Midfielder
Alvaro Fernandez is back at Seattle for his second stint, signing on Thursday, a day after the Sounders acquired fellow Uruguayan international
Nicolas Lodeiro.
"Flaco" was in Seattle from 2010-2012, scoring 13 goals in 55 MLS regular-season matches. He won Open Cup titles with the Sounders in 2010 an 2011.
"It's always great to bring back
members of the Sounders family, and Alvaro is a player who knows the organization very well and can instantly come in and contribute to this team," said Sounders FC general manager and president of
soccer
Garth Lagerwey. "Paired with yesterday's signing of Nicolas Lodeiro, we think we've added two players who immediately make our team better on the field."
Fernandez, who has
been capped 12 times by Uruguay, made four appearances at the 2010 World Cup, where the Celeste finished fourth. He left Chicago after the 2012 season and has played for Al Rayyan in Qatar, Nacional
in Uruguay and Gimnasia y Esgrima of the Argentine first division, where he has five goals in 57 league appearances.
The signings of Fernandez and Lodeiro come the same week the
Sounders fired head coach
Sigi Schmid. Assistant
Brian Schmetzer was named interim head coach.
*MLS Summer Moves:
Chicago Fire IN: Michael de Leeuw (Free, Michael de Leeuw)
Colorado Rapids IN: GK Tim Howard (Transfer, Everton/ENG)
Columbus Crew IN: GK Zack Steffen (Transfer, Freiburg/GER)
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OUT: M Emil Larsen (Transfer, Lyngby/DEN)
D.C.
United IN: M Lloyd Sam (Trade, NY Red Bulls)
IN: F Patrick Mullins (Trade, New York City)
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OUT: F Fabian Espindola (Trade, Vancouver Whitecaps)
FC Dallas IN: D Aubrey David (Loan, Saprissa/CRC)
IN: F Getterson (Loan, J. Malucelli/BRA)
Houston Dynamo
IN: M Eric Alexander (Trade, Montreal Impact)
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OUT: M David Rocha
(Contract terminated, Real Oviedo/SPA)
OUT: M Leonel Miranda (Loan expired, Defensa y Justicia/ARG)
LA Galaxy None.
Montreal Impact
IN: F Matteo Mancosu (Loan, Bologna/ITA)
IN: D Amadou Dia (Trade, Sporting KC)
IN: M Hernan Bernardello (Free, Alaves/POR)
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OUT: F Cameron Porter (Trade, Sporting KC)
OUT: M Eric Alexander (Trade, Houston)
New England
Revolution None.
New York City FC IN: D Maxime Chanot (Transfer, Kortrijk/BEL)
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OUT:
F Patrick Mullins (Trade, D.C. United)
New York Red Bulls OUT: M Lloyd Sam (Trade, D.C. United)
Orlando City IN: D Jose Aja (Loan,
Nacional, Uruguay)
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OUT: M Adrian Winter (Contract terminated, FC Zurich/SUI)
OUT: F Bryan Rochez (Loan, Real
Espana/HON)
Philadelphia Union IN: M Derrick Jones (Homegrown Signing, Bethlehem Steel FC)
Portland Timbers IN: D Vytautas
Andriuskevicius (Free, Cambuur/NED)
IN: GK Chris Konopka (Ross County/SCO)
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OUT: GK Adam Kwarasey (Transfer,
Rosenborg/NOR)
OUT: GK Chris Konopka (Free, )
Real Salt Lake IN: F Pedro Baez (Loan, Cerro Porteno/PAR)
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OUT: F Devon Sandoval (Loan, Rayo OKC)
San Jose Earthquakes None.
Seattle
Sounders IN: M Nicolas Lodeiro (Transfer, Boca Juniors/ARG)
IN: M Alvaro Fernandez (Transfer, Gimnasia y Esgrima/ARG)
Sporting KC IN: M
Emmanuel Appiah (Free, Colorado Rapids)
IN: F Cameron Porter (Trade, Montreal Impact)
IN: D Amadou Dia (Trade, Montreal Impact)
Toronto FC IN:
F Tosaint Ricketts (Free, Boluspor/TUR)
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OUT: D Damien Perquis (Contract terminated, Nott. Forest/ENG)
Vancouver Whitecaps IN: D David Edgar (Free, Birmingham City/ENG)
IN: D Marcel de Jong (Free, Sporting KC)
IN: M Alphonso Davies (Homegrown Signing,
Whitecaps FC 2)
IN: F Fabian Espindola (Trade, D.C. United)
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OUT: F Octavio Rivero (Transfer, Colo-Colo/CHI)
OUT: D Sam Adekugbe (Loan, Brighton & Hove Albion/ENG)
OUT: F Fabian Espindola (Transfer, Necaxa/MEX)
*Since opening of summer window.