Will Bruin - Seattle Sounders

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The Dancing Bear with a brace @ the half!

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Bruin finally on the board again last night with his 4th goal of the season and 50th career regular season.

‏@HoustonDynamo: That's 50 career @MLS regular season goals for @wbruin. #DanceBearDance #ForeverOrange

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Another Hoosier on the move.

http://www.soundersfc.com/post/2016/12/23/seattle-sounders-acquire-forward-will-bruin-houston-dynamo-exchange-allocation-money

The Sounders acquired forward Will Bruin, 27, from the Houston Dynamo on Friday in exchange for targeted and general allocation money.

A bruising and powerful striker, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound Bruin had spent his entire six-year career in Houston, amassing 50 goals and 20 assists in 178 regular-season games and another six goals in 13 postseason matches. He tallied four times and added three assists in 18 starts in 2016.

The St. Louis, Mo., native scored 46 goals in his first five seasons, the sixth-most in Major League Soccer in that span. The Sounders will look for production up front in head coach Brian Schmetzer’s 4-2-3-1 formation, especially with the club not exercising its 2017 option on Nelson Valdez. The move for Bruin also gives Schmetzer the option to employ Jordan Morris on the wing like Schmetzer did in the late stages of 2016.

“Will is a known commodity as a consistent goalscorer that we believe can immediately bolster our attack,” said Sounders General Manager and President of Soccer Garth Lagerwey. “Coupled with yesterday’s acquisition of Harry Shipp, we’re excited about the impact that these two young and proven players can bring next season.”

Bruin led the Dynamo to back-to-back MLS Cup appearances in 2011-12. He also received an invitation to the United States national team camp in 2013 and has two career caps.

The Dynamo selected the Indiana University product with the No. 11 pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. Bruin played three seasons in Bloomington and scored 18 goals in his final campaign en route to being named a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann trophy.

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Awesome move for Bruin to join the champions. If he makes the starting XI, working with Jordan Morris and Dempsey(assuming his health improves) will only pay big dividends for him.

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Good read on Bruin. Seattle opens their season tomorrow @ 8:30 pm ET @ Houston. How fitting. Dempsey is back and possibly joining the usmnt in June. 

http://www.soundersfc.com/post/2017/03/02/seattle-sounders-will-bruin-fresh-start-seattle-sounders

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Boom! First Hoosier on the board this year with the equalizer in stoppage time for a 2-2 draw!

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Goal #2 last night. Video

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Bruin gets his first start with the Sounders today. It's on ESPN.

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Picked up his 3rd goal of the season last night in a 3-3 draw against NE.

http://www.soundersfc.com/post/2017/04/29/seattle-sounders-praise-resolve-character-comeback-draw-lament-letting-game-slip

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A few days behind here, but #4 and tied with Dempsey for team lead.

https://www.soundersfc.com/post/2017/06/04/seattle-sounders-fc-1-houston-dynamo-0-will-bruins-header-earns-seattle-third

Forward Will Bruin scored against his former team in the 69th minute, giving the Seattle Sounders a 1-0 home victory over the Houston Dynamo in their Sunday night matchup at CenturyLink Field.

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Bruin with his team leading 5th goal to put Seattle up 1-nil @ 19'

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Bruin added a goal (7) and assist (2) last night in a 4-3 win. He's tied with Dempsey now for team lead in goals.

https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2017-07-19-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-dc-united/recap

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Goals 9 and 10 last night.

 

 

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Bruin with a nice header against the grain in the western conf final 1st leg to give Seattle a 2-nil lead at halftime.

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Had a goal and assist last night to advance to the Cup and will face Moor/Zavaleta.

https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2017-11-30-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-houston-dynamo/recap

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Bruin was in on both equalizers last night in a 2-2 draw.

@SoundersFC: What a day for @wbruin! #SKCvSEA

1️⃣ Goal
1️⃣ Assist

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2nd goal of the season.

@mattpentz: GOAL Seattle. Will Bruin finishes off a low cross from Cristian Roldan, who has been really good. Sounders running rampant, 2-0 in the 26th

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Seattle working out well for our guy. He had a brace on Wednesday in a 2-1 win and leads the team with 5 goals and 4 assists.

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Tough break. 2 goals and 1 assist this year in 9 games. 

@AriLiljenwall: Brian Schmetzer confirms Will Bruin tore his right ACL and is out for the season.

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