MLS Seattle Sounders FC

Eight Sounders FC Academy Players Commit to Colleges

Published on February 6, 2013 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Seattle Sounders FC News Release


RENTON, Wash. - Eight members of the Seattle Sounders FC Academy Under-18 team have committed their futures to collegiate soccer programs. The National Letter of Intent signing period began on February 6.

Among those that have signed an NLI, Jordan Morris of Mercer Island High School will attend Stanford University. He was the 2012 Gatorade Washington State Player of the Year.

Three Sounders FC Academy players will remain in the Pacific Northwest as Kyle Bjornethun (Seattle University), Jordan Kollars (Seattle Pacific) and Michael Steele (Oregon State) each committed to nearby colleges.

Jalen Markey of O'Dea High School decommitted from Syracuse University this week.

Along with developing talent for the Major League Soccer club's senior team, the Sounders FC Academy also strives to develop young men to maximize their educational options.

List of Seattle Sounders FC Academly Under-18 Commitments

Kyle Bjornethun (Defender, Glacier Peak HS): Seattle University

Jordan Kollars (Midfielder, Central Kitsap HS): Seattle Pacific University

Jason McGlothern (Midfielder, Mount Rainier HS): Virginia Commonwealth University

Mark Matula (Defender, Eastlake HS): Drexel University

Michael Steele (Midfielder, Insight School): Oregon State University

Jacob Hauser-Ramsey (Forward, Shorewood HS): Cincinnati University

Jordan Morris (Midfielder, Mercer Island HS): Stanford University

Ike Crook (Forward, Todd Beamer HS): College of Charleston

The Sounders FC Academy will host an Open House in July. It provides an opportunity to learn more about the Sounders FC Academy U15/16 and U17/18 teams as well as other programs offered to enhance the 2013-2014 Youth System for Sounders FC.

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