Kevin Sakuda

Football player infobox
playername= Kevin Sakuda


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|6|18
cityofbirth = Fremont, California
countryofbirth = United States of America
height = height|ft=6|in=0
currentclub = Seattle Sounders
clubnumber = 15
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1999-2001
youthclubs = Duke
years = 2002
2002-2005
2003-2008
clubs = San Jose Earthquakes
San Diego Sockers "(indoor)"
Seattle Sounders
Seattle Wolves "(indoor)"
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
070 (5)
148 (5)
pcupdate = September 30, 2008

Kevin Sakuda (born June 18, 1980 in Fremont, California) is a U.S. soccer midfielder who plays for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.

Sakuda attended Mission San Jose High School. He then attended Duke University where he played three seasons on the men’s soccer team from 1998 to 2001. During this time he was also a member of the United States U-20 men's national soccer team. In February 2002, the San Jose Earthquakes picked Sakuda in the fourth round (thirty-ninth overall) in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. He spent the 2002 season with the Earthquakes, but never entered a first team game and was released. In the fall of 2002, he then signed with the San Diego Sockers of Major Indoor Soccer League. He would play with the Sockers through the 2003-2004 season. In the 2004 MISL Expansion Draft, the Chicago Storm selected Sakuda, then traded him back to the Sockers on September 24, 2004 in exchange for Byron Alvarez. [ [http://www.chicagostorm.net/news/?id=348&cat=16 Chicago Storm Acquires Rights to Forward Byron Alvarez] ] When the Sockers folded during the 2004-2005 season, the Storm picked him in third round of the Dispersal Draft. [ [http://www.misl.net/upload_images/010505_dispersal_results.txt MISL DISPERSAL DRAFT - SAN DIEGO/MONTERRY - January 5, 2005] ] Sakuda did not sign with the Storm. During the 2003 outdoor season, Sakuda signed with the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division. He quickly became a mainstay on their back line. He played twenty games his first season, a number which injury reduced to thirteen for the 2004 season. Those were the only seasons in which he saw time in less than 28 games. In 2005, Sakuda and his team mates won the USL First Division championship, a title they won again in 2007. Sakuda has continued to play indoors since leaving the Sockers. He is now a member of the Seattle Wolves FC indoor team which competes in the Pacific Arena Soccer League during the winter. [ [http://www.seattlewolvesfc.com/ Seattle Wolves rosters] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.seattlesounders.net/players.php?ID=26 2008 Sounders player profile]