Preseason

Seattle's preseason was broken up into four stages. The team started in southern California, then moved to Seattle, then to Argentina, and then finished back in Seattle.

In its first ever exhibition game against the Los Angeles Galaxy, Sounders FC beat the Galaxy 3-1. Fredy Montero, Roger Levesque and Sanna Nyassi all scored goals in the win.

February 9, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	3 – 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	The Home Depot Center, Carson
15:00 PST	Montero 28' (pen.) Levesque 84' Nyassi 90'	Report	Lewis 2'

February 10, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	2 – 0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Ventura College, Ventura
16:00 PST	Nyassi 56' Nyassi 75'	Report

February 11, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	6 – 1	Ventura County Fusion	Ventura College, Ventura
19:00 PST	Montero 7' Zakuani 9' 21' Jaqua 43' 44' Levesque 83'	Report	Aghaysyan 13'

February 13, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	2 – 3	San Jose Earthquakes	Alex G. Spanos Stadium, San Luis Obispo
19:00 PST	Montero 11' 44'	Report	Johnson 7' 22' Amarikwa 46'

February 20, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	4 – 1	Portland Pilots	Merlo Field, Portland
19:00 PST	Jaqua 4' Ianni 32' Montero 70' (pen.) Evans 75'	Report	Emory 61'

February 22, 2009	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0 – 4	Seattle Sounders FC	Qwest Field, Seattle
12:00 PST		Report	Jaqua 37' 39' Montero 66' 67'	Attendance: None (closed to the public)

February 27, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	3 – 1	Estudiantes de La Plata	Buenos Aires
11:00 UTC-2	Jaqua 46' Montero 54' 58'	Report	Marshall 20' (o.g.)

February 28, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	1 – 1	CED Rosario	Buenos Aires
16:00 UTC-2	Ferrerya 43'	Report	CED #11 53' (pen.)

March 3, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	5 – 0	Tristán Suárez	Buenos Aires
10:30 UTC-2	Fucito 25' Montero 33' Evans 38' Scott 43' Le Toux 89'	Report

March 5, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	0 – 1	River Plate	Buenos Aires
9:30 UTC-2		Report	Lizio 89'

February 21, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 1 (2 – 4 p)	Suwon Bluewings	The Home Depot Center, Carson
	Mike Magee 89' (pen.)	Report	Sean Franklin 39' (o.g.)
	Penalties
	Buddle Patterson		Edu Yang Sang-Min Lee Kil-Hoon Choi Sung-Hwan

March 12, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1 – 0	Seattle Sounders FC	Qwest Field, Seattle
19:00 PST	Casey 38' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: None (closed to the public)