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ANDY CRAVEN #99

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AARON LONG #25

NICK MIELE #44

QUDUS LAWAL #66

DUNCAN MCCORMICK#32

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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After playing five games in 15 days, Sounders FC 2 finally got a week of rest and is back at Starfire Stadium looking to extend its perfect home record and five-game unbeaten streak across all competitions.

S2 hosts 11th place Tulsa Roughnecks FC Friday night for the two clubs’ second meeting of the season. The Rave Green visited Tulsa for the team’s first road match of the season on April 16, a game which saw S2 get an early goal, and a brace from Qudus

Lawal, but eventually give up a late game-winner to drop the match by a score of 4-3.

In the following seven league matches, S2 has gone 3-2-2 and jumped to the top of the USL Western Conference table, while Tulsa has gone 2-3-1. Although in 11th place, Tulsa is only three points shy of being above the playoff line, and will be hungry for a victory that could put the team back in the mix as the season’s halfway point draws near.

“This is going to be a good test for us. When we played them last, it was our first away game and we were still learning how to play on the road,” said S2 forward Andy Craven. “We could have come out with a win as high-scoring as that game was, and getting the chance to bring them to our home field is

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going to be good for us to show them how we play.”

Craven sat out last Saturday’s match against Orange County Blues FC along with defender Damion Lowe. The two have been staples to the S2 starting XI throughout the season, and the team will count on their return to the lineup.

The success in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup that S2 has experienced has contributed to the influx of games for the Rave Green, meaning the ranks have been thinned as players rest and

recover. However, with a full week of training without an extra match, the team should be fit going into tonight’s meeting.

The S2 forwards in particular will have a test in Tulsa goalkeeper Zac Lubin. The Sounders FC U-23 and Kitsap Pumas SC alum leads the USL in saves with 45, and is second in saves per game with 4.5. The keeper made six saves against S2 in the last meeting, stopping a penalty that proved to be crucial to the one-goal margin Tulsa would take the victory with.

New S2 signing Sérgio has already proven his worth in the S2 midfield as a creator. In his first match with the Rave Green, he sent a long ball forward to Andy Craven for his first assist with the club. Along with Duncan McCormick, Andrés Correa and Amadou Sanyang, Orange County Blues FC struggled to move the ball through midfield as the Sounders recorded a 1-1 draw on the road.

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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 2366 Qudus Lawal F 5-10 170 1980 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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1 Zac Lubin GK3 larfhlaith Davoren D4 Laurie Bell M5 Kyle Venter D6 Ryan Price D7 Gibson Bardsley M8 Chad Bond M9 Sammy Ochoa F10 Lucas Cordeiro F11 Kyrian Nwabueze F13 Steven Miller M14 Adam Black M15 Johnny Chavez F17 Ben Brewster D18 Julian Portugal M19 Oscar Jiminez M21 Mason Grimes D23 Eli Galbraith-Knapp M24 Brady Ballew M25 Jake Feener GK26 Andy Lorei F

Head Coach: David Irving

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ANDY CRAVEN IS CARVING OUT A PLACE IN SOUNDERS FC 2 HISTORY, AND DOING IT WITH STYLE

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Story by Branden Grifith

When Andy Craven joined Sounders FC 2, he came from being one the top collegiate

soccer players in the country. The NCAA leading goal-scorer and finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, Craven hasn’t missed a beat since moving across the country to join the Rave Green. The St. Simons Island, Georgia native leads S2 in assists (4) and is tied with Sounders FC Homegrown Player Darwin Jones for the team-lead in goals (5). “Even though it’s our first year as a team, our familiarity with each other is really coming together,” said Craven. “It takes a lot of teams several years to get to where we are, but this team has

adapted quickly and as time goes on, we are going to see that growth because we are still new. We are hungry to win, and with all that combined, it contributes to a good product on the field.” A good product on the field is exactly what the young team has created. S2 currently sits in first place in the USL Western Conference, remains a perfect 5-0-0 at home (7-0-0 across all competitions) and has advanced through two rounds of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, earning a place in the Fourth Round against MLS side Real Salt Lake. This is all while balancing a fluctuating roster that includes First Team, S2-specific and Sounders FC Academy players. “Seeing how these young guys perform

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BORN: St. Simon’s Island, Georgia (January 21, 1992)FAVORITE PRE-GAME MEAL: Chicken noodle bread bowl with Chipotle Chicken SandwichFAVORITE PLACE TO VACATION: HawaiiIF I WASN’T A SOCCER PLAYER, I WOULD BE: a guitar player in my brother’s band!

in these games has been a testament to what we have in this program and our academy,” said S2 Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson. “It lets me know that our future is bright and that we have young players that are capable of going out and performing.” At 23 years old, Craven is by no means a veteran of the league, but his cool and calm composure has already earned him the captain’s armband once this season. “Andy is a staple in the locker room; guys look up to him and listen to him,” said Hendrickson. “He is a natural leader, which is good to see a young player take on that role in his first year. I look forward to great things from him

being a part of the

Sounders’ future for a long time to come.” At the rate Craven is producing for S2 now, he’ll start force his way into consideration for the First Team. For now though, the forward is looking to the Open Cup match against RSL as the next big test. “It’s an incredible opportunity to be able to face an MLS squad,” said Craven. “If we can stay healthy and continue our winning ways, we can go into that game confident. We just need to play our game and not conform to how an older and better team might want to dictate play. We are fighters and we are excited to get the chance to do that at the next level.”

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STANDINGS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Seattle Sounders FC 2 20 11 6-3-2 23 16Sacramento Republic FC 19 12 6-5-1 21 15Orange County Blues FC 16 9 5-3-1 15 8LA Galaxy II 16 10 5-4-1 13 12OKC Energy FC 15 9 4-2-3 14 13Portland Timbers 2 14 10 4-4-2 13 14Arizona United SC 13 10 4-5-1 11 20Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 13 11 3-4-4 14 17Austin Aztex 13 11 4-6-1 13 15Switchbacks FC 12 9 4-5-0 17 14Tulsa Roughnecks FC 11 10 3-5-2 9 16Real Monarchs SLC 8 12 1-6-5 12 20

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Rochester Rhinos 25 11 7-0-4 14 4Charleston Battery 22 11 6-1-4 19 12Richmond Kickers 19 11 5-2-4 19 13Louisville City FC 17 10 4-1-5 18 8Pittsburgh Riverhounds 15 10 4-3-3 25 20Harrisburg City Islanders 13 8 4-3-1 18 16Saint Louis FC 12 9 3-3-3 11 11New York Red Bulls II 12 11 3-5-3 15 19Charlotte Independence 9 8 2-3-3 9 11Toronto FC II 8 9 2-5-2 9 19Wilmington Hammerheads FC 6 10 1-6-3 8 18FC Montreal 3 8 1-7-0 5 14

TEAM Pts GP W-L-D GF GA