The Seattle Sounders and Tottenham Spurs are playing a friendly match on Saturday from CenturyLink Field and the matchup between MLS and Premier League sides is live on ESPN2 and on ESPN from the WatchESPN website with a live stream as Clint Dempsey takes on his old club in the Hotspur with the EPL season starting up soon.
The international friendly match gives the Sounders the chance to test themselves against a solid EPL team and Dempsey knows them well, as he played for them for a season when he transferred back to the MLS. The Sounders come in after a win against their rivals in the Portland Timbers and now head coach Sigi Schmid is looking for his team to have a nice performance and they are the top team in the MLS. The Sounders have played well all season and they are the leaders for the Supporters Shield with 12 wins and a 12-4-2 record.
Cap Brad Evans is ready for the challenge and the team knows there are more important games like the league matchups and also in the US Open Cup, but this is a good chance to train and compete against a team from the top league in the world. The team has the chance to win a number of trophies this season, as they have a lead over the Red Bulls after they won it last year and they are also challenging for the US Open Cup and MLS Cup and this is the fifth time they have been into the semis for the Open in six seasons. The team won 2-0 against the Timbers last week and now they have the chance to keep things going even though this game doesn't count.
The Spurs have had a number of players that have connections to the Sounders, including Dempsey as well as former cap Kasey Keller and now they head to the west coast for a match. The Spurs ended up in sixth place on the Premier League table standings last season and the Sounders come in leading their conference by a wide margin over the other two teams in Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy. The other teams in playoff position has the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas, while the Whitecaps are chasing.
The Sounders have Dempsey as well as DeAndre Yedlin after the standout performance in the World Cup by Team USA and now many rumors are coming up about Yedlin moving to Europe. The Sounders have said they want to do what is best with the team and for Yedlin and he has mostly stayed out of things and now teams like Liverpool and others could be chasing him. Yedlin is young and his performance in Brazil could lead to an expensive deal and the Sounders have the chance to have another player on the world stage after developing him. The Sounders need Yedlin and no matter what happens, the defender said he would take the field and concentrate on the games in front of him.