The Sounders are filling in the gap left by defender James Riley with their newest signing of Swedish defender Adam Johansson (pronounced Yo-HAWN-sun).

The 28 year old Johansson has played the past seven years for IFK Göteborg in Sweden’s top league, the Allvenskan. He has had 9 appearances with the Swedish national team.

Erik Friberg, the former Swedish midfielder for the Seattle Sounders, gave an early tip to Sounders fans on the 27th by tweeting:

Then again:

Which translates (through Google Translate):

“Adam Johansson to Seattle .. Will be really good! good job @fhager75″

@fhager75 is the Twitter handle for Carl Fhager, the agent for both Adam Johansson and Erik Friberg.

This appears to be a great pick up for the Sounders. Johansson primarily played right back with his squad in Sweden, and was sought after by teams from Belgium, Denmark and Norway.