Due to Washington State’s lockdown rules, the Seattle Sounders may have been concerned about being at a disadvantage compared to other clubs. As reported by mlssoccer.com, MLS granted players permission to start individual player workouts on May 6.
Fortunately for the Sounders, as reported by The Seattle Times, they finally received approval from government officials and public health authorities to also begin individual workouts. One condition of this was that all workouts had to be closed to the public. And so , on May 18, the Sounders players started arriving at Starfire Sports.