Sounders announce friendly with Chelsea FC

Published 1:34 pm Monday, March 26, 2012

Sounders FC announced Monday that English Premier League team Chelsea FC will come to Seattle for a July 18 friendly at CenturyLink Field. This will be Chelsea’s second game against Seattle in four seasons having also played Sounders FC in a 2009 friendly.

The game is part of the team’s 18-game season ticket package, and single-game tickets will go on sale June 4. Tickets for the friendly are also available for purchase now as part of a four-game package that also includes tickets to home games against Los Angeles (Aug. 5), Vancouver (Aug. 18) and Portland (Oct. 7), and seating for all four of those games will be expanded to include the entire stadium.

“We welcome a return visit from one of the premier teams and leaders in the football world with Chelsea FC,” Sounders FC owner Joe Roth said in a release. “I’m looking forward to an unprecedented match day experience not only for Chelsea FC but also for LA, Vancouver and Portland.”