Sounders Home Grown Player and Former Emerald City FC player DeAndre Yedlin puts in gutsy debut performance at season opener.

The 19-year-old fullback played well in his Major League Soccer debut against the Impact.

Yedlin was part of Washington Youth Soccer’s State Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 2006 to 2009. He also played youth soccer for Emerald City FC, Northwest Nationals and Crossfire Premier before joining the Sounders youth academy for the 2010-11 season

Washington Men ink nine new Soccerdawgs

SEATTLE, Wash.— Signing day 2013 has arrived, and with it the advent of nine new Husky soccer careers. This highly touted group will arrive in Seattle with big shoes to fill. With eight graduating seniors on the current roster, three of whom were MLS draft picks; the Huskies are looking to reload. This talented group of newcomers hopes to do one better and take the Washington men’s soccer program to new heights.

Emerald City FC’s Casey Berrier drafted into NWSL

SEATTLE, Wash.—Casey Berrier was one of the first faces of the franchise for Emerald City FC of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) as the Seattle youth club debuted its adult side in the spring and summer of 2012. Less than a year later, and with a playing trip to Finland in the middle, Berrier is celebrating her drafting by FC Kansas City of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL.)