It was already known the Sounders would be counting on younger players to step up and help their depleted ranks for Sunday’s game at Sporting Kansas City.
But the lineup just put out by coach Brian Schmetzer contains a bit of a surprise: midfielder Alex Roldan, ex of Seattle University, getting the left wing start in the same midfield as his brother Cristian. They are the seventh brother comination in Major League Soccer history to start a game together for the same team and the first since Jona and Jonathan dos Santos did it last season for the Los Angeles Galaxy.