SOUNDERS FC: Preseason player profiles

Next Season Sports compiled an extensive list of player profiles before the season began. Want to know more about your new favorite players on the pitch? Read on to view a list of NSS's Sounders profiles.

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Nate Jaqua
In six full seasons in the MLS, Jaqua has proven himself to be a proficient goal-scorer and good assist man. He will provide the Sounders with much needed height at the forward position, providing a big target for midfielders Freddie Ljungberg and others to cross the ball to. Read More.

Sebastian Le Toux
Le Toux, 25, is widely considered a skilled attacking player with lots of upside, but his ascension into goal-scoring brilliance almost never happened. Read More.

Freddie Ljungberg
Ljungberg is known for decisive runs attacking the flanks of opposing defenses, pinpoint passing, and a hard, precise shot that has allowed him to score 58 goals throughout his professional career. There is only one factor that could stop Ljungberg’s ability to provide the Sounders with a proven leader and midfield maestro: his health. Read More.

Steve Zakuani
With a rare mixture of speed and skill, Zakuani was the consensus number-one prospect in this year’s draft. Though he will likely need time to adapt to the higher level of competition in MLS, Zakuani’s potential remains sky-high.

However, the English-raised striker’s signing with Seattle was anything but an easy decision. Read more.

Fredy Montero
Montero could provide a level of talent rarely seen in MLS outside of designated players such as Guillermo Barros Scheletto and Cuahtemoc Blanco. Most sought-after talents in Central and South America sign with top European clubs when they leave their homeland, especially when youth is on their side. Read More.

Kasey Keller
Kasey Keller may not be a young man anymore, but at 39, he still may hold the key to the Sounder’s defense this coming season. The offseason signings of Freddie Ljungberg and Nate Jaqua suggest that the Sounder’s attack will be formidable. Read more.

Sanna Nyassi
The third player to sign with Seattle, Nyassi, 20, has impressed this preseason. The youngster is known for his ability to go left or right and for his lightning quickness. At 5-7, the Gambian-born winger is a player who can beat defenders with his dribbling ability, using his diminutive frame as an advantage. Read more.

Brad Evans
When Sigi Schmid finishes formulating his starting 11 in the next few days, Brad Evans, 23, could find himself slotted into one of the central midfield positions for opening day.

After all, Evans helped Schmid’s last team, the Columbus Crew, to the MLS championship last year and was selected by Schmid the year before in the second round of the MLS Superdraft. Schmid also coached Evans with the U.S. U-20 National Team in 2005. Read More.

Jhon Hurtado
The Sounders helped to answer those questions by officially announcing the signing of Colombian defender Jhon Hurtado yesterday. Though he has been with the club since their trip to Argentina, he had not been handed an official contract until now. Hurtado will wear number 34 and is a potential starter at center back for opening day. Read More.


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