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Sounders FC's Osvaldo Alonso returns to Cuba for first time since 2007

It's been a long time coming, but Sounders FC midfielder Osvaldo Alonso revealed Monday that he is currently on his way to Cuba for the first time since defecting from the country in 2007.

very happy , I'm on my way to cuba pic.twitter.com/qRPBq5p3tS

— Osvaldo Alonso (@OzzieAlonso) December 14, 2015

Alonso took to Twitter to show that he, along with his wife, children and father (who he saw for the first time since defecting just this year), are all on a plane headed home. Alonso was just 22 when he walked out of a Houston-area Walmart while with the Cuban National Team.