Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

is a

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team based in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

, that competes in

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

(MLS), the most senior soccer league in the United States. Sounders FC was established in 2007 as an MLS expansion team and began play in 2009. In addition to the MLS regular season, Seattle also competes in the annual

U.S. Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in men's Soccer in the United States, soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing nati ...

tournament. Depending on the team's performance in these two competitions, they may also qualify for the

MLS Cup Playoffs The MLS Cup Playoffs is the annual postseason elimination tournament of Major League Soccer. The final match of the tournament is the MLS Cup, the league's championship game. Under the current format adopted for the 2019 season, 14 teams qualif ...

in the same year and the

CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...

the following year. The CONCACAF Champions League winner qualifies for the next

FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 200 ...

. The Sounders won their first

MLS Cup The MLS Cup is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the culmination of the MLS Cup Playoffs. The game is held in November and pits the winner of the Eastern Conference Final against the winner of the Western Conference ...

in 2016 and their second in 2019, and their first

in 2022; they have also won the U.S. Open Cup four times and the MLS

Supporters' Shield The Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular season record, as determined by the MLS points system. The Supporters' Shield has been annually awarded at the MLS Supporters' Summit since 19 ...

once, in 2014. Having won eight trophies, Seattle is the third most successful MLS club, and one of only two MLS clubs (with Chicago Fire) to win at least four U.S. Open Cups.

Sigi Schmid Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (; March 20, 1953 – December 25, 2018) was a German-American Association football, soccer Manager (association football), coach who had the most wins in the history of Major League Soccer (MLS). Born in Tübingen, West ...

was the club's head coach from the inaugural MLS season in 2009 to 2016; he was replaced by

Brian Schmetzer Brian Schmetzer (born August 18, 1962) is an American soccer coach and retired player. He is the head coach of the Seattle Sounders FC, who play in Major League Soccer (MLS), having been assistant coach for the team until Sigi Schmid's departure ...

, initially as interim coach and later as full head coach.

Key

;Key to competitions *

(MLS) – The top-flight of

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, established in 1996. *

(USOC) – The premier

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cup competition in US soccer, first contested in 1914. *

(CCL) – The premier competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008. ;Key to colors and symbols: ;Key to league record * Season = The year and article of the season * Div = Division/level on

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* League = League name * Pld = Games played * W = Games won * L = Games lost * D = Games drawn * GF = Goals for * GA = Goals against * GD = Goal difference * Pts = Points * PPG = Points per game * Conf. = Conference position * Overall = League position ;Key to cup record * DNE = Did not enter * DNQ = Did not qualify * NH = Competition not held or canceled * QR = Qualifying round * PR = Preliminary round * GS = Group stage * R1 = First round * R2 = Second round * R3 = Third round * R4 = Fourth round * R5 = Fifth round * Ro16 = Round of 16 * Ro32 = Round of 32 * QF = Quarter-finals * SF = Semi-finals * F = Final * RU = Runners-up * W = Winners

Seasons

a. Avg. Attendance include statistics from league matches only.
b. Top Goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, Playoffs,

MLS is Back Tournament The MLS is Back Tournament took place during the 2020 Major League Soccer season to mark the league's return to action after being suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 26 Major League Soccer teams, 24 participated in the tour ...

Leagues Cup The Leagues Cup is an annual association football competition between clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX in North America. It debuted in July 2019 with four teams participating from each league. The first edition was a single-eliminati ...

, and other competitive continental matches.
c. 2020 average attendance figures only include matches played before spectators were barred due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seattle Sounders FC seasons American soccer club seasons

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