Monday, November 22, 2021 Coach Lynden Smithson has served as a prosecutor for the City of Spokane for 19 years, but his work on the sidelines has been his most satisfying service in the community. “Some of the most gratifying times in my life have come from coaching. I have been asked to be a…

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Monday, November 15 Called upon by his children and their friends in 1989 to coach their team, Dan Raczykowski took it upon himself to learn how to coach the game to provide those kids with the best possible experience he could. Thirty years and many lessons later he’s still on the sideline providing that guidance…

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Monday, November 8, 2021 In the late eighties, his mother was looking for a way to get Kevin Moon off the island. Little did the two of them know that attending Whitworth would lead to a life’s passion for the eventual coach and a change in culture for Spokane soccer. You only have to be…

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Monday, November 1, 2021 As a player he put full dedication into playing full-time only to see his collegiate career cut far too short. But now, Nick Piger is dedicated to coaching the high school age boys primarily off the field, preparing them for the college process as an assistant coach with Tim Seely, but…

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Monday, October 25, 2021 Former Zag player Christo Michaelson may be one of the newest coaches to join the Spokane Sounders coaching ranks, but the Oregon native brings quite the pedigree and passion to the sideline. The youngest of three siblings by a wide margin, he grew up watching his older brother and sister find…

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Monday, October 18, 2021 As if her plate was not full enough as a full-time nurse and still part-time student, Megan Oliver has returned to the pitch as a coach for the Spokane Sounders, continuing to utilize lessons learned from her father Mike Oliver. Though her chosen path is uniquely hers, Megan Oliver has used…

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Monday, October 11, 2021 Seven years ago, he answered the call. Just a parent with a daughter going into the SYSA program Ryan Schultz returned to a game he had left long ago to guide the youngest of players as they embarked on the beautiful game. Perhaps inspired by his first experience as a soccer…

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Monday, October 4, 2021 A lifelong player since the age of five, Carlos Garcia is one of the newer faces on the Spokane Sounders staff, guiding some of the youngest boys in the club. A native of Michoacan, Mexico, Garcia moved to California at the age of nine and continued his passion for the sport,…

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Friday, September 24, 2021 In April, a long-awaited dream became a reality for B2007 ECNL player Erik Collins. He transitioned from Spokane Sounder to Seattle Sounder, joining the club’s acclaimed academy on the west side after years of hard work. Collins appeared on the radar for the Sounders Development Program three years ago and began…

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Monday, August 30, 2021 A Puget Sound native, Ali McCready seemed destined to become a Spokanite. Soccer, however, was not the original plan for the mother of four that is one of the club’s longest serving members of the coaching staff. It all started with academics. The place: Whitworth. “I was heavily involved in the…

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