Congratulating Seattle Sounders FC on winning the 2019 Major League Soccer Cup.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 707 Congratulating Seattle Sounders FC on winning the 2019 Major League Soccer Cup. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 15, 2019 Ms. DELBENE (for herself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KILMER, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. HECK, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. SMITH of Wash- ington, and Mrs. RODGERS of Washington) submitted the following reso- lution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform RESOLUTION Congratulating Seattle Sounders FC on winning the 2019 Major League Soccer Cup. Whereas, on November 10, 2019, Seattle Sounders FC won the 2019 Major League Soccer Cup; Whereas that win on November 10, 2019, is the second Major League Soccer championship won by Seattle Sounders FC in the 11 years that the Seattle Sounders have been in Major League Soccer; Whereas Seattle Sounders FC beat the Toronto Football Club 3–1 in the 2019 Major League Soccer Cup; Whereas Seattle Sounders FC— (1) dominated the competition in the regular season, with 16 wins and 10 losses; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:25 Nov 15, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR707.IH HR707 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 707 IH (2) qualified for the Major League Soccer Cup Play- offs for an unprecedented 11th straight season; and (3) earned the number two seed in the Major League Soccer Western Conference; Whereas Seattle Sounders FC plays home games at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington, and, on No- vember 10, 2019, 69,274 Seattle Sounders FC fans from across the State of Washington packed CenturyLink Field and set the record for the largest crowd at a sport- ing event in the 17-year history of the stadium; Whereas the 2019 roster of the Seattle Sounders FC players includes— (1) Saad Abdul-Salaam; (2) Xavier Arreaga; (3) Will Bruin; (4) Handwalla Bwana; (5) Jonathan Campbell; (6) Emanuel Cecchini; (7) Jordy Delem; (8) Justin Dhillon; (9) Stefan Frei; (10) Bheem Goyal; (11) Joevin Jones; (12) Kim Kee-hee; (13) Kelvin Leerdam; (14) Danny Leyva; (15) Nicola´s Lodeiro; (16) Chad Marshall; (17) Bryan Meredith; (18) Jordan Morris; (19) Trey Muse; (20) Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:25 Nov 15, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR707.IH HR707 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HRES 707 IH (21) Vı´ctor Rodrı´guez; (22) Cristian Roldan; (23) Alex Roldan; (24) Rau´l Ruidı´az; (25) Harry Shipp; (26) Luis Silva; (27) Brad Smith; (28) Gustav Svensson; (29) Nouhou; and (30) Roma´n Torres; Whereas Seattle Sounders FC defender Kelvin Leerdam scored the first goal in the 57th minute of the champion- ship game; Whereas Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Vı´ctor Rodrı´guez— (1) scored the second goal in the 76th minute; and (2) received the 2019 Major League Soccer Cup Most Valuable Player award; Whereas Seattle Sounders FC forward Rau´l Ruidı´az scored the third and final goal in the 90th minute; Whereas Seattle Sounders FC forward Jordan Morris— (1) scored a career-high 13 goals and a career-high eight assists throughout the 2019 season; and (2) received the 2019 Major League Soccer Come- back Player of the Year award after suffering a torn an- terior cruciate ligament (ACL) in 2018; Whereas Seattle Sounders FC Head Coach Brian Schmetzer won his second Major League Soccer Cup; Whereas the 2019 Seattle Sounders FC coaching and tech- nical staff includes— (1) Head Coach Brian Schmetzer; (2) Assistant Coach Gonzalo Pineda; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:25 Nov 15, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR707.IH HR707 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HRES 707 IH (3) Assistant Coach Djimi Traore; (4) Assistant Coach Preki; (5) Club Director of Goalkeeping Tom Dutra; (6) General Manager and President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey; and (7) Vice President of Soccer Chris Henderson; Whereas the owners of Seattle Sounders FC, Adrian Hanauer, Drew Carey, Jody Allen, and Peter Tomozawa, and the 11 families that this year joined the ownership contingent, have built a culture of success and contrib- uted greatly to Seattle, Washington, and the surrounding region through philanthropy; Whereas Seattle Sounders FC has exhibited dedication to positive social impacts by strengthening communities through the RAVE Foundation partnership with organi- zations in Seattle, Washington, and the surrounding re- gion; and Whereas the dedication and hard work of Seattle Sounders FC has inspired and empowered girls, boys, women, and men of all ages: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) recognizes Seattle Sounders FC for winning 2 the 2019 Major League Soccer Cup; 3 (2) applauds the people of Seattle, Washington, 4 and the surrounding region for their enthusiastic 5 support of Seattle Sounders FC; 6 (3) supports equity in men’s and women’s pro- 7 fessional sports; and 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:25 Nov 15, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR707.IH HR707 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HRES 707 IH (4) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 1 House of Representatives to transmit an enrolled 2 copy of this resolution to Seattle Sounders FC Head 3 Coach Brian Schmetzer, Assistant Coach Djimi 4 Traore, General Manager and President of Soccer 5 Garth Lagerwey, Vice President of Soccer Chris 6 Henderson, and the existing ownership contingent of 7 Adrian Hanauer, Drew Carey, Jody Allen, and Peter 8 Tomozawa and the 11 families who shall be men- 9 tioned by name below: 10 (A) Terry Myerson and Katie Myerson. 11 (B) Russell Wilson and Ciara. 12 (C) Benjamin Hammond Haggerty 13 ‘‘Macklemore’’ and Tricia Davis. 14 (D) Satya Nadella and Anu Nadella. 15 (E) Amy Hood and Max Kleinman. 16 (F) Joe Belfiore and Kristina Belfiore. 17 (G) Soma Somaseger and Akila 18 Somasegar. 19 (H) Chee Chew and Christine Chew. 20 (I) David Nathanson and Sabina 21 Nathanson. 22 (J) Brian McAndrews and Elise Holschuh. 23 (K) Mark Agne and Tomoko Agne. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:25 Nov 15, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR707.IH HR707 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS