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LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP ROUND TWO SOUNDERS FC 2 VS. KITSAP PUMAS SC WEDNESDAY MAY 20, 2015 STARFIRE STADIUM
MATCH PREVIEW
VS #SEAvKIT Tonight marks the first match of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play in Sounders FC 2’s short history. It will face PDL side Kitsap Pumas SC, who defeated FC Tacoma 253 by a score of 5-2 to advance to the Second Round. S2 is 5-3-1 in USL regularseason play, good for second place in the USL Western Conference. The Pumas just began their season in the Northwest Divisition of the PDL, defeating Lane United 2-0 on 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, USA Today © 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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May 16. The Kitsap side includes players familiar with S2, with multiple players on trial with the Rave Green before beginning the club’s inaugural season. Kitsap has never failed the miss the PDL playoffs in its six-year existence, winning the national title in 2011. In the same year, Kitsap faced the Sounders FC First Team in Open Cup play, losing 2-1 in the Third Round. This is the first meeting between the two clubs. Both Joe Masumiya and Carlos Patino scored two goals in the Pumas 5-2 victory over FC Tacoma 253 to advance to the Second Round. Patino is a product of the Whitecaps FC Academy system. Masumiya
scored eight goals and created 13 assists while playing midfield at California State University, Bakersfield. Counting Sounders FC 2’s unblemished home start to this season, teams representing the Rave Green are 20-0-1 in competitive matches at the Tukwila complex since 2009. In the lone draw at Starfire, Sounders FC advanced past the San Jose Earthquakes via penalty kicks in last year’s Fifth Round.
S2 Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson has won the competition five times, including once as a player with LA Galaxy in 2001, and four times as an Assistant Coach with Sounders FC. Should S2 advance past Pumas SC, it would host Portland Timbers 2 in the Third Round next Wednesday at Starfire Stadium, maintaining homefield advantage at least through the Third Round.
DID YOU KNOW?
In last week’s match against Oklahoma City Energy FC, S2 Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson’s 18-man roster included eight players with Sounders FC Academy experience, including five current Academy athletes (Choong Sil Lim, Nate Tongovula, Tosh Samkange, Diego Silvas, Saif Kerawala) and three Academy grads (Aaron Kovar, Duncan McCormick, Victor Mansaray). Other Academy notable Darwin Jones scored a hat trick for S2 against Whitecaps FC 2 earlier this season, and made his MLS debut for Sounders FC over the weekend against Whitecaps FC. The future is bright for the young stars of the Sounders FC organization! #OWNTHE2
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ROSTER AARON LONG #25
AMADOU SANYANG #30
DUNCAN MCCORMICK #32
OALEX ANDERSON #39
NICK MIELE #44
GIULIANO FRANO #45
PABLO ROSSI #55
QUDUS LAWAL #66
SAM GARZA #88
ANDY CRAVEN #99
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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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ROSTER # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 20 21 22 24 25 27 30 31 32 36 39 42 44 45 47 49 50 52 53 54 55 66 80 88 91 99
Name Troy Perkins Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Tyrone Mears Andy Rose Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Gonzalo Pineda Obafemi Martins Marco Pappa Aaron Kovar Leonardo Gonzalez AndrĂŠs Correa Chad Marshall Dylan Remick Darwin Jones Chad Barrett Zach Scott Jimmy Ockford Charlie Lyon Stefan Frei Aaron Long Lamar Neagle Amadou Sanyang Damion Lowe Duncan McCormick Choong sil Lim* Oalex Anderson Micheal Azira Nick Miele Giuliano Frano RJ Noll* Saif Kerawala* Nate Tongovula* Lorenzo Ramos* Tosh Samkange* Diego Silvas* Pablo Rossi Qudus Lawal Victor Mansaray Sam Garza Oniel Fisher Andy Craven
*Denotes amateur player
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Pos. Height Weight Age GK 6-2 190 33 F 6-1 170 32 D/M 6-1 170 25 D 5-11 163 32 M 6-2 170 25 M 5-11 150 29 M 5-8 165 19 M 5-10 166 32 F 5-7 154 30 M 5-10 155 27 M 5-10 155 21 D 6-1 174 34 D 5-10 175 21 D 6-4 190 30 D 6-0 165 23 F 5-10 175 23 F 5-11 185 29 D 5-11 175 34 D 6-1 185 22 GK 6-2 215 23 GK 6-3 195 29 D 6-1 173 22 M/F 5-11 165 28 M 6-0 155 23 D 6-3 175 21 M 5-11 160 19 D 5-7 140 19 F 5-7 155 19 D 5-10 160 27 D 6-4 190 22 M 5-11 163 21 GK 6-1 172 17 GK 6-3 173 17 M 5-8 150 19 M 5-7 140 18 D 5-11 170 18 F 5-9 160 17 M 5-11 150 23 F 5-10 170 19 F 5-11 180 18 F 5-11 160 25 D/F 5-9 155 23 F 5-11 167 23
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Austin Rogers Guilherme Avelar Graham Davidson Cory Keitz Justin Ortinau Trevor Jensen Nick Hamer Jake Bond Carlos Patino Chimdum Mez Ash Apollon Sean Russell Joe Masumiya George Bundy Derek Szanto Mike Chamberlain Buba Jammeh Hiroki Kobayashi Matt Grosey Matt Eronemo Karamba Janneh Rene Caro Logan Miller Mike Ramos
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S2 looking forward to first Open Cup match at Starfire Stadium Story by Justin Lester
Eight months after Sounders FC captured its fourth Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title, the tournament finally returns to Starfire Stadium, this time, with an additional team. S2 commences its first-ever Open Cup run tonight against PDL side Kitsap Pumas SC. Seattle’s new USL squad would advance to the Third Round with another victory at Starfire, where defender Nick Miele and his teammates are 5-0-0 so far in their inaugural season. “We pride ourselves on winning at home. We want to do it for our fans, for the community and for ourselves,” Miele said on Monday. “I think when we step on that field, we know we’re playing for more than just ourselves. We’re playing for the name on the front of our shirt. 7 | MATCHDAY
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“I know the First Team has had tremendous success in this tournament, and I hope that we’re able to continue that success in the game on Wednesday and in further Rounds.” Sounders FC claimed the Open Cup trophy in each of its first three seasons as an MLS team before losing in the 2012 final on penalty kicks. Last year, the club scored 15 goals and conceded just twice in its four Open Cup games at Starfire, including a 6-0 win over the Chicago Fire in the semifinal. Counting S2’s unblemished start to this season, teams representing the Rave Green are 18-0-1 in competitive matches at the Tukwila complex since 2009. In the lone draw at Starfire, Sounders FC advanced past the San Jose
Earthquakes via penalty kicks in last year’s Fifth Round. Though most of them are new to the organization, the S2 players are aware of that perfect record and its magnitude. However, they say it doesn’t put pressure on them heading into Wednesday’s match.
“WHEN TEAMS COME IN HERE, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY EXCEPTIONALLY WELL TO EVEN GET ONE POINT.” “It’s more of an excitement,” Miele said. “[Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson] always stresses how important it is to get points at home. Not just coming away with one point, but coming away with three. We pride ourselves in that [Starfire] is a fortress. When teams come in here, they’re going to have to play exceptionally well to even get one point.”
This year’s Open Cup features a record-breaking 91 clubs. The First Team enters the tournament in the Fourth Round in June to begin its quest for a fifth title, which would be the most among MLS clubs. S2 would not face the First Team until the final, as clubs with a shared-ownership affiliation are precluded from playing against each other before so. “The Open Cup represents an opportunity for our young professional and Academy players to compete in one of the most prestigious competitions in U.S. soccer,” S2 General Manager Andrew Opatkiewicz said. “We’re excited to join the historic tournament and believe this will be a great opportunity to get our young players even more meaningful, competitive minutes.” Should S2 advance past Pumas SC, it would host either Portland Timbers 2 or the Michigan Bucks in the Third Round next week.
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#SEAvKIT SOUNDERS FC 2 NEXT MATCH VS. Portland Timbers 2 FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015 | 7:00 P.M.PT MERLO FIELD, PORTLAND, OR Live-streamed on SoundersFC.com
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STANDINGS WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAM Pts GP W-L-D GF GA
Sacramento Republic FC Seattle Sounders FC 2 Orange County Blues FC Arizona United SC Austin Aztex LA Galaxy II Portland Timbers 2 OKC Energy FC Switchbacks FC Tulsa Roughnecks FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 Real Monarchs SLC
18 10 6-4-0 19 12 16 9 5-3-1 20 15 15 8 5-3-0 14 7 13 8 4-3-1 11 13 13 9 4-4-1 13 13 13 9 4-4-1 11 11 11 8 3-3-2 10 11 9 7 2-2-3 11 12 9 7 3-4-0 11 12 8 8 2-4-2 7 13 6 8 1-4-3 8 14 6 9 1-5-3 8 15
EASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM Pts GP W-L-D GF GA
Rochester Rhinos Charleston Battery Richmond Kickers Louisville City FC Harrisburg City Islanders Saint Louis FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds New York Red Bulls II Charlotte Independence Toronto FC II Wilmington Hammerheads FC FC Montreal
21 9 6-0-3 13 4 18 9 5-1-3 17 11 16 9 4-1-4 14 9 15 8 4-1-3 14 4 13 7 4-2-1 13 10 10 7 3-3-1 7 7 9 8 2-3-3 17 14 9 9 2-4-3 10 13 8 7 2-3-2 8 10 7 8 2-5-1 9 19 6 9 1-5-3 8 17 3 6 1-5-0 3 10
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