' Player arrives at Cardiff City '

Cardiff City takes Sounders winger on trial

' Aaron Kovar '

By Dave Clark

Saturday 24h December 2016

After wrapping up a trial with Hibernian FC in Scotland Aaron Kovar, is now off to Cardiff City in Wales. Cardiff is currently 22nd in the Championship and was in the Premier League as recently as 2013-14.

Still, Garth Lagerwey sounded optimistic that Kovar would return to the Sounders for the 2017 season.

“He’s done this every year,” Lagerwey said about Kovar’s overseas training stints. “He's got an Irish passport and he likes taking those opportunities to train in offseason. He's a kid we like and think can continue to improve and hope to give him an opportunity.”

In past seasons Kovar went on trial with Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday.

The left midfield situation with Cardiff is cluttered and unclear with seven different players starting a league match there. Their most well known left mid in the US would be Canadian Junior Hoilett. They are currently in danger of relegation, again.

Kovar signed with the Sounders after leaving Stanford as a sophomore in 2014. This was, by far, his best MLS season as he made 16 first-team appearances and 10 starts. He also scored his first MLS goal, but a clavicle injury helped limit him to just one substitute appearance after a July 17 loss to the Portland Timbers.s

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Aaron Kovar
Soccer Player
Aaron Kovar is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. Wikipedia
Born: August 14, 1993 (age 23), Seattle, Washington, United States
Height: 1.78 m
Weight: 70 kg
Number: 11 (Seattle Sounders FC / Midfielder)
Current team: Seattle Sounders FC
Position: Midfielder
Date joined: 2014 (Seattle Sounders FC)

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' Aaron Kovar '

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015 (Seattle): The local Homegrown Player appeared in six league matches for Sounders FC in 2015, including two starts. Kovar made his first career start in a 1-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union on June 24. A gifted and stealthy crosser, Kovar saw most of his action at outside midfield. He scored his first professional goal for Sounders FC 2 in a 1-0 win over LA Galaxy II (June 12). Against Club Tijuana in an international friendly, he tallied two assists (March 24).

2014 (Seattle): Kovar appeared in three games as a substitute, including his MLS debut at D.C. United (June 28). In his professional debut, Kovar drew a penalty kick and recorded an assist in 5-0 U.S. Open Cup victory over PSA Elite. From June 10-June 14, Kovar was loaned to Orange County Blues.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kovar was called into the U.S. U-18 National Team training camp in 2011, which was held from February 12-20 in Arizona.

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