2015 Seattle Sounders FC 2 season

Seattle Sounders FC 2
2015 season
General manager
Head coach	Ezra Hendrickson
Stadium	Starfire Sports Complex
USL	Conference: 6th
USL Playoffs	First round
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Pablo Rossi (6); All: Pablo Rossi (9)
Highest home attendance	2,951; (Mar. 21 vs. Sacramento)
Lowest home attendance	League: 1,789; (June 25 vs. Real Monarchs); All: 1,737; (May 27 vs. Portland 2)
Average home league attendance	League: 2,210 ; All: 2,126
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The 2015 Seattle Sounders FC 2 season is the club's first year of existence, and their first season in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. Including previous Seattle Sounders franchises, this is the 35th season of a soccer team playing in the Seattle metro area.

Roster[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of May 27, 2015.^[1]


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
7	MF	Cristian Roldan	United States
11	MF	Aaron Kovar	United States
13	MF	Andrés Correa	Colombia
15	DF	Dylan Remick	United States
17	FW	Darwin Jones	United States
21	DF	Jimmy Ockford	United States
22	GK	Charlie Lyon	United States
25	DF	Aaron Long	United States
30	MF	Amadou Sanyang (Captain)	Gambia
31	DF	Damion Lowe	Jamaica
32	MF	Duncan McCormick	United States
39	FW	Oalex Anderson	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
44	DF	Nick Miele	United States
45	MF	Giuliano Frano	Canada
47	GK		United States
49	GK	Saif Kerawala	United States
50	FW	Nathaniel Tongovula	Sierra Leone
51	DF	Kasey French	United States
52	MF	Lorenzo Ramos	United States
53	DF	Tosh Samkange	United States
54	MF	Diego Silvas	United States
55	MF	Pablo Rossi	Argentina
66	FW	Qudus Lawal	Nigeria
80	MF	Victor Mansaray	United States
88	FW	Sam Garza	United States
89	MF	Sérgio	Brazil
91	DF	Oniel Fisher	Jamaica
99	FW	Andy Craven	United States

Competitions[]

USL regular season[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orange County Blues	28	14	5	9	38	34	+4	47	Conference Semi-finals
2	Oklahoma City Energy	28	13	8	7	44	36	+8	47	Conference Semi-finals
3	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	28	14	4	10	53	35	+18	46	First round
4	Sacramento Republic	28	13	7	8	43	31	+12	46
5	LA Galaxy II	28	14	3	11	39	31	+8	45
6	Seattle Sounders 2	28	13	3	12	45	42	+3	42
7	Tulsa Roughnecks	28	11	6	11	49	46	+3	39
8	Portland Timbers 2	28	11	2	15	38	45	−7	35
9	Austin Aztex	28	10	3	15	32	41	−9	33
10	Arizona United	28	10	2	16	31	55	−24	32
11	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	28	8	6	14	39	53	−14	30
12	Real Monarchs	28	7	8	13	32	42	−10	29

Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	13	3	12	45	42	+3	42	11	0	3	30	18	+12	2	3	9	15	24	−9

Last updated: September 23, 2015.
Source: USL

Results by matchday[]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Ground	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	4	5	7	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on September 12, 2015. Source: USL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

March 21, 2015 USL 1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	4–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Craven 49' Garza 70' Rossi 76' Roldan 89'	Report	Braun 59' Foran 65' Kiffe 75' Guzman 90+'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,951 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

March 29, 2015 USL 2	Seattle Sounders FC 2	4–0	Whitecaps FC 2	Tukwila, Washington
16:00 (PDT)	Jones 17', 37', 50' Craven 26' Correa 76'	Report	Parker 29' McKendry 53'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,407 Referee: Josh Wilkens

April 11, 2015 USL 3	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2–1	Portland Timbers 2	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Rossi 47' (pen.) Frano 88', 74'	Report	Delbridge 30' Payne 51' Winchester 90'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,304 Referee: Chipalo Street

April 16, 2015 USL 4	Tulsa Roughnecks	4–3	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Tulsa, Oklahoma
17:00 (PDT)	Bardsley 2' Galbraith-Knapp 20' Davoren 22' Ochoa 39' Miller 69' Cordeiro 78' Lorei 87' Bell 89'	Report	Lawal 9', 10' Ockford 25' Frano 62' Fisher 77'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Nima Saghafi

April 18, 2015 USL 5	Oklahoma City Energy FC	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
17:00 (PDT)	Sanchez 38' König 86'	Report	Jones 33' Sanyang 45'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

April 26, 2015 USL 6	Whitecaps FC 2	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Vancouver, British Columbia
15:00 (PDT)	Earnshaw 16', 28'	Report	Miele 24' Kovar 28' Lowe 84'	Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: 2,056 Referee: Juan Marquez

May 1, 2015 USL 7	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2–1	Orange County Blues FC	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Garza 66' Rossi 84' (pen.)	Report	Slager 32' Filipovic 68'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

May 9, 2015 USL 8	Sacramento Republic	3–0	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Sacramento, California
20:00 (PDT)	Vukovic 19' Daly 27' López 62' Gabelgic 78'	Report	Frano 27' 65' Lowe 33' McCormick 58'	Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 11,242 Referee: Victor Rivas

May 15, 2015 USL 9	Seattle Sounders FC 2	3–1	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	5' Mansaray 36' Craven 56', 80' Anderson 79'	Report	Townsend 35' Dalgaard 49' König 83'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,118 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

May 22, 2015 USL 10	Portland Timbers 2	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PDT)	Payne 28' Casiple 30' Belmar 38' Delbridge 90'	Report	Lowe 38' Craven 55' Kovar 90'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 3,095 Referee: Juan Colazo

May 30, 2015 USL 11	Orange County Blues FC	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Irvine, California
19:00 (PDT)	Crettenand 70' Suggs 76'	Report	Jones 31' Frano 71' Fisher 72' Garza 90'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 1,052 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

June 5, 2015 USL 12	Seattle Sounders FC 2	1–5	Tulsa Roughnecks	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Rossi 23'	Report	Black 10', 34' Lucas 40' Nwabueze 78' Ochoa 88'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,166 Referee: Chipalo Street

June 11, 2015 USL 13	Seattle Sounders FC 2	1–0	LA Galaxy II	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Correa 8' Kovar 73' Mota 89'	Report	Diallo 28' Bowen 49' McBean 81' 90'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,059 Referee: Levi Rippy

June 20, 2015 USL 14	Arizona United SC	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Scottsdale, Arizona
18:30 (PDT)	Top 60' Tan 63' Morrison 81'	Report	Miele 19' McCormick 33' 59' Garza 54' Frano 66' Sanyang 89' Craven 90+'	Stadium: Scottsdale Stadium Attendance: 3,144 Referee: Andrew Musashe

June 25, 2015 USL 15	Seattle Sounders FC 2	1–0	Real Monarchs	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Sanyang 42' Rossi 57'	Report	Welshman 38'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 1,789 Referee: Marco Vega

June 29, 2015 USL 16	Portland Timbers 2	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PDT)		Report	Garza 45+' Rossi 86'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 2,932 Referee: Josh Wilkens

July 4, 2015 USL 17	Whitecaps FC 2	3–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Vancouver, British Columbia
15:00 (PDT)	Dean 41' Blasco 89', 90'	Report	Garza 32' Lowe 63' Mota 67'	Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: 1,409 Referee: Juan Marquez

July 12, 2015 USL 18	Seattle Sounders FC 2	4–0	Arizona United SC	Tukwila, Washington
17:30 (PDT)	Anderson 2', 14' Long 37' Rossi 58', 68'	Report	Dillon 33' Granger 36'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,051 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

July 18, 2015 USL 19	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Colorado Springs, Colorado
18:00 (PDT)	King 8' Harada 37' Bejarano 50' Argueta 89'	Report	Lowe 44' Mota 60' 87'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 3,563 Referee: Mark Sauro

July 24, 2015 USL 20	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2–0	Portland Timbers 2	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Frano 25' McCormick 26' Anderson 31' Parsemain 54' Sanyang 63' Long 65' Garza 76'	Report	Delbridge 24' Winchester 72' Fatawu Safiu 88'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,469 Referee: Levi Rippy

August 1, 2015 USL 21	Sacramento Republic	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Sacramento, California
20:00 (PDT)	36', 83'	Report	Sanyang 76' Rossi 87'	Stadium: Bonney Field Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella

August 8, 2015 USL 22	Seattle Sounders FC 2	0–3	Whitecaps FC 2	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Sérgio Mota 31'	Report	Bustos 47' 56' Nitti 61' Lewis 77' Seymore 86' Richey 90'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,247 Referee: Jeff Arthurholtz

August 19, 2015 USL 23	Seattle Sounders FC 2	3–2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Samuel 51' 86' Lowe 63' Mota 78'	Report	Gonzalez 18' Stan Schrock 53' King 90'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Josh Wilkens

August 23, 2015 USL 24	LA Galaxy II	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Carson, California
18:00	McBean 44' Olivera 52'	Report	Frano 62' Fairclough 79'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 1,056 Referee: Victor Rivas

August 28, 2015 USL 25	Real Monarchs SLC	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Sandy, Utah
18:00 (PDT)	Velazco 22' Fairclough 41' Tavares 45'	Report	Rossi 72'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 13,979 Referee: Adam Zarrin

September 5, 2015 USL 26	Austin Aztex	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Austin, Texas
19:30 (PDT)	Cuero 14' Gall 34' Caesar 65' Rocha 66'	Report	Correa 20' Garza 43' 45' Sanyang 45' Lowe 65'	Stadium: House Park Attendance: 5,055 Referee: Mike Arrington

September 11, 2015 USL 27	Seattle Sounders FC 2	0–1	Orange County Blues FC	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Frano 69'	Report	Suggs 34' Blanco 45' Cortez 57'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,268 Referee: Michael Lavergne

September 17, 2015 USL 28	Seattle Sounders FC 2	3–2	Austin Aztex	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Sérgio 9' Fairclough 45+1' Azira 55' Miele 84'	Report	12' Gall 38' Rocha 57'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,207 Referee: Jeff Arthurholtz

USL Playoffs[]

September 25, 2015 First round	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2–0	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Colorado Springs, Colorado
19:00 (MDT)	Gonzalez 14' Greer 22' Burt 78' Gorrick 88' Phillips 90+'	Report	Fairclough 5' Lowe 49'	Stadium: Sand Creek Stadium Attendance: 2,532 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

U.S. Open Cup[]

May 20, 2015 Second Round	Seattle Sounders FC 2	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Kitsap Pumas	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 (PDT)	Mansaray 26' Rossi 45', 93' Garza 79' Frano 98' Craven 120+6'	Report	Ramos 66', 90' 67' 81' 92' 102'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 1,766 Referee: Ekatarina Koroleva

May 27, 2015 Third Round	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Portland Timbers 2	Tukwila, Washington
13:00 (PDT)	Craven 62', 66' Garza 94' Rossi 104'	Report	Clark 54' O'Rourke 74' Besler 86' Clarke 90' Rose 107'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 1,737 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

June 16, 2015 Fourth Round	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Sandy, Utah
19:00 (PDT)	Stertzer 52' Plata 63' Morales 71'	Seattle Report MLS Report	Garza 45+4' Mansaray 70' Sanyang 89' 90+3' Mota 90+3'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 8,208 Referee: Bernhard Hosu

Recognition[]

USL Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Link
1	Pablo Rossi	Sacramento Republic	^[2]
2	Darwin Jones	Whitecaps FC 2	^[3]

USL Team of the Week

Week	Players	Opponent	Link
1	Andy Craven	Sacramento Republic	^[2]
1	Giuliano Frano	Sacramento Republic	^[2]
1	Pablo Rossi	Sacramento Republic	^[2]
2	Darwin Jones	Whitecaps FC 2	^[3]
4	Giuliano Frano	Portland Timbers 2	^[4]
6	Nick Miele	Whitecaps FC 2	^[5]
9	Andy Craven	Oklahoma City Energy FC	^[6]
10	Damion Lowe	Portland Timbers 2	^[7]
11	Nick Miele	Orange County Blues FC	^[8]

References[]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "S2's Rossi Named Player of the Week". 24 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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^ "Kickers' Yeisley Named Player of the Week". 15 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
^ "Portland's Belmar Named Player of the Week". 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
^ "Arizona's Tan Named Player of the Week". 19 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
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^ "Pittsburgh's Vincent Named Player of the Week". 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[uslsoccer-1] "Seattle Sounders FC 2 2015 roster". USL Soccer. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.

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[pow2-3] "S2's Jones Named Player of the Week". 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

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[5] "Portland's Belmar Named Player of the Week". 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

[6] "Arizona's Tan Named Player of the Week". 19 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] "Louisville's Fondy Named Player of the Week". 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[8] "Pittsburgh's Vincent Named Player of the Week". 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

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