Coming into the 2022 season, one area of potential concern with the Seattle Sounders roster was centerback depth. Shane O’Neill left in the offseason, leaving the top backup job pretty much wide open.
That seeming lack of depth has been tested earlier than expected when Yeimar Gomez Andrade was forced the leave the LA Galaxy match early with what was eventually diagnosed as a “high ankle sprain.” Yeimar missed the next two games, has already been ruled out of the next two, and his timetable for return is still unknown.
So far, the Sounders have barely missed a beat thanks to the emergence of Jackson Ragen.