Xavier Arreaga and Alex Roldán were officially called into their respective national teams on Monday. Arreaga will join Ecuador for World Cup qualifiers against Brazil (Jan. 27) and Peru (Feb. 1), while Roldán will be with El Salvador for qualifiers against the United States (Jan. 27), Honduras (Jan. 30) and Canada (Feb. 2).
That brings the total of Sounders currently on duty with senior national teams to six, not including Obed Vargas who was recently named to the USA’s U20 team. Nouhou (Cameroon), Yeimar (Colombia), Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan (USA) are also with their respective national teams.