[SaH] Upcoming offseason will be most significant in Sounders history

Almost regardless of how this season ends, there is likely to be a lot of change at the top of the roster.

TD;DR (Oshan's predictions)

Lodeiro probably leaves
Rusnak probably gets renegotiated to a max-TAM level player
Ruidíaz may get bought out or traded; he wants an extension but that would be hard to imagine
JP probably back
Heber probably gone unless he scores a boatload of goals in the rest of the season
Xavi probably leaves, either by having his option declined or by having it picked up and Sounders trading him
Hopefully Frei stays on a team friendly contract with a small pay cut
Cleveland may be headed elsewhere to let the other keepers in the pipeline get more time at lower cost
Rowe and Fredy probably won't be back
Sounders will probably listen to offers for Vargas, RBW, and Leyva.
AB is probably gone given his age and so he can get playing time elsewhere, to free up minutes for some of the Defiance CBs
CR7 will have a bounce back year after the injuries; JMo will be back to his excellent form, Atencio needs more minutes, and Chu will be in the last year of his contract and out to prove that he deserves a big new contract.
biggest off-season priorities: new DP 10, new number 9 (maybe somebody younger to develop while Jordan starts up top for now)

What are your thoughts?

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