tukwila – Any Seattle Sounders who are fans of the reality TV show “Survivor” had better make sure to set their DVRs, because the next five Wednesdays are booked.

Not all of the Seattle Sounders who trained last week in Arizona will be with the club Saturday when it flies out for Florida.

Endorsed by a growing number of English players, Harry Redknapp should move closer to becoming the new coach of the national team today when plans to recruit Fabio Capello’s replacement are finalized by the Football Association.

Sounders FC has a starting lineup, for now at least.

In the past week, the Portland Timbers, Vancouver Whitecaps and Los Angeles Galaxy have all added big-time scorers to their rosters. That’s a lot of firepower clustered within the Western Conference of Major League Soccer.

Sounders FC made additions and subtractions to its roster Tuesday before beginning a week of training in Casa Grande, Ariz.

RENTON – Sounders FC worked closer to full strength Saturday as midfielder Brad Evans and defender Jeff Parke returned from duty with the U.S. national team.

RENTON – Last season, the Sounders FC defense featured three players who had been regular starters since the franchise began play in 2009: Kasey Keller, James Riley and Jhon Kennedy Hurtado.

RENTON – The Sounders FC roster is fitter than ever.

The Tacoma Tide soccer team, which seemed near death’s door at the end of last season, was reborn Wednesday as Sounders FC U-23.

Sounders FC trained Tuesday with two high-profile fans looking on: majority owner Joe Roth and former goalkeeper Kasey Keller.

After playing its first six seasons as the Tacoma Tide, Pierce Country’s Premier Development League soccer team has become Sounders FC U-23s, both clubs confirmed today.
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Brash, loud and talented, there was no missing Kasey Keller when he was around.

VANCOUVER, B.C. –Heather Mitts remembers the feeling while walking off the field in Cancun in 2010, having been a part of the first and only loss the U.S. women’s soccer team has suffered in a qualifying match for the World Cup or Olympics.

Sounders FC used the days before training camp to add not only a pair of midfielders, but a pair of British accents.

RENTON – Sounders FC ran through its second training session of the new season Saturday, while general manager Adrian Hanauer confidently surveyed the talent assembled during the offseason.

Midfielder Steve Zakuani was among the Seattle Sounders who opened preseason training Friday indoors at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center.

Sounders FC will begin training for its fourth Major League Soccer season today with at least a dozen players who were not with the team last season.

Five new players joined the Sounders FC roster Tuesday, two days before the start of preseason training.

The Tacoma Tide is discussing a working agreement that could bring the Premier Development League team under the Seattle Sounders FC umbrella.

Less than two years ago, Kelyn Rowe was dominating South Puget Sound League opponents on the soccer field.

Sounders FC coach Sigi Schmid had plenty of good things to say about the two players the club selected in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft on Thursday: Creighton defender Andrew Duran and Alabama Birmingham forward Babayele Sodade.

Sounders FC got a jump on today’s Major League Soccer SuperDraft by announcing the signing of Danish midfielder Christian Sivebaek on Wednesday.

With the 15th pick of the 2012 SuperDraft, Sounders FC has selected Andrew Duran, a defender from Creighton. Alexi Lalas says “Seattle got a steal.” But cautions that Duran probably projects more as depth than an immediate starter.

The Sounders FC broadcast booth will include a familiar accent and a familiar face in 2012.

Major League Soccer’s change to an unbalanced schedule for the 2012 season could make the Cascadia Cup more difficult for Sounders FC, while making the Supporters’ Shield a little easier.

Seattle Sounders FC has signed veteran MLS defender Marc Burch, who was selected last month in the league’s re-entry draft.

Sounders FC began filling holes in its defense Thursday by signing Swedish defender Adam Johansson to a multi-year contract.

Seattle Sounders FC have signed Swedish international defender Adam Johansson to a multi-year contract, it was announced today.

The man who made the Seattle Sounders FC offense go last season is going nowhere for the foreseeable future.

The busy offseason for the Seattle Sounders FC continues. On Monday, the team added a new defender – Marc Burch via the re-entry draft – and said so long to three players – Nate Jaqua, Pat Noonan and Erik Friberg.

Michael Gspurning's name has been associated with the Sounderss newly open goalkeeper position for quite some time, and today the club made it official: the Austrian 30-year-old will take Kasey Keller's spot in goal next season.

Sounders FC will have not only a new look in 2012, but a new voice as well.

First and foremost, the club must replace Keller. The Sounders have never had to go into a season without an established star behind them in goal, and it may be March before they fully realize how important that was.

The Major League Soccer season ended this week, and yet Sounders FC training camp is less than two months away.

The MLS offseason is short. Just two months from now the club will be back at preseason training. And those two months look to be busy.

By most definitions it was. The club had an 18-7-9 record, the best of their three seasons and second best in MLS this year. They won a third straight U.S. Open Cup. They advanced out of group play in CONCACAF Champions League.

The club has improved each season, so it’s easy to project improvement ahead. Coach Sigi Schmid is optimistic enough to set winning the Supporters’ Shield as the MLS’ top regular-season team, as one of his team’s goals.

Sounders FC parted with two of its original players Wednesday.

Montreal took James Riley in the expansion draft today, then shipped him to Chivas USA. Montreal also worked a trade with Seattle, acquiring Tyson Wahl for allocation money.

Starting defenders James Riley and Tyson Wahl and multiple-goal scorers Roger Levesque, Mike Fucito and O’Brian White were among 19 players Sounders FC left unprotected Monday for the draft that will stock the expansion Montreal Impact.

CARSON, Calif. — Landon Donovan scored in the 72nd minute on passes from Robbie Keane and David Beckham, and the Los Angeles Galaxy’s three superstars won their first MLS Cup together with a 1-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Sunday night.

If a championship is going to be won on a single shot, it helps if that shot is indisputably perfect.

Two goals down five minutes and change into the match, Seattle Prep roared back for a 3-2 win over Liberty and the 3A girls soccer championship Saturday.

The four teams pairing off in the state 4A girls soccer semifinals today in Puyallup know each other very well.

Sounders FC swept the two Major League Soccer awards handed out Tuesday as Kasey Keller was named goalkeeper of the year and midfielder Mauro Rosales the top newcomer.

Major League Soccer announced today Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller was voted the 2011 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.

Bruce Arena of the Los Angeles Galaxy was honored Monday as Major League Soccer coach of the year, edging Sigi Schmid of Sounders FC.

New local investors have purchased the Tacoma Tide FC and Seattle Sounders Women soccer clubs.

A CONCACAF draw held Tuesday in New York paired Sounders FC and Santos Laguna of Mexico in the quarterfinal round of Champions League play.