Sounders open 2022 season with loss to Nashville SC
Published 8:30 pm Sunday, February 27, 2022
By Ryan Berry
The Seattle Sounders’ Xavier Arreaga fights with Nashville’s Hany Mukhtar for the ball during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Yeimar goes up for a header during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Nicolas Lodeiro bicycle kicks the ball out of harm’s way during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Nashville SC’s CJ Sapong tries to make a sliding tackle during the opening game of the 2022 season against Seattle on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Nicolas Lodeiro goes for the header during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Nicolas Lodeiro takes possession of the ball during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Kelyn Rowe tries a lead pass through the box during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders try to score off a corner kick in the waning minutes of their opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
A fan protests the conflict in Ukraine before the Seattle Sounders’ opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Obed Vargas tries to chase down the ball during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Nashville’s Hany Mukhtar takes off on a run up field during the opening game of the 2022 season against the Seattle Sounders on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Nashville SC celebrates the lone goal of the game during the second half of the opening game of the 2022 season against Seattle on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Cristian Roldan takes possession of the ball during the Sounders’ opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Nashville goaltender Joe Willis makes a save during the opening game of the 2022 season against Seattle on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Xavier Arreaga fights with Nashville’s Hany Mukhtar for the ball during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Yeimar goes up for a header during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Nicolas Lodeiro bicycle kicks the ball out of harm’s way during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Nashville SC’s CJ Sapong tries to make a sliding tackle during the opening game of the 2022 season against Seattle on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Nicolas Lodeiro goes for the header during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Nicolas Lodeiro takes possession of the ball during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Kelyn Rowe tries a lead pass through the box during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders try to score off a corner kick in the waning minutes of their opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
A fan protests the conflict in Ukraine before the Seattle Sounders’ opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Obed Vargas tries to chase down the ball during the opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Nashville’s Hany Mukhtar takes off on a run up field during the opening game of the 2022 season against the Seattle Sounders on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Nashville SC celebrates the lone goal of the game during the second half of the opening game of the 2022 season against Seattle on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders’ Cristian Roldan takes possession of the ball during the Sounders’ opening game of the 2022 season against Nashville SC on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Nashville goaltender Joe Willis makes a save during the opening game of the 2022 season against Seattle on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
The Seattle Sounders fell to Nashville SC by a score of 1-0 in their opening game of the 2022 season Sunday night at Lumen Field in Seattle.
