{{Short description|American soccer player}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Sean Henderson | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|25}} | birth_place = Everett, Washington, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 1990–1993 | youthclubs1 = UCLA Bruins | years1 = 1994 | clubs1 = East Los Angeles Cobras | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1994–1996 | clubs2 = TuS Celle | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1996–1998 | clubs3 = Colorado Rapids | caps3 = 55 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 1999–2004 | clubs4 = Seattle Sounders | caps4 = 78 | goals4 = 5 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = United States U20 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1= | managerclubs1= }} '''Sean Henderson''' (born July 25, 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Nick |date=2020-09-16 |title=County Hall of Fame Class of 2020: Sean Henderson |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/county-hall-of-fame-class-of-2020-sean-henderson/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=HeraldNet.com |language=en-US}}</ref> is an American retired soccer midfielder who spent two seasons in Germany, three in Major League Soccer and five in the USL A-League. He is now the scouting director for Seattle Sounders FC.
==Player==
===Youth=== Henderson, younger brother to Chris Henderson, was born and raised in Everett, Washington, attending Cascade High School where he was a two-time high school All American and helped the Bruins win the state championship in 1987 and 1989. After high school, he attended UCLA where he played from 1990 to 1993. In his first year at UCLA, they won the NCAA National Championship. In 1993, he was named captain, selected as an All American and was voted as the team Offensive MVP.<ref name="Herald-HOF">{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=Nick |date=September 16, 2020 |title=County Hall of Fame Class of 2020: Sean Henderson |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/county-hall-of-fame-class-of-2020-sean-henderson/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=October 1, 2020}}</ref> In 1991, Henderson was a member of the North Huntington Beach Untouchables that won the U19 National Championship.
===Professional=== In 1994, Henderson turned professional with the East Los Angeles Cobras in the USISL.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.soccer/i56vuT0OHSE SOUTHWEST DIVISION-Cobras Strike]</ref> That fall, he moved to Germany and signed with Regionalliga club TuS Celle. In 1996, he returned to the United States and signed with the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer, playing alongside his brother. In 1997, the Rapids went to the MLS championship game where it lost to D.C. United. San Jose Earthquakes picked up Henderson in the waiver draft but failed to earn a roster spot for the 1999 season. He appears in the 99 media guide and program until June 1999. On June 30, 1999, Henderson moved to the second division Seattle Sounders of the USL A-League. He played there until retiring from professional soccer in 2005.<ref name="Herald-HOF"/>
===U-20 National Team=== Henderson made five appearances with the United States U-20 men's national soccer team.
==Coach== Henderson joined Crossfire Premier, a youth club based in Redmond, Washington, in 1999.<ref>[http://www.crossfiresoccer.org/about/index_E.html Crossfire Premier] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216123716/http://www.crossfiresoccer.org/about/index_E.html |date=2009-12-16 }}</ref> Henderson joined the Seattle Sounders FC Academy for their inaugural season in 2010. After 8 years as an academy coach he became the Director of Scouting for Sounders in 2018. Henderson holds his US Soccer A License and the Elite Formation License from the French Soccer Federation
==Honors== Henderson was inducted into the Cascade High School Hall of Fame in 2012 as well as the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame in 2020 and again in 2023 (as part of the 1987 State Championship Boys Soccer team).
==References== {{Reflist}} https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/county-hall-of-fame-class-of-2020-sean-henderson/
==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080331235925/http://www.crossfiresoccer.org/bios/SHenderson/index_E.html Crossfire Premier coaching profile]
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