S2's second season starts this week. The club is younger, more unknown, and looks to be increasing development of younger players who might earn their way to the first team as soon as this season.
Year founded: 2014, the Sounders themselves were in the USL and A-League from 1994 to 2008
Affiliation: Sounders FC 2 is owned and operated by Sounders FC, with a fan trust holding 20% of ownership.
2015 record, standing in conference: 13-12-3 +3 for 6th in West
2015 playoffs: Lost 2-nil to the 3 seed Colorado Switchbacks
Key additions: Jordan Schweitzer, Zach Mathers, Emir Alihodzic, Michael Nelson
Key departures: Almost everyone, only three players were retained from last year's squad (Amadou Sanyang, Myron Samuel, Carlos Patino).