Seattle Sounders FC at Real Salt Lake - Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 7:00 p.m. PT MAURO ROSALES BIO #10 MAURO ROSALES Position: Midfielder Height: 5-8 Weight: 160 Born: February 24, 1981 Hometown: Villa Maria, Cordoba, Argentina Citizenship: Argentina Pronunciation: MOU-ro Roh-SAH-les
SAMMY OCHOA BIO #19 SAMMY OCHOA Position: Forward Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 Born: September 4, 1986 Hometown: Riverside, California Citizenship: United States/Mexico How Acquired: Signed on August 26, 2011
How Acquired: Signed on March 18, 2011 Previous Clubs: Estudiantes Tecos (Mexico, 2006-11) Previous Clubs: Newell’s Old Boys (1999-2004), Ajax (2004-07), River Plate (2007-10) • Played past four years for Buenos Aires giants River Plate • Has played nearly 400 matches over all competitions in South America and Europe • Capped 10 times by Argentina and won Olympic gold medal Professional Experience: 2007-10: Played past four years for River Plate. Made 64 appearances, scoring four goals. Won the 2008 Argentine Clausura with River Plate. Scored 39 goals in 234 league matches for Newell’s Old Boys, Ajax and River Plate. 2004-07: Member of two Ajax teams which twice won the Dutch Cup and Dutch Super Cup. Made 63 appearances with six goals. 1999-04: Began career with Newell’s Old Boys, making over 100 appearances with 30 goals. International Experience: Capped 10 times (one goal) by Argentina and was a member of the gold-medal winning team at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2001 FIFA U20 World Cup and the 2004 Copa America runners-up.
A M A D O U S A N YA N G B I O #30 AMADOU SANYANG Position: Midfielder Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Born: August 1, 1991 Hometown: Banjul, Gambia Citizenship: Gambia Pronunciation: Ah-ma-DOO SAN-yang How Acquired: Signed on July 31, 2011 Previous Clubs: Real de Banjul (2007-09), Toronto FC (2009-10) • Signed at age 17 by Toronto FC and made debut on 18th birthday (8/1/09) • Won Gambian 1st division championship in 2007 and named the league’s top midfielder • Represented Gambia internationally at the U-17 and U-20 levels Professional Experience: 2009-10: Made 20 appearances with 15 starts in 2 seasons with Toronto. Logged career-high 898 minutes last season. Played 90 minutes against Seattle (8/29/09). 2007-09: Began professional career in 2007 with Real de Banjul. Honored best mdifielder in Gambian League in 2007. International Experience: Made international debut in 2007 with Gambian U-17 team. Also played for U-20.
• Played past five seasons in Mexican first division • Member of Sigi Schmid’s U.S. team at the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup • Trained with Sounders FC in June, scoring winner in an MLS Reserve League game Professional Experience: 2006-11: Played past five seasons at Mexico’s Estudiantes Tecos in Guadalajara. Made over 20 appearances for club before signing with MLS on August 24, 2011. International Experience: Member of Sigi Schmid’s U.S. team at the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup, making four appearances. Later was part of the U.S. U-23 National Team in the friendlies played prior to the 2008 Olympic Games. Personal: Born in Mexico, Ochoa later moved to Riverside, Calif. and attended Riverside Poly High School. He is a U.S. citizen. Ochoa signed with Tecos in 2006. Jesus Ochoa, Sammy’s older brother, played for Schmid while with the Galaxy. He later played for Chivas USA.
A C A D E M Y U P D AT E The Seattle Sounders FC U16 and U18 academy teams both went 1-0-1 over the weekend, sweeping the San Diego Nomads on Friday night and drawing both games on Sunday against the San Diego Surf. Friday night, the U18's got out to a 3-0 lead and won 5-3 behind two goals from Ian Lange and two assists from Austin Sweeney. Lange scored off a Sweeney corner kick in the second minute, and Sweeney fed Dom Dismuke in the 29th to make it 2-0. The score was 5-1 before the Nomads picked up goals in the 75th and 85th minutes to narrow the gap. The U16's were equally impressive in a 2-0 win on Friday in which they outshot the Nomad U16's 25-4. They got on the board in the 40th minute when Isidro Prado-Huerta scored on a pass from Denis Kalamar. A Jalen Markey penalty made it 2-0 in the 60th minute after Michael Steele was fouled in the box. On Sunday, Sounders FC Academy faced one of their toughest challengers yet in the San Diego Surf. In the second straight game for the U18's, the Sweeney-toLange connection got Sounders FC on the board first, this time in the 26th minute. A Surf penalty in the 80th minute tied the game and forced a 1-1 draw in a game where both teams picked up constant fouls and multiple cautions. The U16 squad tied the Surf 0-0 in another physical, foulridden game.