There weren't too many big surprises when the Seattle Sounders announced their starting lineup for Saturday's match against the San Jose Earthquakes, save for possibly one. Although Nelson Valdez had been training in full most of the week, he'll be coming off the bench for a third straight week.
Bench: Miller; Roldan; Remick; Valdez; Scott, Ivanschitz, Anderson.
But we probably shouldn't read too much into that. Sigi Schmid has said they are trying to limit Valdez's minutes, especially if he's not feeling 100 percent, and that appears to be the case here.