Sean Henderson

Last updated
Sean Henderson
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-07-25) July 25, 1972 (age 50)
Place of birth Everett, Washington, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1993 UCLA Bruins
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994 East Los Angeles Cobras
1994–1996 TuS Celle 23 (1)
1996–1998 Colorado Rapids 55 (4)
1999–2004 Seattle Sounders 78 (5)
International career
United States U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sean Henderson (born July 25, 1972 in Everett, Washington) is a retired American soccer midfielder who spent two seasons in Germany, three in Major League Soccer and five in the USL A-League. He is now the scouting director for Seattle Sounders FC.

Contents

Player

Youth

Henderson, younger brother to Chris Henderson, was born and raised in Everett, Washington, attending Cascade High School where he was a two-time high school All American and helped the Bruins win the state championship in 1987 and 1989. After high school, he attended UCLA where he played from 1990 to 1993. In his first year at UCLA, they won the NCAA National Championship. In 1993, he was named captain, selected as an All American and was voted as the team Offensive MVP. [1] In 1991, Henderson was a member of the North Huntington Beach Untouchables that won the U19 National Championship.

Professional

In 1994, Henderson turned professional with the East Los Angeles Cobras in the USISL. [2] That fall, he moved to Germany and signed with Regionalliga club TuS Celle. In 1996, he returned to the United States and signed with the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer, playing alongside his brother. In 1997, the Rapids went to the MLS championship game where it lost to D.C. United. San Jose Earthquakes picked up Henderson in the waiver draft but failed to earn a roster spot for the 1999 season. He appears in the 99 media guide and program until June 1999. On June 30, 1999, Henderson moved to the second division Seattle Sounders of the USL A-League. He played there until retiring from professional soccer in 2005. [1]

U-20 National Team

Henderson made five appearances with the United States U-20 men's national soccer team.

Coach

Henderson joined Crossfire Premier, a youth club based in Redmond, Washington, in 1999. [3] Henderson joined the Seattle Sounders FC Academy for their inaugural season in 2010. After 8 years as an academy coach he became the Director of Scouting for Sounders in 2018. Henderson holds his US Soccer A License and the Elite Formation License from the French Soccer Federation

Honors

Henderson was inducted into the Cascade High School Hall of Fame in 2012 as well as the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame in 2020 and again in 2023 (as part of the 1987 State Championship Boys Soccer team).

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Henderson</span> American soccer player (born 1970)

Christopher Henderson is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He earned 79 caps with the U.S. national team and part of the U.S. team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the time of his retirement from Major League Soccer, he was the league's all-time leader in games played. Henderson served as the technical director of Seattle Sounders FC from 2008 to 2021. He is the chief soccer officer and sporting director of Inter Miami CF.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roger Levesque</span> American soccer player

Roger Levesque is a former American soccer player.

Greg Howes is an American soccer player, most recently coach for Las Vegas Legends in the Professional Arena Soccer League.

Nikolas Besagno is an American former soccer player who is currently the manager of Washington Crossfire of the USL Premier Development League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crossfire Redmond</span> Soccer club

Crossfire Redmond, previously the Seattle Wolves and Washington Crossfire, is an American soccer organization based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and was formerly in the Premier Development League (PDL) through the 2016 season.

Neil Megson is a soccer coach and former player who coaches youth soccer. A midfielder, he played two seasons in the North American Soccer League, nine in Major Indoor Soccer League, one in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and six in the USL First Division and its predecessors. He served as head coach to the Seattle Sounders for five seasons, winning the 1995 A-League championship and being named the 2000 USL Coach of the Year. Born in England, he earned two caps with the U.S. national team in 1988. He is the brother of former West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield Wednesday manager Gary Megson.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darren Sawatzky</span> American soccer player and coach

Darren Sawatzky is an American soccer coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Richmond Kickers in USL League One. He spent four seasons in Major League Soccer, one season in the Major Indoor Soccer League, one in USISL and five in the United Soccer Leagues. He currently holds several coaching positions at the high school, collegiate and professional levels and was the Director of Youth Development for Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer. In January 2015, he was named head coach of the Tacoma Stars of the Major Arena Soccer League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Dragavon</span>

Ben Dragavon is a former American soccer player who is currently an assistant coach for Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League.

John Fishbaugher is a former American soccer player.

Kevin Forrest is a retired American soccer player.

Robert "Bobby" McAllister is an American soccer player.

Puget Sound Gunners FC was an American soccer team based in Issaquah, Washington, United States. Founded in 2010, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, from 2011 to 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taylor Mueller</span> American soccer player

Taylor Thomas Mueller is a retired American soccer player.

Kieran Barton is a retired English-American soccer player who played professionally in the USL A-League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cristian Roldan</span> American soccer player

Cristian Roldan is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and the United States national team. He was the 2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year while playing for El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, California, and played collegiate soccer for the Washington Huskies. Roldan was picked by the Sounders in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft and developed into a regular starting player for the club with over 250 total appearances as of 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spencer Richey</span> American professional soccer player (born 1992)

Spencer McNair Richey is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.

Michael Gallagher is an American soccer player who most recently played for LA Galaxy II in the USL Championship.

Adeseyi Shinobu Adeyinka "Seyi" Adekoya is an American soccer player who plays as a forward.

Chris Little is a Scottish-born football coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach for Major League Soccer side Colorado Rapids. He was previously head coach of Tacoma Defiance, the second-division affiliate of Seattle Sounders FC. He played professionally for the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division and previously coached various amateur and college teams in North Carolina and Kentucky.

Tor Saunders is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for North Carolina FC in USL League One.

References

  1. 1 2 Patterson, Nick (September 16, 2020). "County Hall of Fame Class of 2020: Sean Henderson". The Everett Herald. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ SOUTHWEST DIVISION-Cobras Strike
  3. ↑ Crossfire Premier Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine

https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/county-hall-of-fame-class-of-2020-sean-henderson/


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.