MLS Transfer Roundup: Sounders close in on former Rangers winger Ryan Kent | OneFootball

The Seattle Sounders appear to have found at least one wide midfield reinforcement amid their significant injury woes.

While the Sounders have yet to make anything official, Seattle is expected to compete a move for former Glasgow Rangers winger Ryan Kent in the next few days, with manager Brian Schmetzer confirming Wednesday the player was in Seattle and could soon be in uniform for the Sounders.

Kent is a free agent after coming to an agreement to mutually terminate his recent contract with Fenerbache last October, having made only eight total Turkish Super League appearances during a season-plus. Mostly used as a left-winger, he enjoyed his best seasons during a four-year stretch at Ibrox, including a 10-goal, nine-assist Scottish Premier League campaign in 2021-2022.

The 28-year-old Englishman arrives at a Sounders club whose attacking depth has been decimated with injuries to Jordan Morris (hamstring), Pedro de La Vega (quadriceps) and Paul Arriola (ACL). The latter has been placed on the MLS season-ending injury list.

De La Vega and Arriola have both played more often on the right in their careers, while Kent has played more on the left. But the Englishman will give Schmetzer some more formational options if Kent can hold down the left flank. Seattle had flipped to a 3-4-3 setup in the last few games instead of the 4-2-3-1 they've played for the majority of Schmetzer's nearly decade-long tenure.

Dynamo add Colombian CB Pablo Ortiz

Meanwhile, Houston completed its latest in a string of spring moves with the addition of center back Pablo Ortiz on loan from Slovakian top-flight side FC DAC 1904 Dunajská.

Ortiz was previously teammates with Dynamo center back Erik Sviatchenko at FC Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga, though the Colombian rarely played at the club nor in Slovakia.

His most-recent extended run of games came in the Czech top flight, on loan from Midtjylland at Pardubice, where he made 22 domestic league appearances in the 2023-24 season.

Ortiz will likely compete for a starting spot next to Sviatchenko after Houston sold center back Micael to Palmeiras of Brazil for a club-record fee that could reach $6 million, according to reports.