The Seattle Sounders are taking on 2017 MLS expansion side Atlanta United in their second match of the Carolina Challenge Cup in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday (4:30 p.m. PT; SoundersFC.com).
Here is the Sounders’ Starting XI, presented by Delta:
FORMATION: 4-2-3-1
GK: Meredith (35)
RB: Griffith (54)
CB: Barnes (53)
CB: Alfaro (25)
LB: Morris (51)
CM: Delem (77)
CM: Mathers (32)
RM: Wingo (23)
AM: Shipp (19)
LM: Olsen (40)
FW: Adekoya (12)
SUBSTITUTIONS:
- GK: Miller (1)
- FW: Dempsey (2)
- D: Evans (3)
- MF: Svensson (4)
- D: Tolo (5)
- MF: Alonso (6)
- MF: Roldan (7)
- MF: Fernandez (8)
- MF: Lodeiro (10)
- MF: Kovar (11)
- FW: Jo. Morris (13)
- D: Marshall (14)
- FW: Bruin (17)
- GK: Frei (24)
- D: Torres (29)
- D: Jones (33)
- MF: Rogers (50)
- D: Nana-Sinkam (52)
- D: Fisher (91)
NOTES:
- Clint Dempsey does not start on Wednesday after starting the previous three preseason matches. He went 60 minutes in the Sounders’ 1-1 draw with the Charleston Battery on Saturday. His midfield line of Nicolas Lodeiro and Alvaro Fernandez each begin on the bench as well.
- Quinton Griffith, 24, is a guest right back starting for the Sounders. He is a member of the Charleston Battery and has 34 caps for the Antigua and Barbados national team.
- Bryan Meredith makes his first start of the preseason after Tyler Miller got the nod in the first three matches.
- Trialist Darrius Barnes starts for the second straight match. He will begin at center back on Wednesday after playing right back last Saturday.
- Midfielder Harry Shipp returns to the lineup as expected after missing a couple weeks while recovering from an ankle injury.
- Academy players Jake Morris and David Olsen each make their first start this preseason.
