Sleeth was an original 1st round draft choice of Major League Soccer’s

Chicago Fire in 2002.  With Chicago in 2002, Sleeth played in 13

games, starting seven and registered one assist.  In 2003 Sleeth joined

the Colorado Rapids but did not play because of an injury.  Playing

college soccer for the University of Washington, Sleeth anchored a

strong defense throughout his Husky career and was named to the all

Pac-10 team his junior year.  After college, Sleeth returned home to

play for the Spokane Shadow of the Premier Development League

(PDL) in 1999.  He was a member of the United Soccer League’s

Select Team that toured Portugal in 2001.  That same year, Sleeth led

the PDL Sounder Select team to an upset victory over the Dallas Burn

in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, scoring three goals and one assist. 

Sleeth attended Ferris High School in Spokane where he led his team to

a state championship as a senior.  His team was ranked as high as ninth

in the nation by the NSCAA/Umbro High School Soccer in 1997. 

Sleeth earned first team All-GSL honors as a junior defender and as a

senior midfielder.  Sleeth also played on the ODP team for five years

and was on the U-18 Regional ODP team.  This will be Sleeth’s first

season with the Seattle Sounders.