Seattle Sounders FC vs. Houston dynamo | Friday, March 23, 2012 - 7:00 p.m. Pt
SoundErS FC MInI BIoS
1 | MICHAEl GSPurnInG Position: Goalkeeper Height: 6-5 Born: May 2, 1981 Citizenship: austria
Weight: 209 Hometown: Graz, austria Pronunciation: guh-sHpoorn-ing
HoW ACQuIrEd: signed on December 7, 2011. PrEvIouS CluBS: DsV leoben (2001-04), asko pasching (2004-06), skoda Xanthi (2007-11) 2012 HIGHlIGHtS • Made Mls debut vs. Tor (3/17), recording two saves. • Four saves in 2-1 win vs. santos laguna in CCl Quarterfinals, 3/7/12 CArEEr notES
• Capped three times by austrian national Team • Two-time foreign Goalkeeper of the Year in Greece’s top league • 16 shutouts in 26 games for skoda in 2008-09 lASt tIME: MlS Match: seattle (1), played 90 minutes in 3-1 win vs. Tor, 3/17/12 shutout: none lASt tIME: ConCACAF Match: seattle (2), played 90 minutes in 6-1 loss at santos laguna, 3/14/12 shutout: none
playoff Match: seattle (3), played 77 minutes in 1-2 loss at la, 11/7/10 lASt tIME: ConCACAF Match:seattle (7), played 23 minutes in 2-1 loss vs. Monterrey, 10/18/11 Goal: none assist: none
5 | AdAM JoHAnSSon Position: Defender Height: 5-11 Born: February 21, 1983 Citizenship: sweden
Weight: 165 Hometown: Gothenburg, sweden Pronunciation: Yo-HaWn-sun
HoW ACQuIrEd: signed on December 29, 2011. PrEvIouS CluBS: iFk Goteborg (2005-11), Vastra Frolunda iF (2002-04) 2012 HIGHlIGHtS
Weight: 169 College: UC irvine Citizenship: United states
HoW ACQuIrEd: selected from Columbus in the Mls expansion Draft on november 26, 2008 PrEvIouS CluBS: Columbus (2007-08) 2012 HIGHlIGHtS • Game-winning goal in (63’) in 2-1 win vs. santos laguna in CCl Quarterfinals, 3/7/12 PrIor
• scored career-high five goals and three assists in 2011 Mls season • Won Mls Cup 2008 with Columbus, and three Us open Cups • earned five U.s. national Team caps lASt tIME: MlS Match: seattle (90), played 90 minutes in 3-1 win vs. Tor, 3/17/12 Goal: seattle (14), 3-1 win at Van, 9/24/11 assist: seattle (12), 3-1 win at CHV, 10/22/11 playoff Match: seattle (8), played 21 minutes in 2-0 win vs. rsl, 11/02/11 playoff Goal: Columbus (1), 2-0 win vs. kC, 11/8/08 lASt tIME: ConCACAF Match:seattle (4), played 90 minutes in 6-1 loss at santos laguna, 3/14/12 Goal: seattle (2), 2-1 win vs. santos laguna, 3/7/12 assist: seattle (1), 4-1 win vs. Comunicaciones, 8/16/11
4 | PAtrICK IAnnI
Position: Defender Height: 6-1 Born: June 15, 1985 Hometown: lodi, California Pronunciation: ee-aWn-ee
lASt tIME: MlS Match: seattle (94), played 90 minutes in 3-1 win vs. Tor, 3/17/12 Goal: seattle (3), 2-1 win at rsl, 5/28/11 assist: seattle (3), 2-1 win vs. sJ, 6/13/09
• Made Mls debut vs. Tor (3/17) and played all 90 minutes
3 | BrAd EvAnS Position: Midfielder Height: 6-1 Born: april 20, 1985 Hometown: phoenix, arizona
CArEEr notES • started career-high 24 games in 2010 • Member of Houston’s 2006 and 2007 Mls Cup championship teams • no. 8 overall pick in the 2006 Mls superDraft
Weight: 188 College: UCla Citizenship: United states
HoW ACQuIrEd: acquired via trade from the Houston Dynamo for conditional draft pick on January 26, 2009 PrEvIouS CluBS: Houston (Mls, 2006-08)
CArEEr notES
• nine appearances for swedish national Team • played seven years in sweden’s top flight, the allvenskan lASt tIME: MlS Match: seattle (1), played 90 minutes in 3-1 win vs. Tor, 3/17/12 Goal: none assist: none lASt tIME: ConCACAF Match:seattle (2), played 90 minutes in 6-1 loss at santos laguna, 3/14/12 Goal: none assist: none
6 | oSvAldo AlonSo Position: Midfielder Height: 5-10 Born: november 11, 1985 Citizenship: Cuba
Weight: 147 Hometown: san Cristóbal, Cuba Pronunciation: ahs-VaHl-doe
HoW ACQuIrEd: signed as free agent on January 26, 2009. signed to contract extension on February 17, 2011. PrEvIouS CluBS: FC pinar del rio (Cuba, 2005-07); Charleston Battery (Usl, 2008) CArEEr notES • 2011 Mls all-star and voted team’s Most Valuable player for second straight season • Capped 17 times by Cuban national Team and captian of U-23 team during 2008 olympic qualifying lASt tIME: MlS Match: seattle (84), played 90 minutes in 3-1 win vs. Tor, 3/17/12 Goal: seattle (5), 3-2 win at por, 7/10/11 assist: seattle (9), 6-2 win vs. ClB, 8/27/11 playoff Match: seattle (6), played 90 minutes in 2-0 win vs. rsl, 11/2/11 playoff Goal: seattle (1), 2-0 win vs. rsl, 11/2/11 lASt tIME: ConCACAF Match: seattle (13), played 90 minutes in 6-1 loss at santos laguna, 3/14/12 Goal: seattle (2), 2-2 draw at Comunicaciones, 9/27/11 assist:seattle (1), 1-0 win vs. Metapan, 7/28/10