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OALEX ANDERSON#39

GIULIANO FRANO#45

AARON LONG #25

NICK MIELE #44

ASHANI FAIRCLOUGH#77

DUNCAN MCCORMICK#32

AMADOU SANYANG #30

PABLO ROSSI #55

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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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After a two-week road swing in which Sounders FC 2 was knocked out of the Lamar Hunt

U.S. Open Cup before traveling to Arizona to play in 106-degree Scottsdale Stadium with 10 men against Arizona United SC, Starfire Stadium is a welcome sight to the weary wearing Rave Green.

“It’s always tough playing so many games in so few days,” said S2 forward Andy Craven. “Being able to come home to get our feet back under us is going to help us get back out there to put in some work.”

S2 is now set to face Real Monarchs SLC, the affiliate club of Real Salt Lake. The Monarchs are 1-7-5 in league play, with the lone win coming against defending USL Champion and current Western Conference leader, Sacramento Republic FC.

“It’s nice to be back at home and in front of our support,” said S2 Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson. “Real Monarchs are a very talented team. The results may not show it, but they are very technical and tactically sound so it will be a good contest come Thursday.”

Two faces familiar to the Rave Green will likely make the trip to Tukwila with the Monarchs, as both Justen Glad and Phanuel Kavita have spent plenty of time with the team this season, and both appeared for Real Salt Lake in the Open Cup Fourth Round

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match on June 16. Glad, however, left the match with an injury and is questionable for Thursday.

S2 will be missing a key midfielders going into Thursday’s match, as both Duncan McCormick and Sérgio Mota will be serving red card suspensions. Being the third game in ten days, Hendrickson will likely rely on some of the younger players in the Academy system to fill in. S2 will also be missing Damion Lowe and Oalex Anderson as the two continue their international duties in the Caribbean.

”It’s going to be a fight no matter who or when we play,” said Craven. “Everyone seems to be gunning for us, and we just let each other know that no matter who is on the field

with us, we have each other’s back and that we will pick them up.”

With Lowe training with Jamaica’s U-23s, fans will also be looking forward to the potential debut of new centerback Ashani Fairclough. The Jamaican defender joined S2 from Wilmington before the road trip, and could see his first minutes with the club against the Monarchs.

Coming off a season-high eight-save game, Charlie Lyon will be determined to keep the Monarchs out of the net, as the team has scored the fewest goals in the USL Western Conference so far this season. Lyon, who earned USL Team of the Week honors for his performance, has two shutouts with S2 so far this season.

Ashani Fairclough could make his debut with S2 since joining the club via trade from Wilmington Hammerheads FC. Fairclough has experience in both midfield and defense, and has two goals already this season. He has yet to make an appearance on the S2 roster.

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*Denotes amateur player

# Name Pos. Height Weight Age1 Troy Perkins GK 6-2 190 332 Clint Dempsey F 6-1 170 323 Brad Evans D/M 6-1 170 254 Tyrone Mears D 5-11 163 325 Andy Rose M 6-2 170 256 Osvaldo Alonso M 5-11 150 297 Cristian Roldan M 5-8 165 208 Gonzalo Pineda M 5-10 166 329 Obafemi Martins F 5-7 154 3010 Marco Pappa M 5-10 155 2711 Aaron Kovar M 5-10 155 2112 Leonardo Gonzalez D 6-1 174 3413 Andrés Correa D 5-10 175 2114 Chad Marshall D 6-4 190 3015 Dylan Remick D 6-0 165 2317 Darwin Jones F 5-10 175 2319 Chad Barrett F 5-11 185 2920 Zach Scott D 5-11 175 3421 Jimmy Ockford D 6-1 185 2222 Charlie Lyon GK 6-2 215 2324 Stefan Frei GK 6-3 195 2925 Aaron Long D 6-1 173 2227 Lamar Neagle M/F 5-11 165 2830 Amadou Sanyang M 6-0 155 2331 Damion Lowe D 6-3 175 2132 Duncan McCormick M 5-11 160 1936 Choong sil Lim* D 5-7 140 1939 Oalex Anderson F 5-7 155 19 42 Micheal Azira D 5-10 160 2744 Nick Miele D 6-4 190 2245 Giuliano Frano M 5-11 163 2147 RJ Noll* GK 6-1 172 1749 Saif Kerawala* GK 6-3 173 1750 Nate Tongovula* M 5-8 150 1951 Kasey French* D 5-9 150 1852 Lorenzo Ramos* M 5-7 140 1853 Tosh Samkange* D 5-11 170 1854 Diego Silvas* F 5-9 160 1755 Pablo Rossi M 5-11 150 2377 Ashani Fairclough D 6-2 165 22 80 Victor Mansaray F 5-11 180 18 88 Sam Garza F 5-11 160 2591 Oniel Fisher D/F 5-9 155 2399 Andy Craven F 5-11 167 23

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