VANCOUVER — Take a bow, Osvaldo Alonso.
The Seattle Sounders captain reached the 20,000-minute mark for his Major League Soccer career in the 76th minute against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday night. Alonso, 31, is in his ninth season with the club and along with Brad Evans is one of only two remaining players from the inaugural 2009 MLS season.
Alonso additionally becomes just the 10th player in league history to reach 20,000 minutes with the same team to begin his MLS career. Sounders defender Chad Marshall is one of the other nine when he accomplished it with Columbus Crew SC prior to joining Seattle.