Seattle Sounders majority owner Adrian Hanauer announced at the annual business meeting this week that discussion with a new kit sponsor was already underway. He hinted a few things about the new company, mainly that they’d be an active member in the Sounders’ community efforts. So, we went ahead and plucked out a few obvious names from the hat to speculate on why they would be a good fit and why they would be a bad fit.

T-Mobile

Why we like it

They’re a business with a large local employee footprint, with headquarters located in Bellevue.