The Sounders have a pair of veterans, Will Bruin and Clint Dempsey, with 138 career regular season goals between them being pressed for playing time with the arrival of Raul Ruidiaz. The team is fine-tuning a new 4-4-2 formation it hopes will allow the team to diversify and make better use of Bruin and Dempsey...
Ever since the final, merciful whistle blew on last season’s MLS Cup loss at Toronto, the Sounders have toyed with using two forwards up top for a less predictable look.
Thus far, other than a lot of talk, pre-season experimentation and the occasional late-game quest for goals, the committed switch to a 4-4-2 formation has been more theoretical than real.