seattle's preseason was broken up into four stages. the team started in southern california, then moved back to the northwest, then to argentina, and then finished back in seattle. on february 9, 2009 in their first ever exhibition game, sounders fc beat the los angeles galaxy 3–1 on a practice field beside the home depot center in carson, california. fredy montero, roger levesque and sanna nyassi all scored goals in the win. the next day, sounders fc had their second training match in ventura, california against chinese club shandong luneng. they won 2–0 with both goals provided by midfielder sanna nyassi. the following day, february 11, sounders fc defeated the ventura county fusion of the usl premier development league 6–1 in their third preseason match in three days. steve zakuani and nate jaqua both scored two goals while fredy montero and roger levesque added one each. on february 14, sounders fc experienced their first loss of the preseason falling 3–2 to the san jose earthquakes while playing on the campus of california polytechnic state university in san luis obispo, california. fredy montero scored both of the sounders fc goals in the loss.