SEATTLE, WASH. – Sounders FC announced today that three players are being called up to for international duty: Xavier Arreaga (Ecuador), Raúl Ruidíaz (Peru) and Gustav Svensson (Sweden). The call-ups coincide with Group Stage matchups in the Qualifying Round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Arreaga continues his recent stretch of national team appearances for Ecuador, having been first called up for a friendly in 2018 and tallying six caps to date. La Tricolor takes the pitch for its qualifying match against Argentina on October 8 before hosting Uruguay on October 13.
Ruidíaz, Sounders FC’s leading goal-scorer on the season, gets the nod for a pair of qualifying matches.