Seattle Sounders had three players with the Homegrown Player (HGP) designation last season, but all three failed to make much of an impact on the Seattle first team. Aaron Kovar, Victor Mansaray, and Darwin Jones all played significant minutes for S2 and impressed staff in training, but they were unable to be make more than a handful of appearances for the Sounders.
In a postseason conference call, Sounders General Manager Garth Lagerwey gave some updates on where the club stands with each player.
It sounds like we'll see much more of Aaron Kovar in the first team this season:
He played well at times.