The Tacoma Defiance kicked off the 2019 USL Championship season on Friday with a tense 1-0 win over Rio Grande Valley FC.
The player who scored the lone goal, 17-year-old forward Alec Diaz, has already amassed three goals and two assists from just 402 minutes of professional soccer.
Throughout the past couple of years, the Sounders have received plenty of plaudits for churning out elite, national-team caliber prospects at an eye-popping clip. Players have been profiled in local and national outlets, a clear indication of the club’s burgeoning reputation as one of the top talent producers in the country.