A season after surprising many with a place in the USL Cup Playoffs, a retooled Seattle Sounders FC 2 took a while to find its feet, which saw the side’s rally in the second half of the season come up short of a second consecutive berth in the postseason.

Despite that, there was much to be happy about for the side, with the emergence of a number of young players alongside Darwin Jones re-establishing his goal-scoring credentials a definite plus as the side moves into its third season in the USL.