S2 Matchday Program: Sounders FC 2 vs. AZ United SC- July 12, 2015

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S2 MATCHDAY 2015 INAUGURAL SEASON

VS SUNDAY, JULY 12 STARFIRE STADIUM


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AARON LONG #25

AMADOU SANYANG #30

DUNCAN MCCORMICK #32

TYLER MILLER #33

OALEX ANDERSON #39

NICK MIELE #44

GIULIANO FRANO #45

PABLO ROSSI #55

ASHANI FAIRCLOUGH #77

SAM GARZA #88

SÉRGIO MOTA #89

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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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MATCH PREVIEW

VS CLICK TO VIEW FULL MATCHDAY PAGE ON SOUNDERSFC.COM There might be a new face in goal, but Sounders FC 2 is looking forward to seting the record straight against Arizona United SC this Sunday at Starfire Stadium. After suffering a 2-1 road loss at the hands of Arizona in the heat of Scottsdale earlier this season, S2 returns home to host the surging United who have taken three wins of its last five matches. 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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“Arizona is a good club, and they beat us on their home turf even though we feel like we played a pretty good game,” said S2 Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson. “We are confident in how we play and want to keep our streak at home going this Sunday.” Following S2’s loss to Arizona, the club responded with two consecutive shutout victories, with goalkeeper Charlie Lyon making a career-high 10 saves against Real Monarchs. However, the Rave Green could be without Lyon as he could be up with the Sounders FC First Team, given Stefan Frei‘s shoulder injury. New signing Tyler Miller, Sounders FC’s Second Round pick in the 2015 MLS


SuperDraft, joined the club officially on Thursday, having spent the last few months with SVN Zweibrücken in the German fourth division. “I am excited for the opportunity to play with S2, and I’m going to focus on building good relationships with those players,” said Miller. “I’m looking forward to the next six months in Seattle and seeing what we can do.” Arizona United SC visits Starfire with a 3-4-1 road record, and sits in sixth place in the USL Western Conference, the final playoff position. The club has the fewest goals scored by a playoff

team with 19, with a minus-eight goal differential. Long Tan is the leading goalscorer for Arizona United SC (7) including the gamewinning goal against S2 on June 20. Tan earned USL Player of the Week honors in Week Nine. Jonathan Top also scored in the previous meeting between the two clubs, equalizing in the 60th minute. S2 defender Nick Miele scored his second goal of the season in the previous meeting, heading home a Pablo Rossi free kick to take the lead in the first half. #OWNTHE2

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After first two appearances, Ashani Fairclough at ease playing with new club

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goal up against its bitter rivals, S2 entered the locker room at Merlo Field on June 29 in a familiar position, but with a few unfamiliar faces. One of those faces belonged to Ashani Fairclough, the new Jamaican centerback who joined the club via trade from Wilmington Hammerheads FC on June 15. Fairclough, however, knows Seattle well. The 22-year-old signed his first professional contract with Sounders FC at the ripe age of 20, totaling 214 minutes in the Reserve League before signing with Wilmington the following year. It was in the Merlo Field locker room that Ashani learned he would be making his debut for his new

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club, replacing Jimmy Ockford at the beginning of the second half. “It was a great atmosphere to make my debut in Portland,” said Fairclough. “The coaching staff really prepared me and motivated me to go out there and do my best in the second half. A win over our rivals made it a perfect day to make a debut for me.” A midfielder-turned-defender, Fairclough only played a total of 45 minutes, but he was part of an S2 defense that withstood 10 second-half shots and a late Portland onslaught of pressure to preserve the 2-0 shutout win. “Given the First Team loss the day before, we felt like we needed to


put in the extra work, motivation and tenacity to get the victory at any cost. The guys played so hard, so the clean-sheet was a bonus for the effort we put in.”

Fairclough played the final five minutes in Sunday’s loss to Vancouver, and could make his home debut this Sunday against Arizona United SC.

Fairclough joins fellow countrymen Damion Lowe and Oniel Fisher, who have both received minutes with S2 this season. Although he has only been with the club for a couple weeks, the new signing is finding it easy to fit right in the fold.

The new defender is still recovering from a hamstring issue picked up while still playing with Wilmington, but saw his minutes in both matches as an important step in his recovery, as well as his contribution to the team.

“The guys make it really easy for me to come on and play,” said Fairclough. “When you have a good relationship off the field, it helps so much on the field. The guys have been very supportive and friendly which has made it so easy to acclimatize and adjust to the new team.”

“I still don’t know how many minutes I’ll be able to play in a match, but I feel very healthy and happy to be working my way back,” he added. “The coaches know that no matter how many minutes they need me to play, I could go that long.”

HEIGHT: 6’2” POSITION: CB WEIGHT: 165 AGE: 22 FROM: PORTMORE, JAMAICA

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ROSTER # 1 7 11 13 15 17 21 22 25 28 30 31 32 33 36 39 42 44 45 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 61 63 64 77 80 88 89 91 99

Name Pos. Height Weight Age Troy Perkins GK 6-2 190 33 Cristian Roldan M 5-8 165 19 Aaron Kovar M 5-10 155 21 Andrés Correa D 5-10 175 21 Dylan Remick D 6-0 165 23 Darwin Jones F 5-10 175 23 Jimmy Ockford D 6-1 185 22 Charlie Lyon GK 6-2 215 23 Aaron Long D 6-1 173 22 Erik Friberg M 5-11 154 29 Amadou Sanyang M 6-0 155 23 Damion Lowe D 6-3 175 22 Duncan McCormick M 5-11 160 19 Tyler Miller GK 6-4 195 22 Choong sil Lim* D 5-7 140 19 Oalex Anderson F 5-7 155 19 Micheal Azira D 5-10 160 27 Nick Miele D 6-4 190 22 Giuliano Frano M 5-11 163 21 RJ Noll* GK 6-1 172 17 Saif Kerawala* GK 6-3 173 17 Nate Tongovula* M 5-8 150 19 Kasey French* D 5-9 165 18 Lorenzo Ramos* M 5-7 140 18 Tosh Samkange* D 5-11 170 18 Diego Silvas* F 5-9 160 17 Pablo Rossi M 5-11 150 23 Mike Ramos F 5-11 165 24 Nick Hamer M 5-7 170 23 Hiroki Kobayashi F 6-0 165 22 Ashani Fairclough D 6-2 165 22 Victor Mansaray F 5-11 180 18 Sam Garza F 5-11 160 25 Sérgio Mota M 5-9 175 25 Oniel Fisher D 5-9 155 23 Andy Craven F 5-11 167 23

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ROSTER # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 17 18 19 21 22 23 29

Pos. Name GK Carl Woszczynski D Tyler Ruthven D Damian Rosales D Devon Grousis M Daniel Antunez D Brock Granger F Robbie Derschang M George Malki F Jonathan Top M Jose Cuevas M Joey Dillon M Alex Shinsky F Dennis Chin F Brad Stisser GK Zak Downes M Spencer Johnson M Milton Blanco D Rob Vanentino D Scott Morrison F Long Tan

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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

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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

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May 9

at Sacramento Republic FC

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May 15

OKC Energy FC

Fri.

May 22

at Portland Timbers 2

Sat.

May 30

at Orange County Blues FC

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June 5

Tulsa Roughnecks FC

Thurs.

June 11

LA Galaxy II

Sat.

June 20

at Arizona United SC

Thurs.

June 25

Real Monarchs

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June 29

at Portland Timbers 2

Sat.

July 4

at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2

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July 12

Arizona United SC

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July 18

at Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

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July 24

Portland Timbers 2

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August 1

at Sacramento Republic FC

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August 8

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2

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Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

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August 23

at LA Galaxy II

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at Real Monarchs

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Orange County Blues FC

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