MLS Cup champions, Colorado Rapids in the second Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield. The game was at Qwest Field, now called CenturyLink Field. The Sounders opened up the 2011 regular season against the defending Supporters' Shield titleholders, Los Angeles Galaxy at Qwest Field. It was the third-consecutive MLS season that the league had its opening game in Seattle. The match was held on March 15. Match results Preseason Cascadia Summit Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield MLS regular season Table Western Conference League Results by round Match results MLS Cup Playoffs U.S. Open Cup CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary round Group stage Friendlies Statistics Appearances and goals Last updated on August 26, 2016. |- |colspan="14"|Players out on loan: Squads First Team squad Updated August 27, 2011. Major League Soccer squad Updated September 12, 2011. Transfers In Out Loan out Club Coaching staff {|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |General Manager|| Adrian Hanauer |- |Head Coach|| Sigi Schmid |- |Assistant Coach|| Brian Schmetzer |- |Assistant Coach|| Ezra Hendrickson |- |Goalkeeper Coach|| Tom Dutra |- |Fitness Coach|| David Tenney |- |Chief Scout|| Kurt Schmid |- |Technical Director||| Chris Henderson Management Official sponsors Xbox 360 Adidas Samsung Mob!le Seattle Bank Virginia Mason Medical Center Source: Soundersfc.com Kits Recognition MLS Player of the Week MLS Goal of the Week MLS Save of the Week MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Month Miscellany Stadium On June 23, 2011, after the completion of CenturyLink's acquisition of Qwest, Qwest Field was renamed CenturyLink Field. CenturyLink picked up the five-year extension in the naming rights contract at that time, extending the contract to June 2019. Allocation ranking Seattle is in the No. 18 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. Seattle started 2011 ranked No. 11 on the allocation list but on August 26 traded allocation positions with Chicago Fire to acquire Sammy Ochoa. International roster spots Seattle has 7 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Seattle dealt one slot to Portland Timbers on January 14, 2011, for use in the 2011 season. There is no limit on the number