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HEAD COACH EZRA HENDRICKSON “EZRA KNOWS WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR, KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO PLAY AT THIS LEVEL, AND HE PROVIDES A GREAT BRIDGE FROM S2 TO THE SOUNDERS FC FIRST TEAM.” -SOUNDERS FC HEAD COACH SIGI SCHMID
Ezra Hendrickson was announced as an assistant coach on January 20, 2009, after completing a 14-year professional career, including 12 seasons in Major League Soccer. He is now the head coach of Sounders FC 2, the club’s USL team.
sons in Los Angeles, where he won the 2000 CONCACAF Champions Cup, scoring two goals in a 3-2 victory, and the 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, scoring one goal in a 2-1 victory. He was named Galaxy’s Most Valuable Player for the 2001 season.
Hendrickson played parts of eight seasons for Sounders FC Head Coach Sigi Schmid, including three in Columbus prior to his retirement. Hendrickson appeared in 266 regular season matches with 225 starts. Playing defense, he scored 23 goals and added 30 assists.
Hendrickson went to Dallas in 2003 and began the next season with the A-League’s Charleston Battery before joining D.C. United for its run to the 2004 MLS Cup. After starting all 31 appearances in 2005 for expansion Chivas USA, Hendrickson was acquired by Columbus in early 2006.
He also played in 32 postseason games with five goals and three assists. Hendrickson was a member of three MLS Cup championship teams, winning two with Schmid. Together, they won the 2002 MLS Cup with the Los Angeles Galaxy and the 2008 MLS Cup in Columbus. Hendrickson was also with the champion D.C. United team in 2004.
An All-American and business administration major at Drake University, Hendrickson first played professionally with New Orleans of the USISL Select League (1995-96). After earning his first international cap in 1995, he served 12 years as captain of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines national team.
A native of the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean, Hendrickson began his career in 1997 with the New York MetroStars, before joining the Galaxy later that season. He totaled six sea-
Hendrickson earned his U.S. Soccer ‘A’ Coaching License in December of 2008. He is a resident of Layou, St. Vincent, and has two daughters, Xavia and McKenzie. #OWNTHE2
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On July 24, Sounders FC 2 sat perched at the top of the USL Western Conference table looking down. Having completed the season-sweep of Portland Timbers 2, the club was in fine form looking toward the final third of the season. Now, should S2 advance to the postseason in its inaugural campaign, the Rave Green will have left it for late, as the club needs one point in its regular season finale this Thursday Seattle Sounders FC Editorial Offices 159 S Jackson Street, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 512-120 Editorial and Design: Sounders FC Communications Photography: Corky Trewin (team photographer), Charis Wilson, Saski and Josh Potter, Dan Poss © 2015 by the Seattle Sounders FC. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written consent of the publisher is prohibited.
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against Austin Aztex. The Aztex have struggled this season and sit close to the bottom of the table, but had S2’s number on September 5 in Austin where they notched a 2-1 victory. S2’s loss in Austin was just one of a four-match slide in the last month where S2 has had multiple opportunities to clinch a position, but has fallen one goal short in four straight matches. “The guys know what we are playing for and there is a serious excitement to this game,” said Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson. “It’s our job as coaches to settle it down because there are going to be some nerves because of the magnitude of what’s at stake.”
The points needed to clinch have been dangling tantalizingly in front of the Rave Green for nearly a month, with results from around the conference reducing the number of points down to the one needed from this Thursday’s match. Hendrickson’s side is confident going into the season finale, though, according to defender Aaron Long. “We dominated the game [against Orange County Blues FC],” said Long. “We had our chances and haven’t been able to put them away. The result doesn’t change, we still need one win and it’s still possible.” Despite the recent stretch, Hendrickson still has faith in his squad to perform against the Aztex, citing the club’s most recent match in Austin as a high point regardless of the result. “We look back at this stretch and we think our game against Austin is one of the better games we played, we just came up short,” said Hendrickson. “They are a tough team and don’t have anything to lose so we just need to match their effort. We have been giving up soft goals, goals that we know we shouldn’t give
up. If we keep a clean sheet this week, we’re in so we are focused on that.” Looking forward to the finale, the coach is planning on a rejuvenation of the lineup with the addition of fellow countryman Oalex Anderson, who went 45 minutes for the club in the 1-0 loss to OC Blues FC after returning from international duty just days before. “This is the first time in a long time that we’ll have Oalex Anderson for a full match and we plan on starting him out from minute one,” Hendrickson added. “He brings an excitement and an energy to the field that the rest of the guys feed off. Players love to have that work ethic on the field.” Also returning to the lineup will be Amadou Sanyang and Sam Garza, who both served a onematch suspension last week. The duo of Sanyang and Sérgio Mota is highly regarded by the S2 coaching staff, even though they have only started together as central midfielders four times, a stretch in which the club is 3-0-1. Both players will be at the disposal of Hendrickson on Thursday.
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2015 SCHEDULE Day
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Opponent
Sat.
March 21
Sacramento Republic FC
Sun.
March 29
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
Sat.
April 11
Portland Timbers 2
Thurs.
April 16
at Tulsa Roughnecks FC
Sat.
April 18
at OKC Energy FC
Sun.
April 26
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Fri.
May 1
Orange County Blues FC
Sat.
May 9
at Sacramento Republic FC
Fri.
May 15
OKC Energy FC
Fri.
May 22
at Portland Timbers 2
Sat.
May 30
at Orange County Blues FC
Fri.
June 5
Tulsa Roughnecks FC
Thurs.
June 11
LA Galaxy II
Sat.
June 20
at Arizona United SC
Thurs.
June 25
Real Monarchs
Mon.
June 29
at Portland Timbers 2
Sat.
July 4
at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
Sun.
July 12
Arizona United SC
Sat.
July 18
at Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
Fri.
July 24
Portland Timbers 2
Sat.
August 1
at Sacramento Republic FC
Sat.
August 8
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
Wed.
August 19
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
Sun.
August 23
at LA Galaxy II
Fri.
August 28
at Real Monarchs
Sat.
September 5
art Austin Aztex
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September 11
Orange County Blues FC
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September 17
Austin Aztex
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