SEATTLE SOUNDERS

With three Sounders likely to feature in the match our eyes turn to Rio Tinto Stadium to see if the United States wins and how Mario Martinez is used on his full National Team.

Statistically, how do the Sounders stack up? Also, updated passing chart with pass distance for each player.

Both the U18 and U16 levels of the Seattle's Academy qualified for the USSDA Playoffs in Frisco, Texas next week.

This is the second report in recent weeks that suggest the Colombian striker is being watched by a European club.

With a bye week done we take a look back at an eventful week of soccer in Seattle and look ahead to the Sounders getting back on the pitch against Real Salt Lake.

No Sounders appear to be in position to nab one of the 10 fan-selected spots on the team.

After an extended break followed by a Saturday match against Salt Lake and then another break the team is taking a cautious approach to getting their central midfielder back in action.

A season long starting XI exists as a kind of ideal. For most squads it will be rarely available due to injury, form, fitness, suspension and national team calls. It is instead nearly a Platonic triangle that exists merely in thought.