Seattle Sounders midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro and forwards Raúl Ruidíaz and Jordan Morris all received recognition on MLSSoccer.com panelists’ selections for 2020 MLS Best XI.
Of the six panelists — Calen Carr, Susannah Collins, Charlie Davies, Matt Doyle, David Gass and Andrew Wiebe — all selected at least one Sounder. Morris was selected to five teams, Lodeiro to four and Ruidíaz to one. You can see the full squad selections in the Twitter thread below.
Lodeiro, who finished the regular season with seven goals and a joint-MLS best 10 assists, and Morris (10 G / 8 A) are each one of five finalists for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP award. Ruidíaz finished the year with 12 goals, which was tied for second in MLS, to go along with four assists.
The MLSSoccer.com panel also made their predictions for 2020 MLS Cup. Five of the six panelists — Wiebe, Davies, Greg Seltzer, Jillian Sakovitz, Doyle and Collins — expect the Sounders to win the Western Conference Championship and advance to MLS Cup for the fourth time in five years.
Seattle opens its MLS Cup title defense on Nov. 24 at CenturyLink Field against LAFC (7:30 p.m. PT; ESPN, 950 KJR AM).
