Editor's Note: As the Seattle Sounders' MLS regular season opener draws closer, SoundersFC.com contributor Will Parchman will take a look at the team position by position every day this week, leading up to the team's match against Sporting Kansas City at CenturyLink Field on Sunday (4 p.m. PT; FS1/KIRO 97.3 FM/El Rey 1360AM). In the second part of the series, Parchman looks at how an offseason overhaul shaped the midfield.
If the midfield is the engine room of any lineup, then the Sounders got a major offseason overhaul under the hood to prepare for 2016.