MATCH PREVIEW
Sounders FC 2 returns home for a contest against Tulsa Roughnecks FC on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. PT at Starfire Stadium. The match marks the first of two matchups this season for the Western Conference foes, with Seattle visiting Tulsa in October for the return trip. S2 (9-13-2, 29 points) won its second Cascadia match in the span of a week with a 2-1 win over Portland Timbers 2 (2-18-3, 9 points) on August 17 at Providence Park. The win marks the third time this season that S2 has defeated T2. Defender Sam Rogers and midfielder Henry Wingo provided the goals for the Rave Green. Tulsa enters the match in a tie for sixth place in the Western Conference with 33 points. S2 resides in a tie for 10th place with 29 points.
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Sounders Academy standouts benefitting from First Team coaches By Joseph Mondello Prior to the start of the 2017 MLS campaign, Seattle Sounders FC announced that for the first time in club history, six current Sounders Academy players would join the first team for preseason. While this was an exciting chance for supporters to get a glimpse of future stars of the first team, it presented an opportunity to several youth-team standouts to make an impression on Head Coach Brian Schmetzer and the rest of the technical staff. A few months later, it’s plain to see that these young prospects have benefitted from their time with the First Team. And while part of their recent development can be attributed to training and competing regularly with the likes of Clint Dempsey and Joevin Jones, the opportunity to receive instruction from Schmetzer and his staff has been instrumental. And with several of the young Sounders playing the same position as the guys on the technical staff, all of whom played professionally at a high level, it’s an ideal environment for Academy standouts. “We have a well-rounded staff that has incredible experiences,” said Sounders Academy Technical Director Marc Nicholls. “From Gonzalo Pineda, who has played in the World Cup for Mexico, to Djimi Traore, who has won the UEFA Champions League. Gonzalo and Djimi can have on guys like Sam Rogers (U18) and [left back] Jake Morris (U-18) is massive.”
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For Rogers in particular, working in close quarters with the likes of Traore and Pineda has been a boon to his development. An elite defensive midfielder making the transition to center back with Sounders FC 2, learning from a pair of coaches with vast professional experience has been a catalyst of his rapid ascent from Academy standout to S2 starter. “It’s been great working with Djimi and Pineda, two guys who were some of the best in the world at their positions,” Rogers said of learning from the FirstTeam staff. “It’s great to get insight from them, ask them questions and get feedback so I can work on the little things to improve my overall game.”
According to Traore, Rogers’ growth in recent months has excited the coaching staff about his long-term potential.
union boasting the likes of MLS Cup MVP Stefan Frei and Club Director of Goalkeeping Tom Dutra.
“Sam is a good young prospect,” said Traore. “He’s already shown that he can do the job and he’s improved a lot, but I want to see him continue to start with S2.
“Trey and Sam have both done really well and have progressed a lot,” said Dutra. “It’s really important for them to train with us so they can learn the culture we’re trying to set here, and Stef and Tyler Miller are great mentors and bring the young guys in as one of their own.”
“He has a very, very high-ceiling, and now it’s just a matter of time whether or not he breaks into the First Team,” Traore added. “It’s a long process, but he’s lucky to be in a club where we have some of the top center backs in the country with international experience, for example Chad Marshall and Román Torres.” In addition to Rogers, two U.S. Youth National Team goalkeepers in the Academy eligible for S2 this Season, Trey Muse (U-18) and Sam Fowler (U-16), have been valuable additions in training. The pair of talented shot-stoppers join a goalkeepers
In addition to the coaching staff, the youth-team prospects can emulate the progression and coachability of Homegrown Players Jordan Morris and Aaron Kovar. As fellow Academy alums, they can lean on the established professionals for advice and ultimately follow in their footsteps. Only time will tell if these hypertalented young players will make it as professionals. But with coaches like Schmetzer, Dutra, Traore, and Pineda, they’re in the perfect environment to develop and realize their full potential.
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2017 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC PLAYERS POS. HT. WT. D.O.B.
HOMETOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 21 23 24 27 29 30* 31* 32 33 34* 35 36* 37* 40* 53* 71* 70* 77* 78* 88* 91 92* 99*
GK F M M D M M M M M F F D D F M M M GK M D F M M D D GK D F M D F M M M M D D F M
Woodbury, NJ Northwestern (NCAA) Nacogdoches, TX Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) Phoenix, AZ Columbus Gothenburg, Sweden Guangzhou R&F (CHI) Douala, Cameroon Sounders FC 2 (USL) San Cristobal, Cub Charleston (USL) Pico Rivera, CA Washington (NCAA) Soriano, Uraguay Chicago Paysandú, Uruguay Boca Juniors (ARG) Seattle, WA Stanford (NCAA) Seattle, WA UCLA (NCAA) Mercer Island, WA Stanford (NCAA) Riverside, CA Columbus Santa Barbara, CA Cal State (NCAA) St. Louis, MO Houston Lake Forest, IL Montreal Martinique Sounders FC 2 (USL) Seattle, WA Washington (NCAA) Altstaetten, Switz. Toronto FC Federal Way, WA D.C. United Panama City, Panama Milionarios (COL) Green Bay, Antigua Hoppers FC (AG) Fife, WA Sounders FC Academy Ft. Worth, TX Sounders FC 2 (USL) Trinidad & Tobago Chicago Lititz, PA Stanford (NCAA) Scotch Plains, NJ San Jose Gonaives, Haiti Real Hope (HT) Kapolei, HI Sounders FC Academy Las Vegas, Nevada Sounders FC Academy Seattle, WA Sounders FC Academy Seattle, WA Seattle (NCAA) Yaounde, Cameroon Rainbow FC Bamenda (CAM) Panama City, Panama FC Cincinnati Edwardsville, Ill. Saint Louis FC Kansas City, MO Tulsa (NCAA) Portmore, Jamaica New Mexico (NCAA) Yaounde, Cameroon Rainbow FC Bamenda (CAM) Doula, Cameroon Rainbow FC Bamenda (CAM) Mendota Heights, MN Montreal Impact
Tyler Miller Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Gustav Svensson Nouhou Tolo Osvaldo Alonso Cristian Roldan Alvaro Fernandez Nicolás Lodeiro Aaron Kovar Seyi Adekoya Jordan Morris Chad Marshall Tony Alfaro Will Bruin Harry Shipp Jordy Delem Henry Wingo Stefan Frei Lamar Neagle Román Torres Javorn Stevens Lorenzo Ramos Zach Mathers Joevin Jones Brian Nana-Sinkam Bryan Meredith Denso Ulysse Shandon Hopeau Azriel Gonzalez Sam Rogers David Olsen Guy Edoa Francisco Narbon Charles Renken Ray Saari Oniel Fisher Rodrigue Ele Felix Chenkam Calum Mallace
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6-4 6-1 6-1 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-8 6-1 5-7 5-10 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-2 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-0 5-7 5-11 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-8 5-10 5-9 6-3 6-0 5-8 5-9 5-7 5-7 5-9 6-0 5-6 6-1
195 170 170 155 175 155 165 159 150 155 170 185 190 190 194 145 156 170 195 165 195 150 150 172 160 185 209 133 158 145 182 180 160 150 140 150 155 160 165 181
3/12/93 3/9/83 4/20/85 2/7/87 6/23/97 11/11/85 6/3/95 10/11/85 3/21/89 8/14/93 12/5/95 10/26/94 8/22/84 6/15/93 10/24/89 11/07/91 3/18/93 10/4/95 4/20/86 5/7/87 3/20/86 5/9/98 1/29/97 4/14/94 8/3/91 1/1/95 8/2/90 11/20/98 12/1/98 5/24/01 5/17/99 2/5/96 6/14/97 2/11/95 12/10/93 4/18/95 11/22/91 3/2/98 12/8/98 1/10/90
PREVIOUS CLUB
*Signed to a S2 Contract ** Out on loan
NO. NAME
2017 SOUNDERS FC 2 USL STATS POS Player
GP MIN
G
A SHT SOG FS
FC YC RC OG
M Zach Mathers 14 1151 8 2 31 17 34 17 2 0 0 F Irvin Parra 18 1418 5 3 36 13 54 37 6 0 0 F David Olsen 20 1401 4 1 27 13 23 21 1 0 0 F Felix Chenkam 9 465 4 1 12 8 7 15 2 0 0 D Brian Nana-Sinkam 21 1840 3 2 7 4 23 16 1 0 0 M Ray Saari 19 1615 2 4 11 4 36 25 6 1 0 M Francisco Narbon 19 1566 1 1 8 1 23 27 4 0 1 M/D Sam Rogers 17 1530 1 0 4 2 13 17 0 0 0 D Riley Grant 12 949 1 0 2 1 5 17 0 0 0 D Nouhou 6 450 1 0 4 1 3 7 0 0 0 F Seyi Adekoya 7 299 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 F Paul Rothrock 1 23 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 M Lorenzo Ramos 17 1038 0 3 2 1 13 15 2 0 0 D Denso Ulysse 7 660 0 2 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 M Charles Renken 11 768 0 1 6 1 12 5 1 0 0 M/F Shandon Hopeau 12 664 0 1 8 3 10 12 0 0 0 F Azriel Gonzalez 7 250 0 1 2 1 4 4 0 1 0 M Henry Wingo 4 225 0 1 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 D Rodrigue Ele 9 754 0 0 3 1 12 16 3 1 0 D Khai Brisco 9 450 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 D Christian Koontz 5 450 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 0 1 F Milo Barton 6 268 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 F Javorn Stevens 8 199 0 0 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 M Guy Edoa 4 145 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 M Jamie Dimitroff 5 131 0 0 1 0 3 6 3 1 0 D Jackson Ragen 3 118 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 M Dylan Teves 2 116 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 M Camilo Santiago 2 93 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 D Ethan Lotenero 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 F M Cameron Martin 1 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F Victor Mansaray 2 62 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 M Aaron Kovar 1 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Joe Hafferty 1 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 M Kei Tomozawa 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 TOTAL 22 1980 33 22 212 78 299 279 29 3 2
GOALKEEPER STATS POS Player GK GK GK
GP MIN
GA SV
Tyler Miller 13 1170 28 40 Bryan Meredith 7 630 14 28 Sam Fowler 2 180 6 13 TOTAL 22 1980 48 81
SV%
GAA
W-L-D
.588 2.15 5-6-2 .666 2.00 2-5-0 .684 3.00 0-2-0 .628 2.18 7-13-2
PKA PKG SO 4 2 0 6
2 2 2 2 0 0 4 4
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2017 SOUNDERS FC 2 USL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE & RESULTS DAY
DATE
OPPONENT
KICKOFF (PT)/ RESULTS
Sun. March 26
Sacramento Republic FC
L, 1-2
Sun. April 2
Portland Timbers 2
W, 2-1
Sat.
April 8
at Whitecaps FC 2
L, 0-3
Sat.
April 15
at LA Galaxy II
L, 1-2
Sat.
April 22
Real Monarchs SLC
W, 3-1
Tues. April 25
San Antonio FC
L, 2-3
Sat.
April 29
at Switchbacks FC
W, 3-2
Fri.
May 5
Portland Timbers 2
W, 2-0
Sat.
May 13
at San Antonio FC
D, 0-0
Sat.
May 20
at Reno 1868 FC
L, 0-6
Sun. May 28
Sacramento Republic FC
D, 2-2
Sat.
June 3
LA Galaxy II
W, 3-0
Sat.
June 10
at Toros FC
L, 1-3
Mon. June 19
OKC Energy FC
W, 3-2
Sat.
June 24
at Orange County SC
L, 3-4
Sat.
July 1
at Whitecaps FC 2
W, 2-0
Sat.
July 8
at Real Monarchs SLC
L, 1-4
Sun. July 16
Orange County SC
L, 1-2
Thurs. July 20
Swope Park Rangers
L, 2-0
Sun.
July 23
at Sacramento Republic FC
L, 0-2
Sat.
July 29
at Switchbacks FC
L, 1-2
Sun. August 6
Toros FC
L, 3-4
Sun. August 13
Whitecaps FC 2
W, 3-0
Fri.
at Portland Timbers 2
W, 2-1
Wed. August 30
Tulsa Roughnecks FC
7:30 p.m.
Sat.
September 2
at Phoenix Rising FC
7:30 p.m.
Sat.
September 9
Reno 1868 FC
7:00 p.m.
Sat.
September 16 Switchbacks FC
August 18
7:00 p.m.
Wed. September 20 Phoenix Rising FC
7:30 p.m.
Sat.
at Tulsa Roughnecks FC
5:00 p.m.
Wed. October 11
at Swope Park Rangers
5:30 p.m.
Sun.
at OKC Energy FC
3:00 p.m.
October 7 October 15
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