Seattle Sounders FC have added pacy, 19 year-old winger Sanna Nyassi (5′8, 145)as their third player, joining American International goalkeeper Kasey Keller and forward Sebastien Le Toux. Sanna played for the Gambian U-20 squad in the 2007 FIFA Championships, and had been playing with Gambian side Port Authority FC until his trial in Seattle. With Port Authority FC, Nyassi scored the game-winning goal in the national cup final last season.
Nyassi, the twin brother of New England’s Sainey Nyassi will join the USL Seattle Sounders on loan until the end of the season, where Sanna could potentially be playing for his future coach. Current Seattle Head Coach Brian Schmetzer is the only confirmed candidate for the expansion team’s Head Coach slot.
Categories: News
Tagged: Brian Schmetzer, Kasey Keller, Port Authority FC, Sanna Nyassi, Seattle Sounders, Sebastien Le Toux
Last Year-
Premier League: 8-12-18 (17th)
Founded: 1879 as Fulham St. Andrew’s Church Sunday School
Manager: Roy Hodgson (English)
Stadium: Craven Cottage (30,500)
Nicknames: The Cottagers
Top Players: GK Mark Schwarzer, F Andrew Johnson, M Jimmy Bullard, M Simon Davies, M Danny Murphy
Famous Fans: Hugh Grant, Michael Caine
Fulham have spent relatively little time in the top English Division and have never won a title there. As a club, the only real success they’ve ever had was 2002-2003 UEFA Cup qualification through the Intertoto Cup (the Cottagers knocked out Croatia’s top two sides, Zagreb and Split, before falling to Hertha Berlin in the third round). Last season, Fulham languished in the relegation zone for most of the year. Interim Manager Lawrie Sanchez was relieved of his duties in December, and Roy Hodgson managed to save the team on goal difference after a tie in points with Reading. After last season’s debacle, Hodgson brought in 9 new faces and sent 13 old ones packing. Until recently, Fulham was infamous for having more Americans on their roster than any other English side (earning them the occasionally-used nickname “Fulhamerica”). Carlos Bocanegra, Clint Dempsey, Marcus Hahnemann, Eddie Johnson, Eddie Lewis, Kasey Keller, and Brian McBride have all recently been Cottagers, but only Eddie Johnson and Clint Dempsey remain for the 2008-2009 iteration of the team, and neither of them are projected starters.
Categories: Team Previews
Tagged: Andrew Johnson, Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra, Clint Dempsey, Danny Murphy, Eddie Johnson, Eddie Lewis, Fulham, Jimmy Bullard, Kasey Keller, Marcus Hahnemann, Mark Schwarzer, Roy Hodgson, Simon Davies
