| 2022 season | |||
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| General manager | Garth Lagerwey | ||
| Head coach | Brian Schmetzer | ||
| Stadium | Lumen Field | ||
| Major League Soccer | Conference: 11th Overall: 21st | ||
| MLS Cup Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Round of 32 | ||
| CONCACAF Champions League | Champions | ||
| Cascadia Cup | 3rd | ||
| Heritage Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Raúl Ruidíaz (9)[1] All: Nicolás Lodeiro Raúl Ruidíaz (12 each) | ||
| Highest home attendance | All: 68,741 (vs. UNAM, May 4, CCL Final) League: 47,722 (July 9 vs. Portland)[1] | ||
| Lowest home attendance | CCL: 28,932 (vs. Motagua Feb. 24) League: 30,013 (vs. Nashville Feb. 27)[1] | ||
| Average home league attendance | League: 33,607[2] | ||
| Biggest win | All: 5–0 vs. Motagua (Feb. 17, CCL) League: 4–0 vs. Vancouver (June 14)[1] | ||
| Biggest defeat | 0–3 vs. Portland (July 9)[1] | ||
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The 2022 season was Seattle Sounders FC's 14th in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight of American club soccer. It was the 39th season played by a professional team bearing the Sounders name. The team was under the management of Brian Schmetzer in his sixth full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders.
In early May, the Sounders won the CONCACAF Champions League title after defeating UNAM of the Liga MX 5–2 in aggregate scoring, becoming the first team in Major League Soccer to win the CONCACAF Champions League.[3] The season ended with the team missing the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in the league, snapping a 13-year streak that was the longest active streak in MLS history.[4] The Sounders last missed the playoffs in 2006 as a second-division club in the USL First Division.[5] The team also failed to win in their final nine road matches from July through the end of the season.[6]
- ^ a b c d e "Seattle Sounders FC Performance Stats – 2022–23". ESPN. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ Kennedy, Paul (October 13, 2022). "Crowd Count: MLS attendance tops 10 million for first time". Soccer America. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ Evans, Jayda (May 4, 2022). "One for the history books: Sounders clinch MLS' first CCL title in front of record crowd in Seattle". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
- ^ Evans, Jayda (October 2, 2022). "Sounders' 13-year playoff streak comes to end after loss in Kansas City". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ Oshan, Jeremiah (October 27, 2020). "Sounders extend MLS record playoff streak to 12 seasons". Sounder At Heart. SB Nation. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
- ^ Evans, Jayda (March 24, 2023). "Sounders hoping to change fortunes on the road starting in Kansas City". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 26, 2023.