Throughout the past couple of seasons, the Seattle Sounders Academy staff has repeatedly expressed their goal for the Rave Green youth system to be one of the best in the world. But in order to be the best, you have to beat the best. And the young Sounders are doing just that at the historic Youdan Trophy in Sheffield, England, with both squads advancing to the semifinals from groups composed of the most storied clubs in the world.
Two of the most talent-laden squads in the history of Sounders Academy, the Sounders Discovery Program U-12s (2004) and the U-14s (2002), are running riot at the Youdan Trophy with a combined goal differential of plus-22 from just eight matches.