• First player signed by Sounders FC on May 8, 2008
• MVP of USL 1 in 2007 while leading Seattle to title
• Scored 24 goals in 54 league matches over two USL seasons
• Top scorer in U.S. Open Cup in both 2007 and 2008
• Coach Sigi Schmid: "Sebastien’s got great energy and is always a threat to get behind the defense."

Professional Experience

2008: Second team All-USL-1, scoring 14 goals and finishing No. 2 in league total points with 32. Also added five goals in five U.S. Open Cup matches. Tied club record with four goals in 6-0 Open Cup second-round win over Hollywood United. Scored in three consecutive league games, all wins, extending to Aug. 7. One of nine players to play all 30 games during regular season, starting 29 and playing all but 52 minutes. Also led league in shots with 71. Seattle eliminated two MLS teams to reach semifinals of Open Cup and was eliminated in first round of league playoffs after going 10-10-10.

2007: Voted league MVP after leading USL-1 in scoring with 10 goals and 24 total points. Led U.S. Open Cup scoring with five goals in five matches. Sounders went 16-6-6 to earn Commissioner’s Cup for best record and win second USL-1 crown in three years. Seattle also advanced to semifinals of Open Cup. Initially slotted for defender, then midfield before being moved up front. Signed by Sounders after first being seen at combine held in conjunction with MLS Cup 2006 in Frisco, Texas.

Other Professional Experience

Played for FC Lorient from 2004-06 in France’s Ligue 2. 2005-06: Appeared in three games, logging 217 minutes and scoring one goal. 2004-05: Appeared in 12 games and 963 minutes of action.

Speaks French and English. Loves living in the United States and the people of Seattle. Son of Michel and Marlene. Has two brothers and one sister.