Through 10-plus seasons in MLS, the Seattle Sounders have had no shortage of very good players. Going into the all-time Best XI discussion, we expected there to be some hearty disagreement. In the end, though, the 15 Sounder at Heart staffers pretty much agreed on most of the lineup. Using the Sounders’ official limitations — they only allowed users to pick a 3-4-3 formation — nine of the 11 players appeared on 73 percent of the ballots.
So without further ado, here is the Sounder at Heart all-time Best XI:
Goalkeeper
No position is arguably deeper — with three players who have each logged at least one historically awesome season by MLS standards — but that didn’t stop our panel from a unanimous selection.