Merry Christmas Eve! Considering all the events that have transpired in the last day and a half let’s take a moment and move away from the various foreign languages, the rumors of whether or not Martins returns to the Sounders and general knowledge of what we can’t know and back into the realm of what we do.

We know the mostly know the current state of the roster, mostly. As of today there are 7 forwards, 5 midfielders, 8 defenders and 3 keepers this all per the Sounders FC website. Though I’ll admit that the site itself has a couple of notable errors as it mentions Blair Gavin on...

So, I haven’t really mentioned much about Kenny Cooper in the past week and a half and Friday we got confirmation that he signed a contract with the Sounders. Meaning that he has some sort of future with the Seattle organization. That’s neat, I suppose. The Sounders traded away Eddie Johnson an obvious target man that, in my opinion, was perfect for executing Sigi’s tactics or at least those that he’s displayed in the past five years.

After acquiring Clint Dempsey it’s apparent that the Sounders head coach is now looking for something more...

*Updated 12-21-2013: 2:47 PST
On Saturday a picture surfaced with Obafemi Martins in Turkey.

Obafemı MARTINS pic.twitter.com/PhhDXp4SLS

— Koray Deniz (@KorayDeniz1960) December 21, 2013

There now looks to be some truth to the rumor he might not return to Seattle in 2014. The Sounder forward was quoted as saying he wanted to return to turkey and join up with his former coach as quoted in an interview with an Italian reporter earlier this fall.
Many dismissed it as it would be with his former coach, however if Martins is in Turkey, some will speculate where there is smoke there is fire.

Ther...

I’ve been talking for the past two weeks about how the Sounders have no need to add an additional “big piece” behind the assumed departed Eddie Johnson. This was of course with the assumption that he would be gone and that Obafemi Martins would stay. Even if Martins could out himself and find a new home this off-season I would still be hesitant in the belief that the Sounders needed to find anyone to backfill his position by paying a significant amount. There are some interesting young designated player types from South Amerirca that could be pursued and you still have Lamar Neagle.

Yesterd...