the team lineup was adjusted throughout. defender jeff parke was selected in the expansion draft, and reported for training camp after tryouts with teams in belgium. after training with the club for less than a week, parke was unable to reach a contract agreement and left to train with the vancouver whitecaps of the usl. fc traded a conditional draft pick to houston in order to acquire defender patrick ianni, who had worked with seattle's coach schmid on the under-20 us national team. seattle also traded allocation money to toronto fc in exchange for tyrone marshall in order to increase their depth on defense. the sounders also traded away midfielder khano smith, another expansion draft selection, to red bull new york for allocation money.