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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Monday, August 23, 2021 Seventeen. Coach Tim Seely had the world literally at his feet as a teenager. It was also the point at which the seed was planted and roots of his lengthy coaching career began. A fixture in the Spokane coaching community for so long, it is understandable for many to not know…

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Monday, August 16, 2021 New club goalkeeping coach Bryan Hernandez considers himself a bit of an adventurer, but the Shadow Men’s First Team keeper may have found himself a new home in Spokane after spending much of his life in California. “My head coach at Humboldt State told me they needed a keeper for the…

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Though he is a newer face to the Spokane Sounders, new Boys Director of Coaching Jay Vela is a fixture in Spokane soccer from his outstanding playing career that transitioned directly into his coaching career. Through his early years of playing for Express, Flames and River City, Vela bounced back and…

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Monday, August 2, 2021 With a life working and playing with stars in New York, hometown success story John Palladino is relishing the opportunity to be back in Spokane giving back to the soccer community while continuing his vibrant acting career. Two years ago coach Palladino was working alongside Rose Byrne on the set of…

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021 An all-around coach, a very humble Marissa Mykines spends the day helping athletes improve their physical strength as a trainer and then turns soccer coach in the evenings and weekends. Her dedication to improving players on and off the pitch probably stems from a competitive spirit that led to what is…

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Saturday, July 24 The first half of the summer tournament calendar wrapped up over the past two weekends with the Crossfire Challenge – among other events – and quite a few sides performing well, claiming three championships among eight semifinal appearances. Reaching the semifinals of the event were G2003/04 Rave RCL, G2007 GA, B2008 RCL,…

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Monday, July 12, 2021 The Spokane Sounders are pleased to announce that longtime club alumni Darby Doyle, fresh off of graduating from 2019 NCAA Division II Finalists Western Washington, has joined the club’s coaching staff. “Beyond thankful to join the staff that helped me build a foundation to learn and that created so many great…

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