Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid was happy with the players the club captured in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft last week.
The Sounders selected Andrew Duran with pick 15 before snapping up Babayele Sodade with selection number 34 and Schmid was happy with the new additions when speaking to reporters.
"He also played a little bit of right back at the combine here. He's one of the few defenders - if not the only defender - to get a goal.
"Sodade is big body. He's a big presence up front. He's got good pace. Obviously for us, one of our concerns as we go into this season is the recovery of O'Brian White.
"We got (Sammy) Ochoa, but Sodade is different. He's a much bigger body than Sammy. I thought he showed well at the combine. He's had a good career at UAB and he's the kind of player who could be a surprise guy like (Sporting Kansas City forward) C.J. Sapong was last year.""He's (Duran) a player that's very two-footed. He's comfortable playing on the left side of the center in the back, also on the right side," Schmid said.
