Perhaps it’s obvious from the title, but the Sounders’ newest crop of Homegrown Players are about as Seattle as they can get. Both UCLA forward Seyi (pronounced like “shay”) Adekoya and University of Washington midfielder Henry Wingo are not only Seattle natives, they’re actually longtime teammates. Before they partnered at the Sounders academy while attending Seattle-area high schools, the talented duo played on the same Crossfire youth teams in Redmond, WA.
In fact, it’s that friendship that helped ease both players into the idea of forgoing their senior year of college and signing HGP contracts with the Sounders as a kind of package deal.