{"id":46091,"date":"2023-02-26T17:04:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T22:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=46091"},"modified":"2023-02-26T17:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T22:04:27","slug":"seattle-sounders-lineup-prediction-vs-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/02\/26\/seattle-sounders-lineup-prediction-vs-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Sounders Lineup Prediction vs Colorado Rapids: No Ra\u00fal Ruid\u00edaz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PREVIEW<\/strong> &#8211; Seattle Sounders FC host their 2023 MLS season opener at Lumen Field against Colorado Rapids. Rave Green have already played a competitive game in the Club World Cup. While they&#8217;ve got the competitive juices flowing, an injury could complicate things for Head Coach Brian Schmetzer.<\/p>\n<h2>Seattle Sounders Lineup Prediction vs Real Salt Lake on February 26<\/h2>\n<h3>Seattle&#8217; Stable Roster<\/h3>\n<p>The Sounders have returned most of the squad from last year who were the first MLS team to win Concacaf Champions League. Maybe the only significant departures were bench midfielder Jimmy Medranda and Will Bruin, who was a great backup striker option. Fredy Montero re-signed as a free agent and the club brought in H\u00e9ber from New York City FC, which could be significant. There&#8217;s a few new Homegrowns signed. Other than that, Seattle&#8217;s running it back with a squad that&#8217;s fresh, healthy and looking to return to the playoffs.<\/p>\n<h3>Sounders Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n<p>The big news going into this game for Seattle is that Ra\u00fal Ruid\u00edaz is questionable due to a right hamstring strain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/mlssoccer-com-injury-report\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">per the MLS Availability Report<\/a>. Further reports suggest that he will not play. Even with a new signing, Ruid\u00edaz is still the preferred starter at this position. This could make it more difficult for Seattle to break down an improved Colorado Rapids defense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Obed Vargas and Ra\u00fal Ruid\u00edaz will be unavailable for tomorrow\u2019s opening day match against the Colorado Rapids due to injury<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rave Green TV (@RaveGreenTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaveGreenTV\/status\/1629623963331723273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/02\/25\/2023-colorado-rapids-season-preview\/\" target=\"_self\">2023 Colorado Rapids Season Preview<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Seattle Sounders Story Lines vs Colorado Rapids<\/h3>\n<p>This club missed the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in their history last year. They were one-and-done in the Club World Cup, unlucky to lose 1-0 to Al Ahly. Garth Lagerwey, who built the team that won multiple MLS Cups and CCL,\u00a0 has left the front office. They&#8217;re out to prove they&#8217;re still one of the best teams in MLS and to again bring trophies back to Washington state. Will they get back to the playoffs? Most likely. Can they win silverware? Yes. They&#8217;ve returned their (albeit aging) core. Given how last year ended and Lagerwey&#8217;s departure, they might be doubted for the first time in years. They can prove they&#8217;re still a super club by dominating Colorado on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<h3>Seattle Sounders Predicted Lineup vs Colorado<\/h3>\n<p>Formation: 4-2-3-1<\/p>\n<p>GK &#8211; Stefan Frei<\/p>\n<p>RB &#8211; Alex Roldan<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Yeimar G\u00f3mez Andrade<\/p>\n<p>CB- Jackson Ragen<\/p>\n<p>LB &#8211; Nouhou Tolo<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Jo\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Albert Rusn\u00e1k<\/p>\n<p>RM &#8211; Cristian Roldan<\/p>\n<p>CAM &#8211; Nicol\u00e1s Lodeiro<\/p>\n<p>LM &#8211; Jordan Morris<\/p>\n<p>ST &#8211; H\u00e9ber<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LBwIjaqhTQ51NaVXTwZoCA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1246807360\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'LBwIjaqhTQ51NaVXTwZoCA',sig:'rv1_AKW3V_uFdQViV_lfTiNzjSyKJBXEn_TGIG3EEAw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1246807360',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PREVIEW &#8211; Seattle Sounders FC host their 2023 MLS season opener at Lumen Field against Colorado Rapids. Rave Green have already played a competitive game in the Club World Cup. While they&#8217;ve got the competitive juices flowing, an injury could complicate things for Head Coach Brian Schmetzer. Seattle Sounders Lineup Prediction vs Real Salt Lake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1044,"featured_media":46092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,119,22],"tags":[3112,2267],"class_list":["post-46091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rapids","category-mls","category-sounders","tag-heber","tag-raul-ruidiaz"],"modified_by":"Matt Pollard","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}