A total of 10 Sounders Academy players formally announced their commitments to different college soccer programs for NCAA National Signing Day on Wednesday. Additionally, two Tacoma Defiance players, Azriel Gonzalez and Marlon Vargas, will begin taking Southern New Hampshire University courses upon completion of the online school program in June, an initiative Sounders FC instituted two years ago.
“College soccer is the pathway for the vast majority of our players,” said Sounders FC Director of Player Development and Academy Director Marc Nicholls. “We’re delighted that many of them are going to such prestigious schools, some of them on very good academic and soccer scholarships.