The Seattle Sounders FC brain trust will be in Fort Lauderdale this weekend when the best players availble in next week’s SuperDraft will be on display at a five-day combine.

However, the player that impresses the Sounders the most may not be as important to the future of the franchise as the player that impresses some other MLS team the most -- because the Sounders are willing to part with the top pick for the right price.

“We have to see what’s going to be presented to us,” FC technical director Chris Henderson said this week. “There have been some nice things put on the table so far, and I think it’s only going to get maybe better for us. Other teams are desperate for that No. 1 spot, and as we get toward that draft day we may get some pretty good options there.”

Henderson said the Sounders “have some ideas” who they would select if they hold on to the pick.

He will attend the combine along with coach Sigi Schmid, assistant Brian Schmetzer and others from the FC front office.

“There are a few players on our radar who we think could really contribute from the beginning,” Henderson said.

The combine runs through Tuesday.

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Good piece on the MLS website taking a team-by-team look at each club's needs heading into next week's SuperDraft.

Here's their take on the Sounders:

Seattle: With just 15 players on the roster, including headliner Freddie Ljungberg, who won't be tearing up the flanks any time soon, the newbie Sounders could use a little bit of everything. (Well, Sigi Schmid's team is set at goalkeeper, with Kasey Keller in command. But they'll need a little of everything else.)

At present, they're probably best stocked in the midfield, where Brad Evans, Khano Smith, Nathan Sturgis, Peter Vagenas, Stephen King and the recovering Ljungberg present some good options. But they'll need more bodies in defense and at striker, plus depth for the midfield. As for another recognizable name, look for someone with "goal scorer" on his resume. At present, former Toronto reserve Jarrod Smith and Sebastian Le Toux are the only two strikers signed up. Le Toux had 14 goals in 30 games last year in USL for the Sounders; he'll be monitored closely this year as a test-case for how a big scorer in USL stands up in the MLS game.

And here's the whole story.