The Seattle Sounders have had a busy summer, looking to ease supporters angry with the club close to last place in the Western Conference.
Having brought in Uruguayan playmaker Nicolas Lodeiro on a Designated Player contract on Wednesday, the club announced the return of fellow Uruguayan and former Sounders DP Alvaro Fernandez, who comes back to CenturyLink Field four years since his 2012 departure.
Fernandez spent the last three-and-a-half seasons outside MLS after spending just half a year with the Chicago Fire. He spent loan stints in Qatar, Argentina, and his home country of Uruguay before signing for Argentinian side Gimnasia permanently in 2014.
Fernandez and Lodeiro played together with Uruguayan side Nacional in 2009 when the club made a run deep into the Copa Libertadores. They also played together on the Uruguayan national team during the 2010 World Cup, although neither was a consistent starter. Lodeiro said upon Fernandez’s signing, “We are good friends.”
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During his first stint with the Sounders, Fernandez made 81 appearances, scoring 17 goals.