We’ve become used to the primary transfer deadline day being a pretty quiet affair. Although it’s probably been misstated just how quiet the Seattle Sounders are during this period — you only need to go back to last year when they signed two Targeted Allocation Money players during the early-season transfer window — the activity tends to be spread out.
This year, the Sounders announced a pair of signings less than 20 minutes before the 9:59 PM PT deadline. And they weren’t just any signings, either. One of them was 24-year-old Ecuadorian centerback Xavier Arreaga, who required a seven-figure transfer fee.