Welcome Steve Zakuani!

Sounders FC selected Akron striker Steve Zakuani with the #1 pick in the 2009 MLS Superdraft.

The Emerald City Supporters would like to welcome Steve Zakuani, the first overall pick in the 2009 MLS draft out of University of Akron, to the Seattle Sounders. Zakuani is an English-born centre forward who led the nation in goals in the 2008 season with 20, and appeared in every game for the Akron Zips, contributing to him being one of the three finalists for the Hermann Trophy, and winning the 2008 Soccer America Player of the Year. He learnt his trade with Arsenal’s youth system for 6 years until he was 15 years of age, and moved over to the US in 2007 for his freshman year at Akron.