ISSUE 17 | OCTOBER 2018
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IN THIS ISSUE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RYAN KRASNOO
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CREATIVE DIRECTOR RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT EDITORS ROBERT CASNER ALEX CAULFIELD DANNY CIACCIO KELLY SCHUTZ MATT WINTER BRIAN VERDI COVER ILLUSTRATOR DAN LEYDON CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS MIKE FIECHTNER JANE GERSHOVICH CORKY TREWIN LINDSEY WASSON QUINN WIDTH CHARIS WILSON GETTY IMAGES REUTERS USA TODAY SPORTS IMAGES
The Sounders aim to Kick Childhood Cancer, Roger Levesque dishes high fives and the Roldan brothers hang out with cute dogs
Catch up on where we've been and see what lies ahead
10 MEET THE TEAM
Get to know a little bit about your 2018 Sounders FC First Team
12 DEFENDER DOWN UNDER
A look at Australian international Brad Smith's journey to Seattle
WORDS BY RYAN KRASNOO
20 HIGH FIVE THE CHEF
Harry Shipp shows off his love of cooking in a photo story
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One year after his passing, Nathan Beatty's memory remains in the Sounders community
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37 10 QUESTIONS: WILL BRUIN
Will Bruin opens up on his celebrity crush, favorite movie and more
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Stefan Frei and the Sounders welcome cancer patients and their families to training as part of MLS' Kick Childhood Cancer month.
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Roger Levesque gives out high fives and encouragement to participants at RAVE Foundation's annual Rave Green Run.
CLOSER LOOK
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Alex and Cristian Roldan hang out with some good dogs at the Season Ticket Member Pups in the Park event.
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TONY ALFARO
OSVALDO ALONSO
#15 | DEFENDER
#6 | MIDFIELDER
A: STAYING HUMBLE
WAYLON FRANCIS
STEFAN FREI
KIM KEE-HEE
KELVIN LEERDAM
JORDAN MORRIS
LAMAR NEAGLE
VÍCTOR RODRÍGUEZ
CRISTIAN ROLDAN
#90 | DEFENDER
#13 | FORWARD
#24 | GOALKEEPER
#27 | FORWARD
#20 | DEFENDER
#8 | MIDFIELDER
#18 | DEFENDER
#7 | MIDFIELDER
A: SETTLERS OF CATAN
A: SOCCER ISH
GUSTAV SVENSSON #4 | MIDFIELDER
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NOUHOU
#5 | DEFENDER
ROMÁN TORRES #29 | DEFENDER
HENRY WINGO
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Q: WHAT ARE YOU THE BEST ON THE TEAM AT?
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A: DANCING
CALLE BROWN
WILL BRUIN
HANDWALLA BWANA
JORDY DELEM
NICOLÁS LODEIRO
CHAD MARSHALL
JORDAN MCCRARY
BRYAN MEREDITH
ALEX ROLDAN
RAÚL RUIDÍAZ
HARRY SHIPP
BRAD SMITH
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TECHNICAL STAFF
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BRIAN SCHMETZER
DAMIAN RODEN
DJIMI TRAORE
RAVI RAMINENI
GENERAL MANAGER & PRESIDENT OF SOCCER
GONZALO PINEDA
JOHN HUTCHINSON
CHRIS HENDERSON
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WADE WEBBER
TOM DUTRA
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DOWN UNDER A USTR ALI AN I N TE R N ATI O N A L A ND F ORMER LI VE R PO O L LE F T B ACK B R A D S M IT H HA S F O U N D A N E W H O M E I N S EAT T L E BY R YAN KR ASNO O
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B R A D S M I T H CA L L E D T H E F I R S T D AY O F S C H O O L I N LIVERPOOL THE HARDEST DAY O F H I S L I F E . G O I N G TO A NEW COUNTRY WITH A NEW C U LT U R E AT S U C H A P R I M E D E V E LO P M E N TA L AG E WA S A S DA U N T I N G A S I T WA S D I F F I C U LT. H E K N E W N O O N E . HIS FIRST TRAINING WITH L I V E R P O O L WA S M U C H O F T H E S A M E FO R S O M E O N E W H O DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A R E L AT I V E LY S H Y P E R S O N . “ T H E R E W E R E A LOT O F LO C A L L A D S T H E R E ,” S M I T H S A I D . “ I T WA S A C H A L L E N G E A N D S O M E T H I N G I H A D TO S T E P U P TO , A N D I T H I N K I T ’ S H E L P E D M E B E C O M E W H O I A M TO DAY. ” A little more than a decade ago, 13-yearold Smith was at a soccer showcase in England. The Australia native was playing up several age groups on an elite team on tour in the UK, Sweden and Denmark with several European scouts in attendance, 14
many of whom were interested in the pacey left-footed teenager. Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers invited Smith to join their respective academies, but one club in particular stood out. “[My family and I] went to all of them and had a look, and we liked Liverpool in the end,” said Smith. “It’s an amazing club.” Smith’s parents are English and each moved to Australia when they were very young. They had grown up there, then built a life together. Smith grew up in Byron Bay in New South Wales, roughly two hours south of Brisbane. Moving back to England to support Brad’s dream would mean sacrificing everything. They would have to sell their house, their business. Nothing was guaranteed, either. Smith would get world-class training at one of the most recognizable soccer clubs in the world, but the number of players from the academy who eventually earn professional contracts is small, and those who matriculate to Liverpool’s First Team is even smaller.
“My whole family came over,” Smith said. “I wouldn’t have come over without them. They put everything into me. I’m glad it all worked out.” Smith’s First Team debut in 2013 was baptism by fire. He was 19 and checked in on the road at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea with Liverpool down 2-1. He came on as a left winger, playing opposite Eden Hazard in midfield. Wearing the Liverpool jersey was something he had imagined for the previous five years, and to have it come to fruition was a moment Smith still carries with him.
Smith spent the following season on loan with League One’s Swindon Town before featuring again for Liverpool in the 2015-16 campaign. He made four appearances in the Premier League, four in the FA Cup, one in the English League Cup and one in UEFA Europa League. He scored his first goal for the Reds in a 2-2 draw with Exeter City in FA Cup action. Still a promising young left back, fellow EPL side AFC Bournemouth bought him in summer 2016. He made eight appearances across all competitions for the Cherries that season, but after only making three
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T H EY JU ST MADE ME F EEL VERY WELCOMED WHEN I F IRST CAME IN. – BRAD SMITH ON THE ROLDAN BROTHE RS
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appearances last year, Bournemouth wanted to send Smith on loan to get him more minutes. One of several teams interested: the Seattle Sounders. “We think [Smith] played well for Bournemouth when he got a chance,” said Sounders General Manager & President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey. “He’s a player we feel like we got a lot of information on and we felt very comfortable with. “We really wanted to add some speed and power to our team, and Brad is a guy who can get up and down the line all day long… It’s something we didn’t have, and that was important to add in [the summer transfer] window.” Added Sporting Director & VP of Soccer Chris Henderson: “He’s a player who’s excited to be here. He’s got a great engine, will get up and down [the field], take players on…He plays with joy, he plays with effort, he’s a player who fans will like.” It’s still early in Smith’s Seattle tenure, but his impact has been swift and noticeable. Despite suffering a hamstring strain on Sept. 23 at the LA Galaxy, Smith has made six appearances and helped stretch opposing defenses with devastating overlapping runs and precise crosses into dangerous areas. “He’s able to run up and down the line for the whole 90 minutes,” midfielder Cristian Roldan said of Smith. “[He brings] a bit of composure. He’s able to take a deep breath and cross the ball really well.” The transition to the United States from England was another massive culture shock for Smith, but his experience uprooting as
a teenager has gone a long way in easing the transition and alleviating any sort of growing pains that he perhaps might have experienced otherwise. The staff has done a lot to help, too. Like any new signing, especially foreign, the Sounders helped Smith find housing, set up a banking account, get an American phone. It allowed him to knuckle down and focus solely on soccer, all the more important given he only had four days between his arrival on Aug. 8 and his first club appearance against FC Dallas. Roldan and brother Alex have also been incredibly valuable. They bonded almost instantly and have helped ground Smith in his new home. “They just made me feel very welcomed when I first came in,” said Smith. “We’re similar age. We play Xbox together, we play [the video game] 'Fortnite.' It’s an easy way for us to bond.” Added Cristian: “Brad’s a goofball. He likes to joke around and have a good time. He’s always smiling. I’ve never seen him having a bad day…He’s a fantastic guy in the locker room.” Smith’s fiancé and newborn baby have joined him in Seattle, too, and they finally feel settled. It was the second time his family has moved with him — his own, this time — and he credits their support for how well he’s been able to adjust. “You don’t really know what to expect going to a different country and not knowing people,” Smith said. “But you have to do these things. It is difficult, but I’ve enjoyed it and it’s been really good so far.”
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IT W A S A CHAL L E N G E AN D S OM E T H I NG I HAD TO STE P U P TO, AN D I T HIN K I T ’S H E LP E D ME B E COM E W HO I AM TO DAY. – BRAD SMITH ON HIS DECISION TO MO VE FROM A USTRALIA TO ENGL AND
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Cooking, like soccer, takes ingenuity. Perhaps it’s unsurprising then that Harry Shipp cooks the way he plays: smart and simple with a dash of creativity when it’s needed most. The Seattle Sounders midfielder has always had a fascination with food. His mother’s side of the family is Italian. Harry grew up watching his mother concoct meals without recipes, and Harry makes his meals the same way. “I’ll get ideas from recipes,” Harry said. “We have a bunch of cookbooks, but I’ll do this, or add in some of that. That’s why I like cooking instead of baking because it’s not super measured.” He’ll make everything from Asian sesame peanut noodles to different types of tacos and enchiladas. He’s always tinkering and rarely makes the same dish more than a couple times. “I love his cooking,” said his wife, Maria. “He’s a very innovative chef. I always ask him to make innovative dishes, and he delivers.” We asked Harry to show off at his apartment in Seattle, and he treated Maria, Sounders goalkeeper Bryan Meredith and Bryan’s girlfriend, Michelle, to homemade pasta, homemade pesto and grilled chicken. Flip through this photo story to see how Harry, just like on the field, delivered.
BY RYAN KRASNOO
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I W OULD LO VE AT SOME POINT IN MY LIFE TO O WN A RESTA URANT. IT W OULD BE COOL LONG-TERM TO BE THE VISION BEHIND A RESTA URANT, NOT NECESSARILY COOKING ON A DAY-TO-DAY B A SIS. – HARRY SHIPP
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H A R RY CU TS THE DOU GH I N TO N OODLE S AF TE R C HOP P ING TO M ATO ES A N D O N I O N S A ND P RE PARI N G THE HOME MADE P E STO. HE REST S T H E NO O D LES O N HAN GE RS U N TI L THE Y'RE RE ADY TO BE COOKED .
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NAT HAN S T R ONG ON E YEA R A F T ER PA SSI NG A W AY F ROM A B R A IN T UM OR, NATHAN B E ATT Y'S M EM ORY L IV ES ON I N THE SE ATTL E S OU N D ER S CO M M U NI T Y BY DANNY C IAC C IO
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YO U S HOU L D N OT B E AFR A I D OF DEATH, IT ’ S IN E VITAB L E , IT WI LL CO ME F OR ALL OF U S – W HAT YOU S H O ULD BE AFRAID OF IS NOT D OIN G G RE AT T H I N G S WHE N YOU ARE AL IVE. – BRIAN SCHMETZER
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SOME DAYS ARE BETTER T H A N OT HE R S.
For the rest of her life, Tara Beatty will ask why. Why did this happen to her son? Why does childhood cancer only get four percent of government funding? Why did he have to endure so much pain before he died? There are undoubtedly days where she’s overwhelmed with gratitude. Thankful she could have eight wonderful years with Nathan. Thankful for all he could experience in his final year on Earth. Thankful for so many wonderful people who poured out their love after he was diagnosed. May 4 isn’t one of those days, at least it shouldn’t be. The fourth of each month is unbearable. It marks another month that her beloved son passed away after an 11-month battle with brain cancer. Ten months to the date they held Nathan for the final time, Tara, her husband, Clint, and their oldest son, Colin, were in Seattle for another visit to their favorite city. A few years ago, it would be difficult to imagine a humble family from the Dallas suburbs would find solace, comfort and joy from a professional sports organization in the Pacific Northwest. Yet here they were, back in Seattle.
The Beattys have made the trip out west several times since Nathan was diagnosed, with a Sounders match the highlight each time. Nathan attended three in the fall of 2016. Last summer, the Beattys went to another match, and spread Nathan’s ashes at the beach of his favorite park in Tacoma the following day. On that May afternoon, the day before they planned to watch the Sounders play Columbus Crew SC, the Beatty family walked around the club’s downtown offices in Pioneer Square. Each department has had a hand in creating moments for Nathan and his family. The walls are covered in photos from the best on-field memories in the club’s history. As they walked from one part of the office to another, they saw a unique photo hanging on the wall. It wasn’t of a trophy raise or an epic save or a goal celebration. Of the 20 or so photos that adorn the office, this one stood out from the rest. Nathan was sitting with Clint Dempsey in the locker room. Everything about the photo is perfect. Nathan is sitting in his green Sounders jersey, holding a soccer ball. He is looking 31
up at Clint with an angelic gaze, and Clint is calmly and patiently sitting alongside him. “I don’t think there are words to describe seeing an organization as big as this take a picture of your son and hang it on the wall,” Tara said. “To show how much he meant to everybody here, and that he is still remembered. As a mother, as a father, as a brother, you don’t want anybody to forget he lived. “That’s the greatest thing – the Sounders are still remembering him. That means the world to me. His memory is going to live on. That’s the greatest thing. His journey is still going.” Nathan’s story with the Sounders began four years ago, while watching the U.S. men’s national team on television during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. A young soccer player himself, Nathan was drawn to the star player named Clint, who shared the same name as his dad. When he found out Clint Dempsey was also from Texas, he was hooked. From that point on, Tara recalled, “It was Clint Dempsey everything.” In August 2016, Nathan was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a rare and inoperable tumor in the brain stem. With a zero percent survival rate, Nathan was expected to die within a year. The Beattys made sure it was going to be a year full of amazing experiences. What happened, though, was even beyond their biggest dreams. One month after the diagnosis, Nathan and his family flew to Seattle so Nathan could fulfill his wish of seeing Clint Dempsey’s team, but Dempsey was sidelined for the remainder of the season with an irregular heartbeat and was not expected to be at the stadium. While wearing his Dempsey jersey, Nathan was running on the field before the Sounders match when he answered a phone call from his hero. Moments later, Dempsey came out and surprised Nathan. They bonded immediately.
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Clint gave Nathan another Dempsey jersey and cleats he wore at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. After taking some shots on the field, Clint walked him into the locker room, hand-in-hand. Nathan met Head Coach Brian Schmetzer, Román Torres, Nelson Valdez and the rest of the squad. After the match, which the Sounders won 1-0, he received Nicolás Lodeiro’s jersey, Stefan Frei’s gloves and a day full of unforgettable memories. The relationship between Nathan, his family and the club didn’t end after just one match. They made the trip back to Seattle four weeks later and again the following month during the club’s improbable 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs run. When Nathan first came to Seattle, the Sounders were in ninth place and on the verge of missing the playoffs. They went 5-1-1 to close the regular season, then surged through the postseason and won their first MLS Cup that December.
THE S OUNDE RS ARE ST IL L RE M E MBE R I NG H I M. THAT M E AN S T HE W ORL D TO ME . – TARA BEATT Y, NATHAN'S MOTHE R
“We won MLS Cup the same year that this all started,” Clint Beatty recalled. “I don’t know if it’s the grace of God or just good timing or Nathan’s the lucky charm, it’s just neat to have that memory and to keep it going.” The following March, the Sounders opened the season in Houston, and Nathan and his family made the drive from Dallas to see Dempsey score a goal in his first game back following the heart scare. It ended up being the last match Nathan attended. He passed away on the Fourth of July. Nathan’s story permeated the Sounders community. As Schmetzer often states,
“The club is the special relationship between the players and the fans.” At times, it is the relationship among the fans, too. Sara McNally, a Florida transplant who became part of the Sounders community in 2011, was particularly moved by Nathan’s story and followed along closely on social media. As an adoptive parent, McNally feels closely connected with parents who have struggles and sicknesses. “For a little guy to love the Sounders and for the team to love him as much as they did, it touched me,” McNally said. “I loved
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seeing the way the club was taking care of him. For him to have that opportunity, that experience was really special.”
96 percent. For a terminal diagnosis such as DIPG, the lack of funding even worsens the pain.
In the match immediately following Nathan’s death, McNally brought a two-pole banner that read, “Nathan Strong EBFG.”
“That’s our big thing now – we are pushing for more than four,” Tara said. “They definitely need more than four.”
When the Beattys returned to Seattle in August 2017 to spread some of Nathan’s ashes, McNally met up with Tara, Clint and Colin at a match against Minnesota United. With McNally’s banner hanging behind them, the Beattys watched Dempsey score the game-winning penalty kick in the match’s final moments.
Four percent funding. The fourth day of each month. Both statements carry so much sadness, grief and frustration.
“I like the relationship between the fans and the organization – it’s massive, it’s amazing,” Clint Beatty said. “It’s a tight community. The supporters, themselves – we met people, I had no idea who they were and I didn’t know they knew Nathan’s story or our story, holding signs up in the stands. It was unreal.” Since Nathan’s passing, the Beattys have committed their lives to help increase funding for childhood cancer. According to Tara, childhood cancer research gets only four percent funding from the government, while adulthood cancers get the remaining
On the day they saw Nathan’s photo hanging on the office wall, an unusually warm May afternoon in Seattle that provided glimpses of the sun-kissed summer ahead, the Beattys were at peace. Over 2,000 miles away from North Texas, they have found a second home in the club and community of a professional soccer team. It was the fourth of the month, and despite all the emotional challenges that day held, Tara woke up thinking, What a great place to be. “It’s one of the first times I haven’t cried – well, until I saw that photo on the wall of Nathan and Clint,” she said. “It’s the best way to spend a day and to be happy. You can’t help but be happy when you’re here.”
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