It was the first weekend of action for the Sounders FC USSDA teams and after four matches both are undefeated. See Sounders FC recap of the matches here.
On Saturday the U-16's won while the U-18's drew, and it was the same again on Sunday. The U-16's beat the San Diego Surf 3:1 while the U-18's scored their first goals of the season in a 2:2 draw with the Surf at Starfire Sports Stadium.
The U-16's are in first place in the Northwest Division with six points. In the early season Seattle's Crossfire Premier are in second with a point.
The U-18's are in second place behind Crossfire, 4 standing points to two.
Chris Coulter of www.SoundersPhotos.com was at Sunday's U-16 match and shares the photos in this article as well as a few observations below.
In the early game, the U-18 drew 2-2 with what was described to me as a chippy affair. I was told that Sean Okoli had both goals for Seattle.
The Sounders U-16 won 3-1.
1-0 at half on a PK—taken by Jordan Schweitzer (#21 for this game).
The Sounders conceded a PK early in the 2nd half to tie the game up.
The Sounders then pulled away with a goal in the run of play from Michael Steele and later Stefan Bangsund converted another PK.
Coaches Sigi Schmid, Tom Dutra and TV/Radio analyst Alan Hinton were in the stands watching the U-16 team in action. A few Emerald City Supporters guys showed up and had a drum—definitely added a cool atmosphere to the U-16 match. The coaches were sure to send the youngsters over to applaud the support after the match. Very cool to have supporters show up for the kids.---Chris
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Totally awesome games this weekend! Cannot wait to see more!
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