SEATTLE — Seattle soccer players are sounding off just days after they held a protest gaining national attention.

"We're all frustrated,” said Cristian Roldan, the Seattle Sounders midfielder, while speaking with media after Wednesday’s practice. “Sometimes we wear our emotions on our sleeves."

And on Sunday, Sounders players wore their thoughts on their warm-up shirts before their game against Minnesota. On the front it said, "Club World Ca$h Grab" and "Fair Share Now" on the back.

"This is all about trying to figure out the most fair deal for everybody,” said Roldan. 

The Sounders are less than two weeks away from their first match in the FIFA Club World Cup. The tournament will feature 32 clubs from around the world, including the Sounders which will host three games at Lumen Field. MLS players from the three MLS teams playing in the international tournament will split $3 million amongst each other.

"Right now there's $28 million on the table for three teams and the players altogether are getting $3 million,” said Roldan. “So, when you look at that from that perspective it seems a bit lopsided."

The MLS Players Association fully supports the Sounders player's protest. Posting a statement on its social media platforms Sunday night saying in part:

"The MLSPA and all MLS players stand united with the Seattle Sounders players who tonight demanded a fair share of the FIFA Club World Cup prize money."

It said the new tournament "piles on to players' ever-increasing workload without regard to their physical well-being. In order to seize this additional calendar territory, FIFA had to commit historic amounts of prize money to secure club and player participation. As a result, MLS will receive an unprecedented financial windfall."

But despite this, it said "the league has refused to allocate a fair percentage of those funds to the players themselves." 

The players association said the MLS has "failed to bring forward a reasonable proposal. Instead of recognizing the players who have brought MLS to the global stage."

Meanwhile, Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer is taking in both perspectives. 

"I see both sides,” said Schmetzer. “There's the I know it's a big number and all that sort of stuff and the players want more. And then there's the CBA that's been ratified I get both sides. Again, I hope both sides can come to an agreement."

Roldan is still excited for the international play this month. However, KING 5 asked him if the players plan on sitting out if MLS doesn't make the changes the players want. 

"That's an important question because unfortunately we're 10 days away,” said Roldan. “I obviously don't want to speculate I don't know what the future holds. There’s a lot of things that can happen, leading up to that point. We’ll see what happens, we’ll see what this next week looks like, but we’re trying to take it day by day."

KING 5 did reach out to MLS to get their side of the story. But league officials declined to comment.