next the club traveled to buenos aires, argentina where they continued training and played 4 more preseason matches. seattle played the first of these matches against estudiantes de la plata on february 27, who they lost to 1–3. on february 28, sounders fc had their first tie of the preseason, 1–1 against ced, a team made up of local free agent players. the club defeated argentine second division opponents tristán suárez 5–0. michael fucito, fredy montero, brad evans and zach scott and sebastian le toux all scored in the victory. one day later, due to heavy rain, an exhibition match against gimnasia la plata was canceled. in the club's final preseason match in argentina, they faced reserve players of river plate on march 5. they were held scoreless by river plate with a final score of 1–0.