The Seattle Sounders started their pre-season training camp on Tuesday, with a season that could involve upwards of 45 games before. You may have heard that their roster is particularly thin at the moment, having signed Shane O’Neill to bring their roster to 21 players. With so many minutes to go around the team is definitely going to need more players. While Garth Lagerwey and the Seattle front office are certainly looking abroad for impact players, they’ll also be looking at players from within the organization as they chase multiple trophies. Which players from the Academy and Tacoma Defiance might have the best shot at signing a contract with the first team, though?
Five Defiance players who could make the jump
