CWU Freshman Win Sounders Broadcast Competition

  • March 4, 2015
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"They are raving in Seattle!"

Drew Wallen exclaimed this to his broadcast partner Payton Berens as thousands of Sounders fans erupted after an Obafemi Martins shot flew past Chivas USA keeper Dan Kennedy into the back of the net.

Wallen and Berens, both freshman at Central Washington University, have been selected as one of the broadcast teams for the inaugural Sounders FC 2 season following their submissions of stellar demo reels .

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