2018 S2 player review: Academy players

Kayla Mehring / Sounder at HeartS2 had a whopping 41 different players take the pitch this season, so we’ll be breaking these evaluations up into easily identifiable groups.

Those groups are: Players on MLS contracts playing down, direct S2 signings, adult S2 players eligible for Homegrown Player deals, teen S2 players eligible for Homegrown Player deals, and Sounders Academy members with at least five appearances.

The final chapter of our S2 review for last season involves Seattle Sounders Academy players who made at least five appearances for the club. These players have the toughest task of any players on the pitch for S2, trying to hold their own against older (and usually larger)…