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CARLOS PATINO#95

OALEX ANDERSON#39

GIULIANO FRANO#45

AARON LONG #25

NICK MIELE #44

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AMADOU SANYANG #30

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HEAD COACH EZRA HENDRICKSON

Ezra Hendrickson was announced as an assistant coach on January 20, 2009, after completing a 14-year professional career, including 12 sea-sons in Major League Soccer. He is now the head coach of Sounders FC 2, the club’s USL team.

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 regu-lar season matches with 225 starts. Playing defense, he scored 23 goals and added 30 assists.

He also played in 32 postseason games with five goals and three as-sists. 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. Hendrick-son was also with the champion D.C. United team in 2004.

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-

sons in Los Angeles, where he won the 2000 CONCACAF Champions Cup, scoring two goals in a 3-2 vic-tory, 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 went to Dallas in 2003 and began the next season with the A-League’s Charleston Battery be-fore joining D.C. United for its run to the 2004 MLS Cup. After starting all 31 appearances in 2005 for expan-sion Chivas USA, Hendrickson was acquired by Columbus in early 2006.

An All-American and business admin-istration major at Drake University, Hendrickson first played profession-ally with New Orleans of the USISL Select League (1995-96). After earn-ing his first international cap in 1995, he served 12 years as captain of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines na-tional team.

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.

“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

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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

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

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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.

For your 2016 season, all you need to do is opt-in to Renew for Life before the deadline of September 18. It’s as simple as that. Next year, you’ll receive your 2017 invoice early August and have the month to review or make any changes to the upcoming season. By the first business day in September, you’ll be set up on our extended 6-month payment plan with your card on file, guaranteeing your seats for the season. Want to add or relocate your seats? Easy. We’ll email you to set up your appointment time as soon as the opportunity becomes available.

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# Name Pos. Pronounced Roster Desig.11 Aaron Kovar M Sounders FC13 Andrés Correa D/M core-AY-uh Sounders FC17 Darwin Jones F Sounders FC21 Jimmy Ockford D Sounders FC22 Charlie Lyon GK Sounders FC25 Aaron Long D/M S230 Amadou Sanyang M aw-muh-doo SAWN-yang S231 Damion Lowe D Sounders FC32 Duncan McCormick M S233 Tyler Miller GK S236 Choong sil Lim D SFC Academy39 Oalex Anderson F OH-lecks S242 Micheal Azira M ah-zeer-uh Sounders FC44 Nick Miele D me-ELL-ee S245 Giuliano Frano D FRAN-oh S246 Tor Saunders GK TORE SFC Academy 47 RJ Noll GK SFC Academy48 Daniel Faundez GK FOWN-dez S249 Saif Kerawala GK SEFF care-uh-WALL-uh SFC Academy50 Nate Tongovula F tong-oh-VOOL-uh SFC Academy51 Kasey French D SFC Academy52 Lorenzo Ramos M SFC Academy53 Tosh Samkange D sam-KONJ-ay SFC Academy54 Diego Silvas F SFC Academy55 Pablo Rossi M S261 Mike Ramos F Loan from Kitsap63 Nick Hamer M HAY-merr Loan from Kitsap64 Hiroki Kobayashi F ko-buy-OSH-ee Loan from Kitsap70 Handwalla Bwana M hand-WALL-uh BWAH-nuh SFC Academy71 John Magnus M SFC Academy72 Pablo Pelaez F Puh-LAYZ SFC Academy73 Nicholas Hinds D SFC Academy77 Ashani Fairclough D fair-KLUFF S280 Victor Mansaray F MAN-sur-AY Sounders FC88 Sam Garza F S289 Sérgio Mota M MOW-tuh S291 Oniel Fisher D oh-KNEEL Sounders FC95 Carlos Patino F pah-TEEN-yo S297 Myron Samuel F S299 Andy Craven F Sounders FC

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