When Garth Lagerwey set about reinventing the roster via Targeted Allocation and regular Allocation Money, the impact was obvious to fans of Seattle Sounders FC. Now, in EA FIFA 16 it is obvious to the world. Futhead.com just compiled all the ratings of known players in the video game that launches on Sept. 9. The results show that the Sounders are going to be a very popular team among gamers, again.
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Those top five Seattle players, in order, are Clint Dempsey, Obafemi Martins, Osvaldo Alonso, Andreas Ivanschitz and Nelson Haedo Valdez. All ring in at 75 points or higher. Dempsey is the fourth highest rated MLS player behind just Andrea Pirlo, Steven Gerrard and Kaka.
Seattle also has several players that just miss the top 40 with 13 more players as Silver cards (65 or higher). The full list of currently rated players (Fisher is not listed) follows. For more details head to Futhead's Sounders page.
Clint Dempsey - 81
Obafemi Martins - 79
Osvaldo Alonso - 77
Andreas Ivanschitz - 75
Nelson Haedo Valdez - 75
Chad Marshall - 73
Román Torres - 71
Tyrone Mears - 70
Marco Pappa - 70
Brad Evans - 69
Lamar Neagle - 69
Stefan Frei - 68
Gonzalo Pineda - 67
Zach Scott - 66
Chad Barrett - 66
Andy Rose - 65
Erik Friberg - 65
Troy Perkins - 65
Dylan Remick - 64
Micheal Azira - 64
Andres Correa - 63
Leo Gonzalez - 62
Cristian Roldan - 59
Damion Lowe - 59
Aaron Kovar - 57
Jimmy Ockford - 57
Victor Mansaray - 55
Charlie Lyon - 55
Darwin Jones - 54