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MYRON SAMUEL#97

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OALEX ANDERSON#39

GIULIANO FRANO#45

AARON LONG #25

NICK MIELE #44

ASHANI FAIRCLOUGH#77

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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Playing in the thin air of Colorado Springs on July 18, S2 was looking for another result on the road. Following a 4-0 dissection of Arizona United SC – which sat atop the league table at the time – the Rave Green were surging, looking to make a push for the top spot in the USL Western Conference.

Almost exactly one month later, the two clubs are set to meet again. Now, the race for the top of the table is only tighter and

the stakes are even higher.

With the top six teams in the conference only separated by four points, and defending champion Sacramento Republic FC in seventh knocking on the door for the final playoff spot, fifth place S2 is looking for a positive result that would put the Rave Green in a three-way tie for second place with five games remaining in the season, including two against playoff-contenders.

“This is a very important game for us,” said S2 Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson. “We have had some rest since our last game and we were able to get a result when we visited them, so hopefully we can do the same on Wednesday.”

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In the last meeting between the two clubs, Switchbacks FC took an early lead by the boot of Aaron King, heading a Jordan Burt cross in the ninth minute to take the lead. The Switchbacks are the second highest-scoring team in the league with 43 goals, trailing only Tulsa Roughnecks FC who have 46.

Sérgio Mota, who is available to S2 for the mid-week clash, scored the equalizer in the 61st minute, his second goal in three games.

S2 is looking to shake a two-game losing streak in which the club was shut out for only the second and third time this season. The Rave Green midfield will be bolstered by the return of Sérgio and captain Amadou Sanyang, who both return from suspension this week.

Meanwhile, Colorado Springs went 2-1-2 in its last five, having most recently given up a two-goal lead to draw at home against Sacramento.

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