This is a feature in Issue 12 of Sounders Monthly. Copies are available for free at The NINETY, GuestLink Services locations, Soccer Celebration and Membership Central. You can also access it on the Sounders Mobile App.
Seattle Sounders rookie Alex Roldan never really imagined he’d be a professional soccer player. He had dreams, sure, but so did every kid. He knew that.
Somewhat underrecruited out of high school like older brother Cristian was, Alex spent four years at Seattle University where he scored 14 combined goals in his junior and senior seasons to become one of the premier attacking midfielders in college soccer.