2014 season | ||||
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General manager | Adrian Hanauer | |||
Head coach | Sigi Schmid | |||
Stadium | CenturyLink Field | |||
Major League Soccer | Conference: 1st Overall: 1st, Supporters' Shield | |||
MLS Cup Playoffs | Western Conference Finals | |||
U.S. Open Cup | Winners | |||
Cascadia Cup | Runners-up (2–2–2) | |||
Heritage Cup | Runners-up (0–1–1) | |||
Carolina Challenge Cup | Runners-up (1–2–0) | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Obafemi Martins (17)[1] All: Obafemi Martins (19) | |||
Highest home attendance | 64,207 vs. Portland (Jul. 13)[2] | |||
Lowest home attendance | 38,441 vs. Toronto (Mar. 15)[2] | |||
Average home league attendance | League: 43,734 Playoffs: 42,835 All: 43,619 | |||
Biggest win | League: 4–0 vs. Salt Lake (May 31)[2] | |||
Biggest defeat | League: 0–5 at New England (May 11)[2] | |||
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The 2014 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's sixth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. Including previous Seattle Sounders franchises, this was the 34th season of a soccer team playing in the Seattle metro area.
The Sounders earned a double for the first time in club history—winning their fourth U.S. Open Cup title and first Supporters' Shield as the best team in the MLS regular season.[3] The team were the first to win 20 matches in the post-shootout era after a slow start to the season.[4] During the 2014 season, the Sounders earned the most points (64) and scored the most goals (65) in the club's MLS history.[5] The team's attempt to complete the league's first domestic treble in the MLS Cup Playoffs was halted by a loss to the LA Galaxy—Shield runners-up and later MLS Cup champions—in the Western Conference Final.[6][7]