A Look at the Goalkeeper Situation

When captain and starting keeper Kasey Keller received his red card in the 29th minute of Saturday’s game against Kansas City, Monroe native and Western Washington alumn Ben Dragavon was brought in for the final 60 minutes to protect the net.

Dragavon is not on the Sounders FC official roster- he’s part of MLS’s “Extreme Hardship” pool of goalkeepers. An MLS squad may add a player to their roster if they have less that two available goalkeepers or less than 15 available players. With Chris Eylander‘s knee sprain and limited training, Sounders FC had Dravagon on the bench.

Even though, Ben is a reserve keeper for the league he practices and trains with the team.

Seattle heads to Southern California to take on the Western Conference leaders Chivas USA on Saturday. This week Eylander should be back and able to practice at 100%. According to Sigi Schmid, “Eylander’s getting close. Who starts between Dragavon and Eylander, I’m not sure, but those should be our two goalkeepers.”

Eylander is supposed to start in today’s Reserve Game against the Portland Timbers.

We do know that whoever Coach Schmid starts, they will be making their first MLS start.

You can also check out Jose Romero’s Sounders FC goalkeeper thrown into the fire.

Who do you think will start? The #3 goal keeper- Dragavon- who has 60 minutes of MLS action this season? or The #2- Chris Eylander- who is returning to 100% after a knee sprain?

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