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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
DANNY FAUNDEZ #48
PABLO ROSSI #55
ASHANI FAIRCLOUGH #77
SAM GARZA #88
SÉRGIO MOTA #89
CARLOS PATINO #95
MYRON SAMUEL #97
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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
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It’s been a turbulent month for Sounders FC 2 as the club’s inaugural season in the USL enters its final act. S2 currently sits just below the definitive red line which determines who advances to the postseason, the Rave Green need only a point to move back into the elite group and stay there for good. S2’s will have its first chance to clinch the final playoff spot with a win or draw against Orange County Blues FC on Friday at 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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Starfire Stadium. The Rave Green Are 1-0-1 against the Blues this season, with its first win against the California side coming on May 1 with a late penalty kick goal from Pablo Rossi to give S2 the 2-1 lead in the 83rd minute. The Blues have already secured their spot in the USL postseason and haven’t lost any steam toward the end of the campaign, winning five of their last six including three matches on the road. S2 hasn’t enjoyed the same success as of late, dropping four of its last five, losing its last three on the road. “We have to regain our focus,” said S2 Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson. ”We only need one result, but we think we can
win both and put ourselves in a good position in the playoffs.” With two wins to wrap up the season, along with results from around the league, S2 still has a chance to secure the right to host the quarterfinal round, or even secure a first-round bye, but Hendrickson’s squad is focused on the game at hand rather than speculating on possibilities. S2 will be playing without the likes of Sam Garza and Amadou Sanyang as the winger and captain serve a match
suspension due to yellow card accumulation. However, the Rave Green could be bolstered by the return of Oalex Anderson who returns from international duty where he scored a goal in FIFA World Cup Qualifying against Aruba on September 4. New signing Carlos Patino made his first appearance as a substitute in S2’s 2-1 loss to Austin Aztex and will have the chance to play his first match in front of the home crowd on Friday.
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ROSTER # Name Pos. Pronounced Roster Desig. 11 Aaron Kovar M Sounders FC 13 Andrés Correa D/M core-AY-uh Sounders FC 17 Darwin Jones F Sounders FC 21 Jimmy Ockford D Sounders FC 22 Charlie Lyon GK Sounders FC 25 Aaron Long D/M S2 30 Amadou Sanyang M aw-muh-doo SAWN-yang S2 31 Damion Lowe D Sounders FC 32 Duncan McCormick M S2 33 Tyler Miller GK S2 36 Choong sil Lim D SFC Academy 39 Oalex Anderson F OH-lecks S2 42 Micheal Azira M ah-zeer-uh Sounders FC 44 Nick Miele D me-ELL-ee S2 45 Giuliano Frano D FRAN-oh S2 46 Tor Saunders GK TORE SFC Academy 47 RJ Noll GK SFC Academy 48 Daniel Faundez GK FOWN-dez S2 49 Saif Kerawala GK SEFF care-uh-WALL-uh SFC Academy 50 Nate Tongovula F tong-oh-VOOL-uh SFC Academy 51 Kasey French D SFC Academy 52 Lorenzo Ramos M SFC Academy 53 Tosh Samkange D sam-KONJ-ay SFC Academy 54 Diego Silvas F SFC Academy 55 Pablo Rossi M S2 61 Mike Ramos F Loan from Kitsap 63 Nick Hamer M HAY-merr Loan from Kitsap 64 Hiroki Kobayashi F ko-buy-OSH-ee Loan from Kitsap 70 Handwalla Bwana M hand-WALL-uh BWAH-nuh SFC Academy 71 John Magnus M SFC Academy 72 Pablo Pelaez F Puh-LAYZ SFC Academy 73 Nicholas Hinds D SFC Academy 77 Ashani Fairclough D fair-KLUFF S2 80 Victor Mansaray F MAN-sur-AY Sounders FC 88 Sam Garza F S2 89 Sérgio Mota M MOW-tuh S2 91 Oniel Fisher D oh-KNEEL Sounders FC 95 Carlos Patino F pah-TEEN-yo S2 97 Myron Samuel F S2 99 Andy Craven F Sounders FC *Denotes amateur player
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Name Josh Cohen Nikola Paunic Luke Vercollone Beto Navarro Jimmy Turner Chris Santana Jiovanni Santana Chris Cortez Luka Petricevic Denzel Slager Amani Walker Mehrshad Momeni Josh Suggs Seung Ju Kim Nikola Ilich Billy Thompson Jacob Barron Jack McCracken Didier Crettenand Chris Ramirez Brenton Griffiths David Estrada Jong Hwi Park Tyler Feeley Jefrey Payeras Pepe Miranda Ryan Felix Pavle Popara
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2015 SCHEDULE Day
Date
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
Fri.
September 11
Orange County Blues FC
Thurs.
September 17
Austin Aztex
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