Sammy Ochoa, a former forward on the US U-20 National Team, scored the Sounders’ lone goal in Monday’s Reserve Match against the LA Galaxy. Ochoa, is currently under contract with Estudiantes Tecos in Mexico and made 3 appearances with the club in their most recent season.

The win moves the Seattle Reserve side to 6-0-0.

According to the club, Ochoa’s goal was set up when “Erik Friberg slotted the ball in front of the goal and Ochoa hit it first time from 6 yards. Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Perk initially blocked the shot but the rebound was bundled over the line by Ochoa.”

The Sounders Reserves next play at Los Angeles on July 5th.

Scoring Summary:
SEA – Sammy Ochoa (Erik Friberg) 82

L.A. Galaxy: 24-Brian Perk; 6-Frankie Hejduk, 3-Gregg Berhalter, 15-Dan Keat, 28-Ryan Thomas; 27-Ryan Jordan (43-Riley Wolfe 90), 16-Hector Jimenez, 18-Mike Magee, 30-Paolo Cardozo (29-Kyle Davies 75); 7-Jovan Kirovski, 17-Adam Cristman

Substitutes Not Used: 21-Dustin McCarty, 35-Vince Paldino (GK), 79-Grady Howe

Seattle Sounders FC: 28-Terry Boss; 24-Roger Levesque, 20-Zach Scott, 4-Patrick Ianni (32-Miguel Montano 46), 12-Leo Gonzalez; 16-David Estrada (36-Myron Samuel 73), 22-Michael Seamon, 8-Erik Friberg, 14-Michael Tetteh; 25-Pat Noonan (38-Sammy Ochoa 62), 21-Nate Jaqua (40-Cillian Sheridan 46)

Substitutes Not Used:29-Josh Ford (GK), 35-Sean Okoli, 39-Brandon Brockway

Misconduct Summary:
SEA – Roger Levesque (unsporting behavior) 47
SEA – Leo Gonzalez (unsporting behavior) 52

Referee: Levi Rippy
Referee’s Assistants: Mike Rottersman, William Niccolls
4th Official: Ray Moffatte, Jr.
Attendance: 696
Time of Game: 1:52
Weather: Partly cloudy and 57 degrees

Roger Levesque added a second goal for the Sounders in the 26th from an assist from Zach Scott.

Other new trialist, Myron Samuel, played the second 45 minutes.

First-half goals by Cillian Sheridan and Roger Levesque led the Seattle Sounders FC to a 2-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a Reserve League match on Tuesday night at Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila, Wash.

Sounders FC (5-0-0) sits atop the West Division with a league-high five wins while the Whitecaps FC (0-2-1) continues to search for its first win in Reserve League play.

Seattle took the lead in the 8th minute. Miguel Montano took a ball from Servando Carrasco on the left flank and sent a cross to the far post where Sheridan slid and knocked the ball into the net.

Montano, who recorded his second assist on the score, is the only Sounder with multiple assists in Reserve League play.

Sounders FC added a second tally in the 26th minute. After a corner kick was broken up, Zach Scott headed the ball back in front of goal where Levesque headed it in for his first goal in Reserve League play.

Whitecaps FC nearly pulled a goal back in the 52nd minute but Greg Janicki’s header was stopped by Seattle goalkeeper Terry Boss. Boss also made stops on a headed attempt by Omar Salgado in the 55th minute and a long-range shot by Russel Teibert in the 25th minute.

Long Tan got his foot on the end of a long cross in the 71st minute but his attempt went straight to Boss.

Jay Nolly made six saves on the night, including a diving stop on an 18-yard attempt by Sheridan in the 16th minute and a pair of saves on close-range shots from Michael Seamon in the 34th minute.

David Estrada and Montano worked a give-and-go down the right flank in the 83rd minute but Nolly came off his line to smother the ball.

Seattle held an advantage in shots, 12-9, and corner kicks, 4-3. Each side was whistled for 10 fouls.

Sounders FC will face the L.A. Galaxy reserves on Monday, June 13 at 11 a.m. at Starfire Sports Stadium. Admission is free with donations accepted at the gate for the club’s community partners.

Vancouver will visit the L.A. Galaxy reserves in their next Reserve League match on June 20 at 11 a.m.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC (0-2-1) vs. Seattle Sounders FC (5-0-0)
June 7, 2011 – Starfire Sports Stadium, Tukwila, Wash.
Reserve League

Seattle Sounders FC 2-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Scoring Summary:
SEA – Cillian Sheridan (Miguel Montano, Servando Carrasco) 8′
SEA – Roger Levesque (Zach Scott) 26′

Misconduct Summary:
None

Vancouver Whitecaps FC: 18-Jay Nolly; 8-Wes Knight, 14-Greg Janicki, 32-Kevin Harmse (38-La’Vere Corbin-Ong 45′), 19-Blake Wagner; 31-Russell Teibert, 12-Jeb Brovsky (34-Caleb Clarke 76′), 27-Alexandre Morfaw (33-Peter Vagenas 45′), 13-Michael Nanchoff; 17-Omar Salgado, 23-Long Tan

Substitutes Not Used: 24-Callum Irving, 36-Ben Fisk

Seattle Sounders FC: 28-Terry Boss; 24-Roger Levesque, 20-Zach Scott, 12-Leo Gonzalez, 14-Michael Tetteh; 23-Servando Carrasco, 22-Michael Seamon (35-DeAndre Yedelin 90+), 25-Pat Noonan (36-Aaron Kovar 75′), 32-Miguel Montano (38-Sean Okoli 88′), 16-David Estrada, 40-Cillian Sheridan (37-Myron Samuel 45′)

Substitutes Not Used:29-Josh Ford, 39-Michael Gallagher

Referee: Josh Wilkins
Referee’s Assistants: William Niccolls, Baboucarr Jallow
4th Official: Ian Johnson
Weather: Clear Skies and 60-degrees
Time of Game: 1:50
Attendance: 663

Servando Carrasco put the Sounders up in the 77th minute off of a free kick from about 30 yards out. David Estrada came on for Fredy Montero in the 65th and scored the Sounders’ 2nd goal in the 89th.

The win puts the Reserves’ record at 4-0-0. The Reserve squad next plays the Whitecaps on Tuesday, June 6th at Starfire Sports.

Portland Timbers Reserves (1-2-0, 3pts) vs. Seattle Sounders FC Reserves (4-0-0, 12pts)
May 30, 2011 – JELD-WEN Field, Portland, Ore.
MLS Reserve League

Scoring Summary
SEA: Carrasco, 77
SEA: Estrade (Gonzalez), 89

Misconduct Summary
POR: Braun (reckless foul), 76

Lineups
POR: GK-Adin Brown; D-Freddie Braun, D-Ross Smith, D-David Horst ©, D-Chris Taylor; M-Ryan Pore (Spencer Thompson, 68), M-James Marcelin, M-Adam Moffat (Bim Ogunyemi, 85), M-Rodrigo Lopez; F-Eddie Johnson, F-Brian Umony

Substitutes Not Used: D-Jesus Gonzalez

SEA: GK-Terry Boss; D-Roger Levesque, D-Zach Scott, D-Taylor Graham ©, D-Leo Gonzalez; M-Miguel Montaño (Sean Okoli, 78), M-Servando Carrasco, M-Michael Seamon, M-Michael Tetteh; F-Pat Noonan (Aaron Kovar, 81), F-Fredy Montero (David Estrada, 65)

Substitutes Not Used: GK-Bryan Meredith, F-, F-DeAndre Yedlin

Referee: Ronald Lagraff
Assistant Referees: Jeremy Hanson, Cesar Tercero
4^th Official: Farhad Dadko  
Attendance: 3,393
Weather: Cloudy, 62 degrees

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The Sounders got goals from Lamar Neagle, Pat Noonan, and Michael Tetteh at Starfire.

Seattle’s Reserves have now won all three games they have played. The next Reserve Match is set for May 30th at Portland.

Official Release

Lamar Neagle scored and assisted and Pat Noonan and Michael Tetteh tallied goals as Seattle Sounders FC defeated the Portland Timbers, 3-2, in a MLS Reserve League match on Sunday afternoon at Starfire Sports Stadium.

Sounders FC (3-0-0) remain undefeated in Reserve League play while Portland (1-1-0) lost for the first time.

Neagle staked Seattle to a lead with a strike in the 44th minute. He played a ball into box from the right side that bounced through a crowd and spun inside the far post.

Neagle started the second scoring sequence as well. In the 57th minute he swung a cross into the box that Noonan headed past Timbers keeper Adin Brown from close range.

Rookie Michael Tetteh extended the lead in the 74th minute. Tetteh worked a give-and-go with second-half substitute Roger Levesque and slotted a left-footed shot past Brown from 12 yards.

David Horst pulled Portland a goal back in the 68th minute. Bim Ogunyemi headed a free kick from Rodrigo Lopez that Terry Boss stopped. Horst was able to knock in the rebound from the ground.

Portland scored a late goal in second-half stoppage time when a ball fell to Ogunyemi at the top of the box and he blasted it just under the crossbar and into the back of the net.

David Estrada tested Portland early when he pounded a shot from 20 yards in the 9th minute that Brown blocked.

Tetteh had another scoring opportunity in the 11th minute when he weaved through the center of the field but his attempt from 16 yards missed just wide right.

Neagle and Noonan nearly combined in the first half when Neagle swung a cross into the box from the right wing that Noonan fired just wide from 12 yards out.

Neagle and Tetteh co-lead Sounders FC in MLS Reserve League scoring with two goals. Neagle drew and converted a penalty in last week’s win over Chivas USA and Tetteh scored the winner at San Jose.

The sides were even on shots with 10. Terry Boss made five saves and Brown made four.

Seattle will face Timbers in its next MLS Reserve League match at JELD-WEN Field in Portland on May 30 at 2 p.m. PT.

Portland Timbers (1-1-0) vs. Seattle Sounders FC (3-0-0)
May 15, 2011 – Starfire Sports Stadium, Tukwila, Wash.
Reserve League

Seattle Sounders FC 3 – 2 Portland Timbers

Scoring Summary:
SEA – Lamar Neagle (unassisted) 44
SEA – Pat Noonan (Lamar Neagle) 57
POR – David Horst (unassisted) 68
SEA – Michael Tetteh (Roger Levesque) 74
POR — Bim Ogunyemi (unassisted) 90+

Portland Timbers: 24-Adin Brown; 27-Chris Taylor, 34-Sean Morris, 12-David Horst, 25-Steve Purdy; 19-Rodrigo Lopez, 14-James Marcelin, 16-Adam Moffat (35-Bim Ogunyemi 67), 7-Sal Zizzo (31-Spencer Thompson 46); 8-Peter Lowry, 23-Ryan Pore (36-Nosa Iyoha 82)

Substitutes Not Used: 20-Jake Gleeson, 2-Kevin Goldthwaite

Seattle Sounders FC: 28-Terry Boss; 20-Zach Scott (39-Kevin Sakuda 52), 26-Taylor Graham, 31-Jeff Parke, 12-Leo Gonzalez; 27-Lamar Neagle, 22-Michael Seamon, 16-David Estrada, 14-Michael Tetteh; 2-Mike Fucito (24-Roger Levesque 73), 25-Pat Noonan (32-Miguel Montano 63)

Substitutes Not Used: 29-Josh Ford, 36-Daniel Gray, 37-Cameron Hepple, 35-Sinisa Ubiparipovic,

Misconduct Summary:
SEA – Michael Tetteh (unsporting behavior) 14
SEA – Miguel Montano (delaying restart) 90

Referee: Tyler Ploeger
Referee’s Assistants: Baboucarr Jallow and Erik Martes
4th Official: Josh Wilkins
Attendance: 670
Time of Game: 1:52
Weather: Rain and 51 degrees

Miguel Montaño scored in Monday's Reserve League action (Chris Coulter photo)

The Sounders FC Reserves won their second match of the 2011 MLS Reserve League on MOnday night thanks to goals by Mike Fucito, Lamar Neagle, and Miguel Montano in a 3-2 defeat of the reserve side from Chivas USA.

Official Release

Lamar Neagle and Miguel Montano scored eight minutes apart in the second half, lifting Seattle Sounders FC to a 3-2 win over Chivas USA in an MLS Reserve League match at Starfire Sports Stadium on Monday night.

Chris Cortez scored twice for Chivas USA (1-2-1) and nearly equalized in stoppage time. Mike Fucito struck for Seattle’s (2-0-0) opener.

Neagle put Sounders FC ahead early in the second half. Streaking into the right corner of the box he was taken down by Chivas USA goalkeeper Sergio Arias. Neagle then stepped to the spot and converted to the left corner in the 52nd minute.

Montano doubled the lead to 3-1 on the hour. He received a short feed from Pat Noonan, faked right, then pulled the ball back left and fired inside the near post from 16 yards.

Chivas USA pulled a goal back in the 69th minute on the second strike by Cortez. Bryan de la Fuente drove a cross from the left wing and Cortez flicked it into the right corner.

In the first minute of stoppage time Cortez almost bagged a hat trick but his shot off a corner kick caromed off the left post. The Red and White’s Mariano Trujillo was denied in the 83rd minute when Sounders FC keeper Terry Boss turned his drive around the left post.

The teams exchanged first-half goals three minutes apart.

In the 22nd minute, Cortez intercepted a miss-hit goal kick by Boss and promptly beat Boss with a 20-yard drive to the right corner.

Sounders FC equalized in the 25th minute. David Estrada’s cross to the far post was headed down by Nate Jaqua and Fucito put it away from close range.

Fucito had three earlier attempts which just missed, including a header against the crossbar in the 6th minute from a Neagle cross. Jaqua steered the rebound wide right.

Seattle out-shot Chivas USA 15-9 but the visitors held an 8-5 advantage in corner kicks.

Sounders FC hosts the Timbers reserves on Sunday at 1 p.m. PT.

Chivas USA (1-2-1) vs. Seattle Sounders FC (2-0-0)
May 9, 2011 – Starfire Sports Stadium, Tukwila, Wash.
Reserve League

Seattle Sounders FC 3 – 2 Chivas USA

Scoring Summary:
CHV – Chris Cortez (unassisted) 22
SEA-Fucito (Jaqua, Estrada) 25
SEA – Lamar Neagle (penalty kick) 52
SEA – Miguel Montano (Pat Noonan) 60
CHV – Chris Cortez (Bryan de la Fuente) 69

Chivas USA: 30-Sergio Arias; 24-Bryan de la Fuente, 38-Ian Hines-Ike, 4-Michael Umana, 11-Michael Lahoud; 36-Chris Rodriguez, 6- Francisco Mendoza, 8- Mariano Trujillo, 14-Gerson Mayen; 27-Chris Cortez, 99-Victor Estupinan

Substitutes Not Used: 32-Kevin Guppy, 40-Arthur Aghasyan, 25-Edson Lemus, 16-Pedro Velazquez, 31-Danny Castro

Seattle Sounders FC: 28-Terry Boss; 20-Zach Scott, 26-Taylor Graham, 5-Tyson Wahl (39-Kevin Sakuda 46), 14-Michael Tetteh; 27-Lamar Neagle, 22-Michael Seamon, 16-David Estrada, 32-Miguel Montano; 2-Mike Fucito (37-Sinisa Ubiparipovic 63), 21-Nate Jaqua (25-Pat Noonan 46)

Substitutes Not Used: 29-Josh Ford, 38-Taylor Mueller

Misconduct Summary:
SEA – Zach Scott (unsporting behavior) 76
CHV – Francisco Mendoza (unsporting behavior) 78

Referee: Josh Wilkins
Referee’s Assistants: William Niccolls, Jeremy Hanson
4th Official: Timon Berry

Attendance: 920
Time of Game: 1:52
Weather: Cloudy and 55 degrees

The Reserves are 1-0-0 with a 1-0 win over San Jose a month ago thanks to a goal by Michael Tetteh in the waning minutes of the match.

Admission is free, but a $5 donation to the Sounders FC Community Partners will be accepted.

Parking will be $5.

Seattle’s next Reserve match will be on April 10th as they play at Chivas USA.

Scoring Summary:
SEA – Michael Tetteh 1 (unassisted) 87

Misconduct Summary:
SEA – Roger Levesque (Caution; Persistent Infringement) 39;
SEA – Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Caution; Game Disrepute) 52;
SJ – Matt Luzunaris (Caution; Game Disrepute) 52;
SEA – David Estrada (Caution; Intentional Handling) 88

San Jose Earthquakes – Andrew Weber, Steven Beitashour, Ike Opara (James Callahan 64), Bobby Burling, Justin Morrow, Brad Ring, Anthony Ampaipitakwong (David Frank 30), Rafael Baca, Matt Luzunaris, Yuri Morales (Nick Lima 73), Jesus Padilla.

Shots: 11; Shots on Goal: 1; Saves: 7; Fouls: 12; Offsides: 0; Corners: 3.

Seattle Sounders FC – Terry Boss, Roger Levesque, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Tyson Wahl, Zach Scott, Lamar Neagle (Pat Noonan 80), Servando Carrasco, Mike Seamon, Miguel Montano (Michael Tetteh 62), Nate Jaqua (Taylor Graham 55), David Estrada.

Shots: 13; Shots on Goal: 8; Saves: 1; Fouls: 19; Offsides: 6; Corners: 4.

Chris Coulter was on hand and here are some of his best shots.

Scoring summary
Sounders FC – Taylor Graham 9; Gregory Richardson (Trialist) (Mauro Rosales) 26; Roger Levesque 32; Alvaro Fernandez 41; Miguel Montano 75; Pan Noonan (Alvaro Fernandez) 78; Servando Carrasco 88.

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The new MLS Reserve League will be split into East, Central, and West divisions with teams facing each divisional opponent twice for a total of 10 games per team. Clubs may schedule additional games for their reserve squads against non-MLS opponents. The games featuring two MLS reserve teams begin March 20 and conclude October 16.

Here are the dates and opponents for Sounders FC. All home games will be payed at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila.

• Apr 3 @ San Jose Earthquakes
• Apr 10 @ Chivas USA
• May 9 vs. Chivas USA
• May 15 vs. Portland Timbers
• May 30 @ Portland Timbers
• June 7 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
• June 13 vs. LA Galaxy
• Jul 5 @ LA Galaxy
• August 9 @ Vancouver Whitecaps
• October 11 vs. San Jose Earthquakes