Sounders midfielder Brad Evans and defender DeAndre Yedlin have been summoned to the U.S. National Team for its pre-World Cup camp scheduled Jan. 6-Feb. 1. Also called was former Sounders forward Eddie Johnson, now with D.C. United. Designated player Clint Dempsey, on loan for two months to Fulham in the EPL, was not called.

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Who won 2013? Certainly the Seahawks and Russell Wilson, although the early part of 2014 might be a different story. Who lost 2013? Most assuredly the Mariners, although their spectacular desperation spawned several of the most intriguing yarns of the year, including revelations of upper-management dysfunction and the franchise's outlandish attempt to fix the wreck by handing $240 million over 10 years to a 31-year-old second baseman.

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Things changed momentously in Seattle sports in 2013. The Seahawks, Mariners, Sounders and Washington Huskies football busted some big-time personnel moves. The most audacious enterprise -- Chris Hansen's attempt to build a basketball/hockey arena in SoDo -- fell short, but remains alive. With fresh ideas, it can work.

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Tottenham Hotspur, one of the Premier League's legendary sides, will play a friendly against the Sounders July 19 at CenturyLink Field. It will be the eighth international friendly hosted by Seattle since 2009, and first since July 18, 2012 when the Sounders lost 4-2 to Chelsea.

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The two-month loan of Sounders midfielder Clint Dempsey to his original English Premier League club, Fulham FC of London, was completed Monday. Fulham needs the help to avoid relegation, and Dempsey wants elite-level competition to prepare for the World Cup. He is scheduled for eight matches from Jan. 1 to the end of February.

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Sounders designated player Clint Dempsey's temporary return to the English Premier League's Fulham FC grew closer with word Friday that he is having a physical exam prior to a pending loan for January and February, part of his preparation for the World Cup in Brazil in June.

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The Sounders Wednesday selected forwards Chad Barrett and Corey Hertzog in Stage Two of the Major League Soccer re-entry draft. Seattle has rights to both and may negotiate new contracts. The Sounders took Barrett from the New England Revolution and Hertzog from the Vancouver Whitecaps.

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The Sounders did as expected Tuesday, trading forward Eddie Johnson to D.C. United for what owner/general manager Adrian Hanauer described as a "large amount of allocation money" that could help Seattle sign one or two more players. Hanauer said the swap was sparked by salary-cap considerations and had nothing to do with Johnson's salary disgruntlements, which Hanauer characterized as "minor."

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The Sounders Monday re-signed 33-year-old defender Leo Gonzalez, who matched his career high last season with 27 starts and was voted the club's Defender of the Year. Gonzalez has made 98 appearances for Seattle since joining the club in 2009, the fifth-most appearances in club history.

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The Sounders Friday acquired the rights to forward Kenny Cooper and allocation money from FC Dallas in exchange for midfielder Adam Moffat. Cooper, 29, has made 188 career appearances since joining MLS in 2006, scoring 72 goals with 16 assists. The seven-year MLS veteran ranks seventh among active players in goals, and sixth in MLS with 32 goals over the past three seasons.

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The Sounders Thursday acquired defender Chad Marshall from the Columbus Crew in exchange for allocation money and a 2015 third-round SuperDraft pick. Marshall, 29, spent the past 10 seasons with Columbus, earning MLS Defender of the Year and Best XI honors in 2008 and 2009. He ranks 21^st amongst active players with 253 appearances and was capped 11 times by the U.S. National Team.

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The Sounders Wednesday continued their off-season remake by trading popular midfielder Mauro Rosales to Chivas USA in exchange for the rights to forward Tristan Bowen and Chivas' No. 2 allocation ranking. Chivas will receive Seattle's No. 13 allocation ranking. The trade of ther 32-year-old Rosales, who had 34 assists during his three-year Seattle career, was a salary-cap move.

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The Sounders Tuesday acquired goalkeeper Stefan Frei from Toronto FC in exchange for a 2015 conditional first-round SuperDraft pick. The deal comes a day after the Sounders parted ways with former keeper Michael Gspurning, who lost his starting job for a couple of games as Seattle lost nine of its final 10 matches.

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Goalkeeper Michael Gspurning will not be back with the Sounders, a club spokesman said Monday. The club will not pick up its contract option in 2014. Gspurning lost his starting job late in the season and becomes the biggest casualty so far of the Sounders' collapse in which the club lost nine of its final 10 games, including in the playoffs.

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Clint Dempsey admitted Friday he wore down upon his return to MLS with the Sounders, a problem that was by compounded by U.S. Men's National Team demands. Talking to ESPN and reporters at the World Cup draw party at Kansas City's Sporting Park, he said he was working on conditioning and has yet to make a decision about playing in the EPL.

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The Sounders open the 2014 season March 8 hosting MLS Cup finalist Sporting Kansas City. MLS and the Sounders released Monday the 34-game schedule, which has the Sounders at the Clink for three of the first four matches. Thirteen matches will be televised nationally by ESPN or NBC.

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The Sounders FC Wednesday re-signed midfielder Brad Evans to a multi-year contract. Terms were undisclosed. The 28-year-old Evans has been a starter for Seattle since 2009, and ranks third in club history in games played (112), started (103), goals (17) and assists (19) and fourth in minutes.

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Osvaldo Alonso, voted by teammates as the Sounders' most valuable player for a fourth consecutive year, is now a a designated player, which gives him a big pay boost. The Sounders Tuesday announced his new, multi-year deal, but did not disclose terms. Alonso, 28, led the MLS in passing accuracy (88.58 percent) in 2013, when he started 26 regular season matches and logged 2,179 minutes.

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Despite speculation that Sounders coach Sigi Schmid might be shown the door after the team finished the season with only one win in its final 10 matches, majority owner Joe Roth Thursday announced that Schmid will return for a sixth season in 2014, citing Schmid's "resume and accomplishments."

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Acknowledging the midseason arrival of Clint Dempsey ratcheted up locker-room tension that helped create "maybe the most frustrating season in the 12 years I've been with the Sounders," general manager Adrian Hanauer said Monday that the fate of coach Sigi Schmid remains undecided.

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