The Seattle Sounders are taking on the Montreal Impact at the Olympic Stadium in Quebec on Saturday (4 p.m. PT; JOEtv, ROOT Sports outside Seattle, KIRO Radio 97.3 FM, El Rey 1360AM).
Here is the Sounders’ Starting XI, presented by Delta:
FORMATION: 4-2-3-1
GK: Frei (24)
RB: Svensson (4)
CB: Torres (29)
CB: Marshall (14)
LB: Jones (33)
CM: Alonso (6) – Captain
CM: Roldan (7)
RM: Lodeiro (10)
AM: Dempsey (2)
LM: Shipp (19)
FW: Morris (13)
SUBSTITUTES:
GK: Miller (1)
D: Alfaro (15)
D: Fisher (91)
M: Delem (21)
M: Wingo (23)
M: Fernandez (8)
F: Bruin (17)
NOTES:
- Harry Shipp makes his Sounders debut against his former club after Seattle acquired him in a trade with Montreal this past offseason. He starts in place of Alvaro Fernandez, who got the nod last week against the Houston Dynamo.
- Stefan Frei starts in goal in what is his 100th regular-season appearance for the Sounders. He has won 48 matches and kept 27 clean sheets in his three-plus years in Seattle.
- Jordy Delem is available in the 18-man roster for the first time after signing a first-team contract last week.
