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Seattle Sounders versus Real Salt Lake Starting XI, full lineups: Alonso returns, Roldan shifts wide

The Seattle Sounders are hosting Real Salt Lake at 1 p.m. PT in the final regular-season match of the season. The Sounders can ensure their eighth consecutive playoff berth with a win. Here is Seattle’s Starting XI:


FORMATION: 4-2-3-1

GK: Frei (24)


RB: Mears (4)


CB: Torres (29)


CB: Marshall (14)


LB: Jones (33)


CM: Alonso (6) – Captain


CM: Friberg (8)


RM: Roldan (7)


AM: Lodeiro (10)


LM: Fernandez (21)


FW: Morris (13)


SUBSTITUTES:

GK: Miller (1)


DEF: Scott (20)


DEF: Fisher (91)


MF: Evans (3)


MF: Kovar (11)


FW: Valdez (16)


FW: Gomez (9)


NOTES

- Defensive midfielder Osvaldo Alonso returns to the starting lineup after serving a red-card suspension in Seattle’s 2-1 loss to FC Dallas last week.


- Erik Friberg starts again at defensive midfield, Cristian Roldan slides to the right flank and Herculez Gomez is relegated to the bench.


- Captain Brad Evans (calf) and forward Nelson Valdez (tailbone) each return to the 18-man roster after not traveling last week.


- Oalex Anderson (right hamstring strain) is out for the second consecutive week, as is Andreas Ivanschitz (right knee sprain)


- Defender Zach Scott is in the 18-man roster in what is his final regular-season match before his upcoming retirement.

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