List of Tacoma Defiance players
Tacoma Defiance (formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2) is an American soccer club based in Tacoma, WA, that competes in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid, as the reserve team of Seattle Sounders FC. The club was founded on October 14, 2014, and played its first match on March 21, 2015, at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. Tacoma Defiance is operated and managed by Seattle Sounders FC, while 20 percent of the club is fan-owned through the non-profit Sounders Community Trust.[1][2][3][4] Sounders assistant coach Ezra Hendrickson was named the team's coach on November 13, 2014.[5]
Players[edit]
Players who were contracted to the club but never played in a game are not listed.
All statistics are for the USL regular season games only, and are correct as of October 14, 2018[update].
Key
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DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward/striker |
SSFC caps = Seattle Sounders FC Appearances SSFC goals = Seattle Sounders FC Goals |
Outfield players[edit]
| Name | Position | Country | Years | Games | Goals | Assists | SSFC caps | SSFC goals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seyi Adekoya | FW |  USA |
2017 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tony Alfaro | DF |  Mexico |
2016– | 38 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 0 | |
| Emir Alihodžić | MF |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2016 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oalex Anderson | FW |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2015–2016 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Josh Atencio | MF | USA |
2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Micheal Azira | MF |  Uganda |
2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Milo Barton | FW |  England |
2016– | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Khai Brisco | FW | USA |
2017– | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antonee Burke-Gilroy | MF | ENG |
2018 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Burney | MF | USA |
2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Handwalla Bwana | FW |  Kenya |
2015– | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| Sakari Carter | DF | USA |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Felix Chenkam | FW |  Cameroon |
2017– | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Andrés Correa | DF |  Colombia |
2015 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Craven | FW | USA |
2015–2016 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jesse Daley | MF |  AUS |
2018 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordy Delem | MF |  Martinique |
2016– | 28 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | |
| Alec Diaz | FW | USA |
2018 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Dimitroff | MF | Australia |
2016– | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Serge Edoa | MF | Cameroon |
2017 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodrigue Ele | DF | Cameroon |
2017– | 35 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| David Estrada | FW | USA |
2018- | 33 | 11 | 2 | 41 | 5 | |
| Ashani Fairclough | DF |  Jamaica |
2015 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Farfan | MF | USA |
2016 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Devon Fisher | MF | USA |
2016 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oniel Fisher | DF | Jamaica |
2015–2016 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | |
| Waylon Francis | DF |  Costa Rica |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Giuliano Frano | MF |  Canada |
2015 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kasey French | DF | USA |
2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Garza | MF | USA |
2015 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azriel Gonzalez | MF | USA |
2017– | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Riley Grant | DF | USA |
2017– | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Hafferty | DF | USA |
2017– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Hamer | MF | USA |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Hinds | FW | USA |
2015–2016, 2018 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Shandon Hopeau | FW | USA |
2016– | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tobi Jnohope | DF | USA |
2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandon John | DF | Canada |
2016 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darwin Jones | FW | USA |
2015–2016 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |
| Willy Kapawa | MF | Cameroon |
2016 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Kingston | MF | USA |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hiroki Kobayashi | FW |  Japan |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Koontz | DF | USA |
2017– | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Kovar | MF | USA |
2015–2017 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 2 | |
| Harrison Kurtz | FW | USA |
2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Qudus Lawal | FW |  Nigeria |
2015 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Leyva | MF | USA |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lim Choong-sil | MF |  South Korea |
2015 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Long | DF | USA |
2015 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethan Lotenero | DF | USA |
2017– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Damion Lowe | DF | Jamaica |
2015 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Magnus | MF | USA |
2015–2016 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calum Mallace | MF | USA |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blake Malone | MF | USA |
2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Mansaray | FW | USA |
2015–2017 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jalen Markey | DF | USA |
2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron Martin | MF | USA |
2017– | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zach Mathers | DF | USA |
2016–2017 | 48 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duncan McCormick | MF | USA |
2015 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan McCray | DF | USA |
2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Nick Miele | DF | USA |
2015 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gio Miglietti | MF | USA |
2018 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enrique Montana | DF | USA |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Morris | DF | USA |
2016- | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Nana-Sinkham | DF | USA |
2017– | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francisco Narbón | MF |  Panama |
2017– | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lamar Neagle | FW | USA |
2018 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 137 | 28 | |
| Michael Nelson | DF | USA |
2016 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | FW | USA |
2017– | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Ockford | DF | USA |
2015 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Olsen | FW | USA |
2017– | 47 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mark O'Ojong | MF | Cameroon |
2016 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irvin Parra | FW | USA |
2016-2017 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carlos Patino | MF | Colombia |
2015–2016 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jackson Ragen | DF | USA |
2017– | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Robles | FW | USA |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lorenzo Ramos | MF | USA |
2015– | 51 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Ramos | FW |  Puerto Rico |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dylan Remick | DF | USA |
2015–2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Charles Renken | MF | USA |
2017– | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Rogers | DF | USA |
2017– | 37 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alex Roldan | MF | USA |
2018- | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | |
| Cristian Roldan | MF | USA |
2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 10 | |
| Pablo Rossi | MF |  Argentina |
2015 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Rothrock | MF | USA |
2017– | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Saari | MF | USA |
2017–2018 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tosh Samkange | DF | USA |
2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Myron Samuel | FW | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2015–2016 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Camilo Santiago | MF | Colombia |
2017– | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amadou Sanyang | MF |  Gambia |
2015 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jordan Schweitzer | MF | Canada |
2016 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Serrano | MF | USA |
2018- | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sérgio | MF |  Brazil |
2015 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Shipp | MF | USA |
2017– | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | |
| Diego Silvas | MF | USA |
2015 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Stretch | MF | USA |
2018– | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Javorn Stevens | FW |  Antigua and Barbuda |
2017– | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nathan Sturgis | MF | USA |
2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| Dylan Teves | MF | USA |
2017– | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabe Threadgold | MF | USA |
2018– | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nouhou Tolo | DF | Cameroon |
2016– | 31 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Kei Tomozawa | FW | USA |
2016– | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nate Tongovula | FW |  Sierra Leone |
2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denso Ulysse | DF |  Haiti |
2017– | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ibrahim Usman | DF | Nigeria |
2018– | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marlon Vargas | MF | USA |
2018– | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Whyte | DF | Australia |
2017– | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Wingo | MF | USA |
2017– | 24 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
Goalkeepers[edit]
| Name | Country | Years | Games | Conceded | Shutouts[nb 1] | SSFC Caps | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bersano | USA |
2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calle Brown | USA |
2018– | 21 | 40 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jacob Castro | USA |
2018– | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Fowler | USA |
2017– | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saif Kerawala | USA |
2015 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cody Lang | USA |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Lyon | USA |
2015–2016 | 41 | 74 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bryan Meredith | USA |
2017– | 16 | 33 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tyler Miller | USA |
2015–2017 | 34 | 55 | 5 | 4 | |
| Troy Perkins | USA |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Updated through October 14, 2018
By nationality[edit]
| Country | Number of players | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
1 | 10 |
| Argentina |
1 | 26 |
| Australia |
2 | 14 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1 | 18 |
| Brazil |
1 | 14 |
| Cameroon |
6 | 120 |
| Canada |
3 | 56 |
| Colombia |
3 | 44 |
| England |
1 | 7 |
| Gambia |
1 | 20 |
| Haiti |
1 | 18 |
| Jamaica |
3 | 52 |
| Japan |
1 | 1 |
| Kenya |
1 | 8 |
| Martinique |
1 | 24 |
| Mexico |
1 | 26 |
| Nigeria |
2 | 13 |
| Panama |
1 | 25 |
| Puerto Rico |
1 | 1 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2 | 41 |
| Sierra Leone |
1 | 4 |
| South Korea |
1 | 7 |
| Uganda |
1 | 4 |
| USA |
62 | 796 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ A shutout occurs when a goalkeeper plays in a game without conceding a goal. This is sometimes known outside North America as a clean sheet.
References[edit]
- ^ "Sounders FC Unveils Second Team Sounders FC 2". SoundersFC.com (Press release). Seattle Sounders FC. October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ^ Pentz, Matt (October 14, 2014). "Sounders confirm 'Sounders 2′ to begin play in USL Pro in 2015". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ^ MLSsoccer.com Staff (October 14, 2014). "Seattle Sounders announce creation of USL PRO team, S2, for 2015 season". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ^ "Portland & Seattle Launch USL PRO Teams" (Press release). Tampa, Florida: USL Pro. October 14, 2014. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ "Sounders FC 2 Names Ezra Hendrickson First Head Coach in Team History". SoundersFC.com (Press release). Seattle Sounders FC. November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.