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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Monday, July 5, 2021 He has tried to move away from Spokane several times, but in the end coach Hank Dennewith and his family find themselves anchored in the community as he continues working with young, developing players. A native of Tacoma, Dennewith played select soccer in the Puyallup area growing up and played for…

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Monday, June 28, 2021 One could argue that coach Dave Ellis serves the community more than any other coach in the region, balancing his expansive day job as the recently appointed Spokane Valley Police Chief with not only being a coach in the club, but also for a local high school as well as being…

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Monday, June 21, 2021 In this edition of Coach Profiles we check in with Noah White, an up-and-coming member of the staff that will be guiding his first RCL team this season after working several years with the Sounders Junior Program and Select. Though he is one of the younger members of the coaching staff,…

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The pillars of the Spokane Sounders are the foundation of how the club approaches operating. Those pillars of Development, Competition, Community, and Enjoyment play a large role in everything and over the next two weeks we will explore it in the Why Spokane Sounders series. COACHES / STAFF We cap the Why Spokane Sounders series…

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