Tacoma Defiance (2-10-3, 9 points) and Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (3-8-2, 11 points) on Satur-day will play the first of two contests in 2019. Tacoma will host Colorado Springs on Saturday, October 12 (7:00 p.m. PT / ESPN+).

Tacoma is unbeaten in three of its last four matches and played to a 2-2 draw in its last road game on May 29 at LA Galaxy II.

Defiance forward Justin Dhillon on Tuesday was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week bench for his performance against El Paso Locomo-tive FC on Saturday.

Following Saturday’s match, Tacoma travels to take on Austin Bold FC on Saturday, June 15 (5:30 p.m. PT / ESPN+).

USL REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 2-10-3 (HOME: 2-4-2; AWAY: 0-6-1)

DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (PT) / RESULT Fri. 3/8 Rio Grande Valley FC W, 1-0Sat. 3/16 LA Galaxy II L, 0-3 Sat. 3/23 at Tulsa Roughnecks FC L, 0-4 Fri. 3/29 New Mexico United L, 1-2 Mon. 4/1 Sacramento W, 2-1 Wed. 4/10 at Orange County SC L, 0-4 Sat. 4/13 at Las Vegas Lights FC L, 0-5 Sat. 4/20 at Phoenix Rising FC L, 0-4 Fri. 4/26 at San Antonio FC L, 0-3 Sat. 5/4 at OKC Energy FC L, 1-2Sun. 5/12 Portland Timbers 2 L, 1-4Sat. 5/18 Reno 1868 FC D, 1-1Sun. 5/26 Fresno FC D, 3-3Wed. 5/29 at LA Galaxy II D, 2-2Sat. 6/1 El Paso L, 1-2Sat. 6/8 at Colorado Springs 5:00 p.m.Sat. 6/15 at Austin Bold FC 5:30 p.m.Sat. 7/6 at Rio Grande Valley FC 5:30 p.m.Fri. 7/12 at Real Monarchs SLC 7:00 p.m.Wed. 7/24 Las Vegas Lights FC 7:00 p.m.Sat. 7/27 OKC Energy FC 7:00 p.m.Fri. 8/9 Orange County SC 7:00 p.m.Sat. 8/17 at El Paso 6:30 p.m.Tue. 8/27 Phoenix Rising FC 7:00 p.m.Fri. 8/30 San Antonio FC 7:00 p.m.Sat. 9/7 at Sacramento 7:30 p.m.Tue. 9/10 at Reno 1868 FC 7:00 p.m.Tue. 9/17 Real Monarchs SLC 7:00 p.m.Fri. 9/20 at Portland Timbers 2 7:30 p.m.Sat. 9/28 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 7:00 p.m.Sat. 10/5 at Fresno FC 7:30 p.m.Sat. 10/12 Colorado Springs 7:00 p.m.Wed. 10/16 at New Mexico United 6:00 p.m.Sat. 10/19 Austin Bold FC 7:00 p.m.

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Injury report as of June 6, 2019

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

Live Stream: ESPN+

Referee: Greg DopkaAssistants: Jacob Herold, Kastriot BaruniFourth Official: Chris Greer

TA C O M A D E F I A N C E

COLORADO SPRINGS SWITCHBACKS FC

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Kickoff: Saturday, June 8, 2019 | 5:00 p.m. PTLocation: Weidner Field | Colorado Springs, CO

MATCH INFORMATION 2019 DEFIANCE SCHEDULE

MATCH PREVIEW

INJURY REPORT

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Forward Justin Dhillon on May 18 vs. Reno 1868 FC scored just nine seconds into the match, earn-ing a place in the record books for fastest goal in USL Championship history.

Jesse Daley took the game’s opening kickoff and sent a pass to Dhillon, who found Gonzalez streak-ing down the left side. Gonzalez sent a cross into the area which found Dhillon, who calmly headed home Tacoma’s lone goal of the evening in the 1-1 draw.

DHILLON MAKES HISTORY

DEFIANCE WEEKLY NOTES

TACOMA REBRANDIn a series of key announcements on January 30 at a press conference inside Cheney Stadium, the Tacoma Rainiers and Seattle Sounders FC unveiled the long-awaited new brand for the organizations’ United Soccer League club: Tacoma Defiance. Set to begin play under this new identity immediately, Tacoma’s professional soccer side now officially bears the name of its hometown, while proudly pay-ing homage to the city’s maritime roots and deep sense of civic identity. The Tacoma Defiance is led by Head Coach Chris Little, who guided the Sound-ers FC Academy U-17 squad to the 2017-2018 U.S. Soccer Development Academy National Champi-onship and the 2018 U-17 Generation Adidas Cup title.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDENo. Name Position Pronunciation 34 Danny Robles F (ROW-blace)36 Denso Ulysse D (YOU-liss-ee)37 Shandon Hopeau M (hope-ee-OW)39 Marlon Vargas M (VAR-gis)71 Aleks Berkolds D (Alex Berk-olds)72 Joel Rydstrand M (JOE-el RIDE-strand)73 Modou Ndow D (Mow-DUE en-dow)98 Antonee Burke-Gilroy M (Anto-knee)99 Justin Dhillon F (Dylan)

Sounders FC Academy U-17s won the 2019 Gen-eration adidas Cup Champions Division, defeating Spanish side Valencia CF 1-0 in the final on April 20 in Frisco, Texas. As the reigning champs of the GA Cup Premier Division and the only MLS club to even advance to the tournament’s title match in the Champions Division, the Rave Green have etched their names in history as the first North American side to win the event. Sounders FC had to go through Brazilian side Flamengo, Argentine power-house River Plate and England’s West Ham United to even reach the Champions Division final.

With the match seeming destined for penalties, Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez’s cross found the head of Tacoma midfielder Ray Serrano, who guided his shot past the goalkeeper with only seconds remain-ing in the second period of extra time.

U-17’S WIN GA CUP FINAL

Tacoma Defiance on May 31 announced that it has signed defender Everardo Rubio. The signing is pending receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate. The 22-year-old has played the last four seasons with Murciélagos FC in Mexico. The signing brings the Defiance roster to 19 play-ers.

Rubio has totaled 1,482 minutes across 20 matches in the last four seasons for Murciélagos FC, includ-ing 18 starts. He made his professional debut at 18 years of age in Ascenso MX, the second profes-sional level of the Mexican soccer system.

DEFIANCE SIGNS EVERARDO RUBIO

Forward Justin Dhillon on Saturday vs. El Paso Locomotive FC extended his scoring streak to five games with his maker in the 42nd minute. He has scored in each of the team’s last five contests dating back to May 12 vs. Portland Timbers 2. Dhillon leads the club with five goals this season, three ahead of second-place Azriel Gonzalez. The forward also paces the club in shots (25) and shots on goal (15), and is tied for second in games played (12).

JUSTIN DHILLON CONTINUES SCORING STREAK

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SITUATIONAL SPLITS HOME ROAD OVERALLOverall 2-4-2 0-6-1 2-10-3

Day Games 0-0-1 0-2-0 0-2-1Night Games 2-3-1 0-5-1 2-8-2

When scoring first 2-1-1 0-0-1 2-1-2When conceding first 0-3-1 0-6-0 0-9-1

When leading at half 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-2When tied at half 2-3-0 0-1-0 2-4-0When trailing at half 0-1-1 0-5-0 0-6-1

With 0 goals scored 0-1-0 0-5-0 0-6-0With 1 goal scored 1-3-1 0-1-0 1-4-1With 2 goals scored 1-0-0 0-0-1 1-0-1With 3 goals scored 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1With 4+ goals scored 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Conceding 0 goals 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 Conceding 1 goal 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1Conceding 2 goals 0-2-0 0-1-1 0-3-1Conceding 3 goals 0-1-1 0-1-0 0-2-1Conceding 4+ goals 0-1-0 0-4-0 0-5-0

Sunday 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1Monday 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0Tuesday 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Wednesday 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1Thursday 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Friday 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-2-0Saturday 0-2-1 0-4-0 0-6-1

March 1-2-0 0-1-0 1-3-0April 1-0-0 0-4-0 1-4-0May 0-1-2 0-1-1 0-2-3June 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0July 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0August 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0September 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0October 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

LAST MATCH RECAPTacoma Defiance (2-10-3, 9 points) on Saturday had its three-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 2-1 loss to El Paso Locomotive FC (5-2-5, 20 points) at Cheney Stadium. Justin Dhillon scored his team-leading fifth marker of the season, his fifth con-secutive match with a goal.

In the 42nd minute, Dhillon received a pass from Aleks Berkolds and made a move to his right before firing a shot to the bottom right corner of the goal. The assist was the first in the professional career of Berkolds. Dhillon has now scored five of the team’s last eight goals over a five-game stretch.

El Paso netted the first goal of the evening in the 31st minute. Jerome Kiesewetter chipped Tacoma goal-keeper Bryan Meredith in close to give the visitors a 1-0 advantage.

In the 68th minute, Omar Salgado found Calvin Rezende on the far post who calmly finished to make it a 2-1 contest. The goal was the second of the sea-son for Rezende.

Four players under the age of 20 saw action for Taco-ma, including two First Team players in Danny Leyva and Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez.

LINEUP

TAC – Bryan Meredith; Henry Wingo (Denso Ulysse HT), Sam Rogers, Aleks Berkolds, Nick Hinds; Joel Rydstrand, Jesse Daley (Danny Leyva 69’); Shandon Hopeau, Danny Robles, Azriel Gonzalez; Justin Dhill-on (Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez 79’)

Substitutes not used: Jacob Castro, Modou Ndow, Ben Numbi, Antonee Burke-Gilroy

EPL – Logan Ketterer; Bryam Rebelion, Drew Beck-ie, Chiro N’Toko, Andrew Fox; Richie Ryan, Yuma Monsalvez (Calvin Rezende 65’); Omar Salgado, Sebastian Contreras (Louis Herrera 60’), Nick Ross; Jerome Kiesewetter (Derek Gebhard 84’)

Substitutes not used: Jermaine Fordah, Daniel Navarro, Aaron Gomez, Edson Partida

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General Manager & President of Soccer Garth LagerweyVice President of Soccer & Sporting Director Chris HendersonDirector of Player Development Marc NichollsDefiance Head Coach Chris LittleDefiance Assistant Coach Wade WebberDefiance Assistant Coach Josh FordDefiance Athletic Trainer Sheila TatsunamiDefiance Fitness Coach Brandon MoranTeam Administration Director Grant ClarkTeam Services Director Vince Johnson Manager of Player Personnel Corey Sinser

2019 TACOMA DEFIANCE ELIGIBLE PLAYERS No Name Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Hometown Previous Club 1 Trey Muse* GK 6-4 195 7/26/99 Louisville, KY Indiana (NCAA) 3 Jonathan Campbell* D 6-2 188 7/27/93 Greensboro, NC North Carolina (NCAA) 5 Nouhou* D 5-10 175 6/23/97 Douala, Cameroon Sounders FC 2 (USL) 12 Saad Abdul-Salaam* D 6-4 185 9/8/91 Gahanna, OH Akron (NCAA) 16 Alex Roldan* M 5-10 155 7/28/96 Pico Rivera, CA Seattle University (NCAA) 17 Will Bruin* F 6-2 194 10/24/89 St. Louis, MO Houston Dynamo 21 Jordy Delem* M 5-11 156 3/18/93 Fort-de-France, Martinique Sounders FC 2 (USL) 23 Henry Wingo* M 6-0 170 10/04/95 Lake Forest Park, WA Washington (NCAA) 29 Román Torres* D 6-2 195 3/20/86 Panama City, Panama Milionarios (COL) 31 Nick Hinds D 5-10 164 10/15/97 Plantation, FL Akron (NCAA) 32 Alec Diaz F 5-10 160 12/7/01 Issaquah, WA Sounders FC Academy 33 Sam Rogers D 6-3 182 5/17/99 Seattle, WA Sounders FC Academy 34 Danny Robles M 5-6 150 1/4/02 Burien, WA Sounders FC Academy 35 Bryan Meredith* GK 6-2 209 8/2/90 Scotch Plains, NJ San Jose Earthquakes 36 Denso Ulysse D 5-8 145 11/20/98 Gonaives, Haiti Real Hope FA (Haiti) 37 Shandon Hopeau F 5-11 162 12/1/98 Kapolei, HI Sounders FC Academy 38 Azriel Gonzalez M 5-9 149 5/24/01 Las Vegas, NV Sounders FC Academy 39 Marlon Vargas M 5-5 135 1/12/01 Bakersfield, CA Sounders FC Academy 70 Handwalla Bwana* M 5-9 145 6/25/97 Seattle, WA Washington (NCAA) 71 Aleks Berkolds D 6-1 185 4/27/96 Northridge, CA San Diego State (NCAA) 72 Joel Rydstrand M 5-9 164 8/10/95 Almunge, Sweden Creighton (NCAA) 73 Modou Ndow D 6-6 177 2/10/00 Gambia MFK Vyskov 75 Danny Leyva* M 5-10 140 5/5/03 Las Vegas, NV Sounders FC Academy 78 Ben Numbi M 6-0 155 3/22/00 DR Congo MFK Vyskov 80 Ray Serrano F 5-7 132 5/9/02 Moses Lake, WA Sounders FC Academy 84 Josh Atencio M 6-1 174 1/31/02 Bellevue, WA Sounders FC Academy 87 Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez* F 5-10 142 3/25/02 Merced, CA Sounders FC Academy 88 Matt Nance D 5-10 164 11/4/96 Washington, MI Xavier (NCAA) 89 Jesse Daley M 5-10 150 10/16/97 Brisbane, Australia Queensland Lions FC (Australia) 98 Antonee Burke-Gilroy M 5-9 148 10/3/97 Denmark Hill, UK Newcastle Jets (Australia) 99 Justin Dhillon F 6-3 185 6/6/95 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA LA Galaxy II (USL) Everardo Rubio D 6-0 172 12/24/96 Culiacán, Mexico Murciélagos FC (Mexico)

*Sounders FC First Team player with Standard USL Loan deal for 2019

SOUNDERS FC ACADEMY PLAYERS Khai Brisco Connor Drought Peter Kingston Gabe Threadgold Austin Brummett Sam Fowler Blake Malone Jacob Castro Finn Hoffman Enrique Montana

2019 TACOMA DEFIANCE TECHNICAL STAFF

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POS Player GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FS FC C/EF Justin Dhillon 12 8 722 5 0 25 15 9 12 1/0M Azriel Gonzalez 13 9 833 2 2 18 7 7 10 1/0F Will Bruin 1 1 90 1 1 4 2 2 0 0/0F Alec Diaz 7 4 365 1 0 2 2 1 1 1/0M Henry Wingo 7 7 514 1 0 9 3 5 9 1/0F Shandon Hopeau 13 11 879 1 1 21 9 22 14 0/0M Jesse Daley 7 6 452 1 1 1 1 14 17 3/1D Saad Abdul-Salaam 3 3 270 0 1 3 1 3 1 0/0D Jonathan Campbell 8 8 720 0 1 3 1 2 7 1/0D Sam Rogers 7 6 510 0 1 4 1 6 4 1/0D Aleks Berkolds 9 8 724 0 1 6 0 9 13 0/0M Danny Leyva 7 5 465 0 0 4 0 13 11 1/0D Matt Nance 6 5 467 0 0 0 0 4 3 0/0D Modou Ndow 5 4 405 0 0 0 0 4 4 2/0GK Trey Muse 10 10 900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0GK Sam Fowler 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0/0GK Jacob Castro 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0GK Bryan Meredith 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0M Danny Robles 8 6 560 0 0 0 0 7 7 0/0M Marlon Vargas 12 6 645 0 0 5 2 8 6 0/0M Alex Roldan 3 3 225 0 0 2 0 4 2 0/0M Josh Atencio 9 8 721 0 0 1 1 7 6 1/0F Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez 6 4 351 0 0 2 1 9 6 1/0M Joel Rydstrand 11 8 815 0 0 1 0 22 20 4/0D Denso Ulysse 9 6 615 0 0 2 1 2 5 2/0M Antonee Burke-Gilroy 10 7 614 0 0 2 2 3 9 1/0D Nick Hinds 10 8 748 0 0 0 0 15 12 3/0D Roman Torres 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 M Jordy Delem 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 2 0/0D Nouhou 1 1 72 0 0 0 0 0 2 0/0M Handwalla Bwana 1 1 72 0 0 1 0 0 0 0/0M Ben Numbi 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0M Peter Kingston 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 2 1/0M Austin Brummett 1 0 35 0 0 1 1 1 1 0/0D Enrique Montana 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 2 0/0D Connor Drought 1 1 66 0 0 0 0 2 1 0/0F Ray Serrano 1 1 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0M Gabe Threadgold 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 15 15 1350 12 9 118 50 186 190 25/1GP - games played; GS - games started; MIN - minutes; G - goals; A - assists; SHT - shots; SOG - shots on goal; FS - fouls suffered; FC - fouls commit-

ted; C/E - cautions/ejections

POS Player GP MIN GA SV SV% GAA W-L-D PKA PKG SOGK Trey Muse 10 900 24 32 .619 2.33 2-6-2 2 2 1GK Sam Fowler 1 90 4 3 .429 4.00 0-1-0 0 0 0GK Jacob Castro 1 90 4 3 .429 4.00 0-1-0 0 0 0GK Bryan Meredith 3 270 8 13 .500 2.67 0-2-1 1 1 0 TOTAL 15 1350 40 51 .560 2.67 2-10-3 3 3 1GP - games played; MIN - minutes; GA - goals against; SV - saves; SV% - save percentage; GAA - goals against average; W-L-D - wins/losses/draws; PKA - penalty kicks against; PKG - penalty kick goals; SO - shutouts

2019 TACOMA DEFIANCE STATISTICS

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MIDFIELDER Burke-Gilroy (4) Robles (4) Vargas (2) Hopeau (1) Bwana (1) Dhillon (1) Kingston (1) Gonzalez (1)

MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER Atencio (5) Leyva (4) Rydstrand (5) Daley (3) Daley (3) Rydstrand (3) Roldan (1) Atencio (1) Leyva (1) Delem (1) Kingston (1) Burke-Gilroy (1) A. Roldan (1)

MIDFIELDER / FORWARD FORWARD MIDFIELDER / FORWARD Gonzalez (8) Dhillon (7) Hopeau (10) Vargas (3) Diaz (4) Burke-Gilroy (1) A. Roldan (1) Ocampo-Chavez (3) Wingo (1) Burke-Gilroy (1) Bruin (1) Robles (1) Robles (1) Serrano (1) Vargas (1) Ocampo-Chavez (1)

LEFT BACK CENTER BACK CENTER BACK RIGHT BACK Hinds (8) Ndow (4) Rogers (5) Ulysse (6) Nance (5) Campbell (4) Campbell (4) Wingo (6) Nouhou (1) Berkolds (4) Berkolds (4) Abdul-Salaam (2) Drought (1) Abdul-Salaam (1) Torres (1) Montana (1) Rogers (1) Atencio (1) Atencio (1)

GOALKEEPER Muse (10) Meredith (3) Castro (1) Fowler (1)

2019 TACOMA DEFIANCE STARTING XI BY THE NUMBERS

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Chris Little is in his first season as Head Coach of Tacoma Defiance. He is also the Sounders FC Academy Director of Coaching, where he oversees the development of Sounders FC’s youth system.

Little joined Sounders FC in 2017 from Elon University, where he was the Associate Head Coach from 2010 until 2013 before being promoted to Head Coach in 2014. He guided the Sounders FC Academy U-17 squad to the 2017-18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Na-tional Championship, and also captured the 2018 U-17 Generation Adidas Cup championship. He has coached 20 Academy players that have been involved with U.S. Youth National Teams,

and eight players from his U-17 squads have signed professional contracts with S2. Little was named the 2018 U-16/17 U.S. Development Academy West Division Coach of the Year, and his club won the conference’s Com-munity Award for the second consecutive season.

During his time at Elon, he won four conference championships and made three NCAA Tournament appearanc-es. Little was named the 2015 Coach of the Year in the Midwest Region, and has had six former players from Elon sign professional contracts. In 2012, he was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s Assistant Coach of the Year for the South Region.

Wade Webber is in his second season as Assistant Coach. He joined the staff prior to the 2018 season. The former Sounder brings a decade of professional playing experience, including 53 MLS appearances for Dallas and Miami from 1997-1999. Since retiring from playing in 1999, Webber has coached youth soccer extensively throughout Western Washington, including the last two seasons with the Sounders FC Academy and the previous seven as Director of Coaching for Washington Premier FC. Webber has a USSF A License and a Master’s Degree in Teaching from Seattle University. He has also served as a radio analyst for Sounders FC broadcasts since 2012.

DEFIANCE HEAD COACH CHRIS LITTLE

DEFIANCE ASSISTANT COACH WADE WEBBER

Marc Nicholls was named Academy Technical Director in July 2014 before being promoted to Director of Player Development prior to the 2018 season. The two-time U.S. Academy coach of the year (2010 and 2012) joined the Sounders FC staff after three years (2011-13) as the Head Coach of the Carolina Dynamo of the USL PDL, where he led the team to the division title in all three seasons, including a PDL National Final appearance in 2012 and U.S. Soccer National Championship in 2013. He also served as Technical Director for NC Fusion, leading the club to three appearances in U.S. Academy Nationals, including a third-place finish for the U-18 squad in 2012. Before arriving in Seattle, he also combined his PDL coaching posi-

tion with a scouting role for Montreal Impact. Nicholls holds his USSF National “A” License, the FIFA Futuro III program, as well as the prestigious French Formation License. He is currently a national staff member for U.S. Soccer. He is married to his wife, Claire, and has two daughters, Cally and Leah.

SOUNDERS FC DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT MARC NICHOLLS

Josh Ford is in his first season as Assistant Coach of Tacoma Defiance. Prior to joining the staff ahead of the 2019 campaign, Ford served as the Goalkeeper Coach for Sounders FC Academy. He began his career playing for the Rhode Island Stingrays after spending four years at the University of Connecticut where he was named the 2010 Big East Goalkeeper of the Year. He set career records at UConn in shutouts (50), consecutive starts (85) and wins (54). Ford spent four seasons with Seattle Sounders FC, 2011-2014, before being selected by Orlando City SC in the 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft. In 2015, he spent time on loan to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers where he made 16 starts. At the start of 2016, Josh signed with San Anto-nio FC for their 2016 debut USL season, before joining Sounders FC Academy staff.

DEFIANCE ASSISTANT COACH JOSH FORD

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Height: 6-3 Weight: 182Born: May 17, 1999 Hometown: Seattle, Washington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): After a breakout season in 2017, Rogers was named Vice Captain of the squad ahead of his second professional campaign. Though his number of USL appearances decreased from 25 to 11, primarily through frequent U.S. Youth National Team call ups, he managed to demonstrate significant progress on the pitch, with the defender recording 22 interceptions, 22 aerial duels won, and 45 clearances in just 813 minutes.

2017 (S2): Rogers made his professional debut in the sea-son-opening loss to Sacramento Republic FC on March 26. He scored his first professional goal against San Anto-nio FC on April 25.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCERogers was called into the U.S. U-18 camp in March of 2017. He has since become a mainstay with the U.S. U-20 national team, receiving call ups to several domestic and international camps.

33 D SAM ROGERS

31 D NICK HINDS

Height: 5-10 Weight: 164Born: October 15, 1997Hometown: Plantation, Florida

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): Scored his first professional goal, the game-winner, against Portland Timbers 2 (March 16) in the opening match of the season. Was selected to the USL Team of the Week after scoring the winning goal against Portland (March 16). He also pitched in with two assists on the season. While the majority of his starts came in a wide midfield role, Hinds managed over 10 starts at left back, a role he played while in the Academy and with U.S. Youth National Teams.

2016 (S2): Played in seven games for S2, making three starts.

2015 (S2): Appeared in one game for S2.

COLLEGE EXPERIENCEHinds spent two seasons at one of college soccer’s most storied programs, the University of Akron. After locking down the starting left back spot as a freshman, he was moved into an attacking midfield role later in the season. Hinds started 30 matches across two seasons with the Zips and made a further 14 appearances a substitute, recording 11 goals and eight assists.

32 F ALEC DIAZ

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160Born: December 7, 2001Hometown: Issaquah, Washington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): Diaz made his S2 debut on September 5 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC and played 31 minutes. He scored his first professional goal on October 10, tallying a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw with Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. In his next match, a 4-1 road win over Tulsa Rough-necks FC on October 13, Diaz posted a goal and two assists.

YOUTH EXPERIENCE2018 (Sounders Academy): The forward scored 36 goals in 38 games across all competitions as the Sounders FC U-17 squad won the USSDA National Championship.

Height: 5-6 Weight: 150Born: January 4, 2002 Hometown: Burien, Washington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): Robles made his S2 debut on September 5 vs. Tulsa Roughnecks FC. The forward played 45 minutes and fired one shot on goal.

YOUTH EXPERIENCE2018 (Sounders Academy): Robles scored 17 goals and 18 assists in 44 games across all competitions as the Sounders FC U-17 squad won the USSDA National Championship. Now in his fourth year in the club, Robles has one goal and four assists from nine appearances while playing two-years up with the U-19s.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCERobles was a regular on the U-15 national team alongside teammates Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez and Josh Atencio. After falling out of the USYNT picture, he worked his way back into contention with the U-17 national team. He re-cently competed with the Stars and Stripes in international tournaments in Mexico and England.

34 M DANNY ROBLES

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Height: 5-11 Weight: 162Born: December 1, 1998 Hometown: Kapolei, Hawaii

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): Hopeau took another step forward in 2018, staring 24 matches as he recorded two goals and 27 chances created. He opened his account on August 12th, scoring a long-range goal in a 3-2 home win over San Antonio FC. He found the back of the net once again on September 6th, tallying a dramatic late equalizer in S2’s 4-4 draw with Tulsa Roughnecks. In recognition of his growing leadership within the group, Hopeau captained the team on several occasions throughout the season.

2017 (S2): Hopeau made his season debut in a 2-1 sea-son-opening loss to Sacramento Republic FC (March 26) and recorded his first assist in a 3-2 win over Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (April 29). He also appeared in two matches for S2 as a member of Sounders FC Acade-my in 2016.

PERSONALA native of Kapolei, Hawaii, Hopeau enjoys surfing and his favorite emoji is the shaka emoji. Hopeau joined Sounders FC Academy after playing for Hawaii Rush.

37 F SHANDON HOPEAU

38 M AZRIEL GONZALEZHeight: 5-9 Weight: 149Born: May 24, 2001 Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): Scored his first professional goal against Rio Grande Valley FC, which was the match-winner (April 14). Gonzalez enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2018, leading the team with three assists and finishing fourth with three goals. He bagged his second goal of the campaign in a 3-1 road loss to San Antonio FC. The Academy alum then bagged a goal in the very next match, a 2-1 loss to Orange County SC (October 6).

2017 (S2): Gonzalez made his USL debut in a reserve role in a 3-2 home loss against San Antonio FC on April 25, 2017. He recorded his first professional assist in a 3-0 win over the LA Galaxy’s USL side on June 3 at Starfire Stadium. In January, Gonzalez joined the First Team during preseason.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCEIn October of 2016, Gonzalez played for the United States U-16 squad during a tournament in France. He also partic-ipated in the International Dream Cup in June 2017.

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Height: 5-5 Weight: 135Born: January 12, 2001 Hometown: Bakersfield, California

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): Vargas made his USL debut on May 12 against Portland Timbers 2. He started the match at attacking midfield and played 55 minutes. He went on to make nine appearances, including seven starts. At just 17 years old, the winger recorded six chances created and completed 161 passes.

PERSONALVargas was a Sounders FC Academy product since 2016 and was initially signed from partner club Central Califor-nia Aztecs earlier that year. He became the fourth player born in 2001-02 to sign a professional contract with S2.

39 M MARLON VARGAS

Height: 5-8 Weight: 145Born: November 20, 1998 Hometown: Gonaives, Haiti

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): The Haitian built upon his impressive rookie season with a breakout campaign in 2018, leading the team with 2,466 minutes played. All 28 of his appearances on the year were starts. The defender also led the team in interceptions (78) and duels won (144). An attacking outside back, he finished the season with the third-most chances created (20). Ulysse was named as the third-best player in the 2018 USL 20-Under-20, an annual list rank-ing the top teenage prospects in the league.

2017 (S2): Made his USL debut in 30 minutes of action against San Antonio FC on April 25, 2017.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCEIn October 2016, Ulysse was named to the Caribbean U-20 Best XI following Haiti’s championship win in the qualifying tournament for the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. Prior to signing with S2, Ulysse played for Real Hope in his native country of Haiti.

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72 M JOEL RYDSTRAND

Height: 5-9 Weight: 164Born: August 10, 1995Hometown: Almunge, Sweden

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCERydstrand was chosen by Sounders FC with the 20th pick in the Second Round (44th overall) of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

COLLEGE EXPERIENCERydstrand started all 81 of his appearances over a four-season career at Creighton with seven goals and 23 assists. As a senior in 2018, the Swedish international earned Big East Conference Midfielder of the Year and First Team All-Big East honors, in addition to being a USC Second Team All-East Region selection. He was also named to the Big East Conference All-Rookie Team in 2015 after tallying three goals and three assists as a fresh-man in 2015.

71 D ALEKS BERKOLDS

Height: 6-1 Weight: 185Born: April 27, 1996Hometown: Northridge, California

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEBerkolds was selected by Sounders FC with the 20th pick in the Third Round (68th overall) of the 2019 MLS Super-Draft.

COLLEGE EXPERIENCEBerkolds played every minute of the 2018 campaign for San Diego State University, starting all 18 matches and leading the team with 1,650 minutes played for the Aztecs, who went 7-10-1. The Northridge, California native also started 13 matches as a redshirt freshman in 2015, record-ing one goal and two assists following a standout career at Crespi Carmelite High School, where he was a three-time team Defensive Player of the Year.

73 D MODOU NDOW

Height: 6-6 Weight: 177Born: February 10, 2000Hometown: Gambia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCENdow was signed on December 21, 2018 on loan from MFK Vyskov in the Czech Republic.

Height: 6-0 Weight: 155Born: March 22, 2000 Hometown: DR Congo

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCENumbi was signed on December 21, 2018 on loan from MFK Vyskov in the Czech Republic.

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Height: 5-7 Weight: 132Born: May 9, 2002 Hometown: Moses Lake, Washington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): Serrano made his first appearance in the S2 season opener, a 2-1 home win over Timbers 2 on March 16. He finished the campaign with three total appearanc-es, including one start, for the USL outfit.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCEIn May of 2017, Serrano received an invitation to the U.S. Soccer Boys National Team Futures Camp. Serrano received his first of two call-ups to the U.S. U-17 Youth National Team for the Nike Friendlies, appearing in all three matches against Holland, Brazil and England. After impressing the coaching staff with his creativity and direct attacking style, Serrano was invited to the inaugural U.S. Soccer Youth National Team Summit Camp in January. Serrano has been called up for every camp but one for the U-17s since the start of the 2017 cycle.

80 F RAY SERRANOHeight: 6-1 Weight: 174Born: January 31, 2002Hometown: Bellevue, Washington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): Atencio made his S2 debut as a substitute against Timbers 2 on August 19, with the midfielder scoring his first professional goal shortly after entering the match. He then started the team’s next match, a road fixture against Oklahoma City Energy FC.

YOUTH EXPERIENCEAtencio joined Sounders Academy in 2016 as one of the youngest members of the U-15 squad. The midfielder has racked up over 100 matches played for Seattle’s youth teams. Throughout his four years in the Academy, Atencio has been an important start on teams that won the Youdan Trophy in England, Generation adidas Cup, and the 2017-18 USSDA national championship. He was also the Player of the Tournament as the Sounders U-15s finished third at the Manchester City Cup, beating the likes of Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City.

84 M JOSH ATENCIO

Height: 5-10 Weight: 164Born: November 4, 1996Hometown: Washington, Michigan

COLLEGE EXPERIENCENance started 53 of 68 games in four seasons at Xavier University, scoring four goals and adding 12 assists. As a redshirt senior in 2018, he played 1,290 minutes in 16 games, including 15 starts. The Washington, Michigan native ranked fourth on the team in points with a goal and five assists. Nance was named to the All-Big East Sec-ond Team as a junior in 2016 before redshirting the 2017 season due to injury.

88 D MATT NANCEHeight: 5-10 Weight: 150Born: October 16, 1997 Hometown: Brisbane, Australia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): A two-way force in midfield, Daley registered two goals, 13 key passes, 35 interceptions and 41 tackles won in 22 games, including 19 starts. Daley made his USL debut on May 12 against Portland Timbers 2. He entered the match as a sub in the 66th minute. Daley recorded his first assist with the club at Reno 1868 FC in just his second appearance (May 19).

He signed with S2 after previously competing for Queensland Lions FC in his native country of Australia. Daley recorded four goals and one assist in five appear-ances for Lions FC in 2018. He is a former captain of his Brisbane Roar A-League Academy club.

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98 M ANTONEE BURKE-GILROY

Height: 5-9 Weight: 148Born: October 3, 1997Hometown: Denmark Hill, United Kingdom

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (S2): Burke-Gilroy made his S2 debut in a 4-0 loss to Fresno FC on June 2. The multi-faceted midfielder made 19 appearances, 14 of which were starts, after joining the USL side midway through the campaign. The Australian scored his first goal for S2 in a 3-0 win over Las Vegas Lights FC on July 26. Operating in box-to-box and attack-ing midfield roles, Burke-Gilroy tallied 16 key passes and three goals.

Burke-Gilroy signed with S2 on May 1, 2018 after playing for the Newcastle Jets A-League club as a full-time schol-arship player. From January to June of 2017, he was on a six-month loan to club Academica Coimbra in Portugal.

99 F JUSTIN DHILLON

Height: 6-3 Weight: 185Born: June 6, 1995Hometown: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2018 (LA Galaxy II): Dhillon appeared in 18 games for LA Galaxy II including seven starts, and netted three goals while recording 17 total shots and 10 shots on target.

2017 (LA Galaxy II): He started 13 of his 21 contests for LA Galaxy II in 2017, his first professional season, scor-ing six goals and adding two assists while firing 32 shots, including 16 on goal.

COLLEGE EXPERIENCEDhillon appeared in 73 games in four seasons at Cal Poly University and recorded 15 goals and 12 assists. As a se-nior in 2016, he started all 17 games for the Mustangs and posted seven goals and two assists.

D EVERARDO RUBIO

Height: 6-0 Weight: 172Born: December 24, 1996Hometown: Culiacán, Mexico

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2015-19 (Murciélagos FC): Rubio has totaled 1,482 minutes across 20 matches in the last four seasons for Murciélagos FC, including 18 starts. He made his profes-sional debut at 18 years of age in Ascenso MX, the second professional level of the Mexican soccer system.