SEATTLE – Following the announcement of the franchise’s new RAVE Foundation last week, the Seattle Sounders officially kicked off their latest philanthropic endeavor with a launch event at the Yesler Community Center in Seattle on Monday.
A collection of guest speakers were on hand, including Sounders Owner Adrian Hanauer, U.S. Congressman Adam Smith and Sounders midfielder Osvaldo Alonso, as well as RAVE Foundation director Maya Mendoza-Exstrom.
Former Sounders midfielder Roger Levesque, who currently serves as the club’s Director of Community Outreach, hosted the event.
The RAVE Foundation’s main focus is on facilitating the growth of youth soccer in communities that may not have the resources to grow the game themselves, something that both Levesque and Mendoza-Exstrom expanded on in their remarks to the audience.