The Sounders are in the midst of playing three games in eight days and we’re seeing some squad rotation heading into Wednesday night’s match against Orlando City FC with left back Joevin Jones and right back Brad Evans on the bench to start things off.
That means Cristian Roldan moves into the right back position while Nouhou Tolo makes his first start of the year at left back.
Normally, we’d see Gustav Svensson spelling some of the missing defenders, but he’s actually moved up in to Roldan’s normal defensive midfielder spot. Of course, that’s the spot Svensson was supposed to mostly be playing this season until a rash of injuries pressed him in to a defender role in almost every game he’s appeared in.