Seattle Sounders Football Reserves are the reserve team

Reserve team

Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...

 of the Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional soccer club based in Seattle, Washington. The club competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Sounders FC was established in November 2007 as a MLS expansion team, making it the 15th team in...

. The current Youth Academy team manager is Dick McCormick

Dick McCormick

Dick McCormick is a former U.S. soccer midfielder and current youth soccer coach. McCormick had an extenisive professional career in six indoor and outdoor leagues over his fourteen year professional career. He has served as an assistant coach with the Seattle Sounders and head coach of the...

, who was appointed in 2010 after working with the Crossfire Premier Soccer Club in Redmond, Washington

Redmond, Washington

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 following his retirement from playing in 2004. His assistants are Sean Henderson

Sean Henderson

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 and Bill Crook, who are both former Seattle Sounders players. The technical director

Technical director

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 is Darren Sawatzky

Darren Sawatzky

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, a former Colorado Rapids

Colorado Rapids

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 and Seattle Sounders

Seattle Sounders (USL)

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.

The U-17 Sounders were part of the 2010 SUM U-17 Cup

2010 SUM U-17 Cup

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, a tournament with all the sixteen reserve Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

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 teams. They were grouped with the reserve teams of FC Dallas

FC Dallas

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, Columbus Crew

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, and Philadelphia Union. In October 2010, the Sounders played the United States U-17 men's national soccer team

United States U-17 men's national soccer team

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. Goals from Sean Okoli and Brandon Brockway for the Sounders and Nico Melo for the U-17's before half time. In the second half, another goal for Melo and one from Mobi Fehr gave the United States U-17 side a 2–3 lead heading into extra-time. Glen Paden scored in the 90+2 to finish the game in a 3–3 game.

Reserve squad

This list shows players who have played for the team in official 2011 MLS Reserve Division

2011 MLS Reserve Division

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 games, but are not part of the senior roster.

U-18 Squad

As of December 15, 2010.