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MATCH INFORMATION S2 RETURNS HOME Sunday’s contest at Starfire Stadium marks the club’s re- turn home after winning 2-1 against Timbers 2 at Provi- SOUNDERS FC 2 dence Park on June 14. Myron Samuel and John Magnus VS. scored the goals, as the Rave Green extended a sea- son-best two-game-winning streak. SWOPE PARK RANGERS In addition to winning games, the primary purpose of S2 is to give players a chance to develop as they learn the Kickoff: Sunday, June 26, 2016 | 5:00 p.m. PT system and are watched closely by Sounders FC’s First Location: Starfire Stadium | Tukwila, WA. Team coaching staff. General Manager & President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey: Referee: Victor Rivas “You have to vertically integrate the clubs. You have your Assistants: Joshua Haimes, Cameron Siler First Team, and you have to push strategically to grow the Fourth Official:Raul Sheran Sounders, but you have to, below that, integrate S2 and the Academy.” S2 SCHEDULE BROADCAST INFORMATION March 25 Sacramento Republic FC L, 0-1 Live Stream: www.SoundersFC.com March 30 Arizona United SC L, 0-2 April 3 San Antonio L, 0-3 Talent: Aaron Heinzen and Danny Jackson April 12 Rio Grande Valley FC D, 1-1 April 17 Colorado Springs FC W, 1-0 April 26 @ Real Monarchs SLC D, 0-0 MATCHUP PREVIEW May 1 OKC Energy FC D, 1-1 May 8 Tulsa Roughnecks FC L, 2-1 On Sunday, Sounders FC 2 (3-7-4, 13 points) hosts the May 14 @ Sacramento Republic FC L, 0-2 Swope Park Rangers (4-7-2, 14 points) at Starfire Stadi- May 22 LA Galaxy D, 1-1 um at 5:00 p.m. May 26 @ Timbers 2 L, 0-1 June 4 @ OC Blues FC L, 2-5 S2 heads into Sunday’s matchup on a high note, as Ezra June 9 Whitecaps FC 2 W, 3-2 Hendrickson’s side is currently riding a season-best two- June 14 @ Timbers 2 W, 2-1 game-winning streak. Both victories came against Casca- June 26 Swope Park Rangers 5:00 p.m. PT dian rivals, with a 3-2 home win over Whitecaps FC 2 and July 2 @ Sacramento Republic FC 8:00 p.m. PT a 2-1 road win against Timbers 2 at Providence Park. In July 6 @ St. Louis FC 5:00 p.m. PT that last match at Portland, forward Myron Samuel scored July 10 Arizona United SC 5:00 p.m. PT July 18 @ Colorado Springs FC 6:00 p.m. PT in the first half, while Sounders FC Academy player John July 24 Timbers 2 7:30 p.m. PT Magnus scored in the second half. August 1 Real Monarchs SLC 7:30 p.m. PT August 6 @ Whitecaps FC 2 3:00 p.m. PT Swope Park Rangers visit Starfire Stadium on Sunday af- August 13 @ Rio Grande Valley FC 5:30 p.m. PT ter suffering back-to-back losses. On June 12, the Rang- August 20 @ San Antonio 5:30 p.m. PT ers fell 3-2 at Whitecaps FC 2, before losing 3-1 to OKC August 29 Timbers 2 6:00 p.m. PT Energy FC at home on June 18. With 18 goals scored and September 2 Whitecaps FC 2 7:30 p.m. PT 23 goals allowed, Swope Park heads into the match with September 5 @ Whitecaps FC 2 TBD a minus-five goal differential. September 11 @ OKC Energy FC 4:00 p.m. PT September 17 @ Colorado Springs FC 6:00 p.m. PT September 24 @ Swope Park Rangers 5:00 p.m. PT SOUNDERS FC 2 NOTES MATHERS PLAYS OPEN CUP S2 TOPS CASCADIA RIVAL 2-1 Second-half goals from Cristian Roldan and Joevin Forward Myron Samuel and midfielder John Magnus Jones gave Seattle Sounders FC a 2-0 win over the provided the scoring in the first half, as Sounders FC Kitsap Pumas on June 15 in the Fourth Round of the 2 (3-7-4, 13 points) held off Portland Timbers 2 (5-7-2, 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at Starfire Stadium. 17 points) for its second consecutive victory. The result Aaron Kovar and Erik Friberg recorded the assists and gives S2 its first road win of the 2016 USL campaign. goalkeeper Tyler Miller kept a clean-sheet as the Rave Next up, S2 squares off against Swope Park Rangers at Green advance to the Fifth Round of the tournament. Starfire Stadium on Sunday, June 26 (5:00 p.m. PT / Live- streamed on SoundersFC.com). The club is slated to play Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium Tuesday evening in the next round. Zach Samuel began the scoring in the 35th minute with his first Mathers made his First Team debut with 90 minutes of goal of the season. Samuel, who returned to USL action action in the midfield. The Duke University product signed after competing with the St. Vincent and the Grenadines a short-term agreement - a four-day contract - prior to the national team for Caribbean Cup Qualifiers last week, match. He has recorded two assists in 11 matches with finished off a lofted back-post cross from Magnus from S2 this season. close range. In the 43rd minute, Magnus, a Sounders FC Academy player, opened his USL scoring account after his shot attempt deflected into the bottom right corner of the net. S2 PLAYERS CALLED IN In the second half, Portland earned one back off the S2 midfielder Jordy Delem and forward Myron Samuel foot of Blake Bodily. The forward placed the ball above were called into the Martinique and St. Vincent and the goalkeeper Charlie Lyon to slice the lead in half. S2 held Grenadines National Teams, respectively, this month for the 2-1 lead, though, to earn its second consecutive win the second round of qualifying for the 2017 Caribbean against a CascadiaS2 EXPANDSrival. On June 9, ROSTERS2 beat Whitecaps FC Cup. Martinique advanced with a pair of wins over 3-2. S2 takes on Swope Park Rangers at Starfire Stadium Guadeloupe and Dominica in Group 2, while St. Vincent on Sunday, June 26 (5:00 p.m. PT / Live-streamed on and the Grenadines lost to both Suriname and Saint SoundersFC.com). Kitts and Nevis in Group 5 in the tournament that decide swhich nations qualify for the 2017 Caribbean Cup, which takes place next May in the United States. Delem, who signed with S2 in April, has 31 caps for Les Matinino, including five goals. The 23-year-old has made three appearances for S2 in the midfield and on the backline. Samuel, in his second season with S2, leads NOTABLE NUMBERS the Rave Green with three assists in eight appearances. BY THE NUMBERS The 23-year-old striker has netted 18 goals in nearly 50 2: Consecutive wins for Sounders FC 2, which is the international appearances for Vincy Heat. club’s longest such streak in 2016. Each win came against a Cascadian rival with a 3-2 home win versus Martinique defeated Guadeloupe on June 1 in Fort-de- Vancouver and a 2-1 road win at Portland. France, Martinique by a score of 2-0, and followed up with a 4-0 win over Dominica. Delem scored in the 41st 4: Unbeaten results, out of four occurrences, when minute of the second match. Meanwhile, St. Vincent and Sounders FC 2 leads at halftime. The Rave Green are the Grenadines lost 2-1 to Suriname on June 4, despite 1-0-3 when leading through the first 45 minutes. a goal from Samuel. Vincy Heat then lost 1-0 to Saint Kitts and Nevis in Kingstown, St. Vincent on June 7. 9: Games for S2 this season that have been held at Starfire Stadium, with just five contests taking place on In total, four teams are set to advance out of qualifying the road. for the final 2017 Caribbean Cup, which takes place next May in the United States. All four of those teams also 14: Appearances for midfielder Mark O’Ojong in the 2016 qualify for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, with a fifth USL season. He is the only player to appear in each team advancing to a qualifying playoff against a Central match for the club. American side for the final berth in the Gold Cup. ALL-TIME CLUB RECORDS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Braces: Andy Craven, June 4, 2016 at OC Blues FC Qudus Lawal, April 16, 2015 at. Tulsa Roughnecks FC Andy Craven, May 15, 2015 vs. OKC Energy FC Oalex Anderson, July 12, 2015 vs. Arizona United SC Myron Samuel, Aug. 19, 2015 vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Hat Tricks: Darwin Jones, March 29, 2015 vs. Whitecaps FC 2 Quickest Home Goal: Oalex Anderson, July 12, 2015 vs. Arizona United SC (2’) Quickest Road Goal: Qudus Lawal, April 16, 2015 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC (9’) Latest Game-Winning Goal: Guiliano Frano, April 11, 2015 vs. Timbers 2 (88’) Latest Goal: Cristian Roldan, March 21, 2015 vs. Sacramento Republic FC (89’) Quickest Goal Allowed: vs. Tulsa Roughnecks, 2015 - Bardsley (2’) Latest Goal Allowed: vs. Switchbacks FC, 2015 - Aaron King (90’+4’) Fastest Substitute Goal: Sam Garza, March 21, 2015 vs. Sac. Republic FC (15 seconds) Goals in a season: Pablo Rossi (2015), 8 Assists in a season: Andy Craven (2015), 5 Shutouts in a season: Charlie Lyon (2015), 4 TEAM STATISTICS Most goals scored: 4 goals (three times) Most goals against: 5 goals (two times) SPLITS GOALS Overall 3-7-4 GOALS SCORED (13) While leading 4 Home 2-4-3 While tied 7 Away 1-3-1 While trailing 2 March 0-2-0 Run of play 9 April 1-1-2 Set piece 1 May 0-2-2 Penalties 3 June 2-2-0 Own goals 0 July 0-0-0 August 0-0-0 Unassisted 5 September 0-0-0 One assist 8 When leading at half 2-0-3 Forwards 9 When tied at half 1-2-1 Midfielders 4 When trailing at half 0-5-0 Defenders 0 When scoring first 3-1-3 GOALS ALLOWED (23) When conceding first 0-6-0 While leading 8 While tied 9 With 0 goals scored 0-5-1 While trailing 6 With 1 goal scored 1-1-1 With 2 goals scored 1-1-1 Run of play 20 With 3 goals scored 1-0-0 Set piece 1 With 4+ goals scored 0-0-0 Penalties 2 Own goals 0 Conceding 0 goals 1-0-1 Conceding 1 goal 1-2-2 Forwards 12 Conceding 2 goals 1-3-1 Midfielders 8 Conceding 3 goals 0-1-0 Defenders 3 Conceding 4+ goals 0-1-0 2016 USL TEAM STATS UNF Player GP MIN G A PTS SHT SOG FC YC RC OG 80 Victor Mansaray 13 976 3 0 6 12 4 23 3 0 0 99 Andy Craven 9 750 3 0 6 19 9 13 0 0 0 97 Myron Samuel 9 660 1 3 5 15 6 7 0 0 0 90 Mark O’Ojong 14 952 1 0 2 13 4 18 3 0 0 25 Tony Alfaro 10 900 1 0 2 5 2 9 2 0 0 41 Lorenzo Ramos 9 278 1