• Named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 2010
• Capped 17 times by Cuban National Team and captain of U-23 team during 2008 Olympic qualifying
• Coach Sigi Schmid: “Osvaldo is a hard-working central midfielder, very good defensively, someone who has contributed offensively as well as with his passing.”

MLS Experience
2010: Returned from injury to help Seattle post the league's best record in the second half of the season. Started 23 of 25 appearances in regular season and playoffs, matching his 2009 totals with one goal and three assists. Scored the game-winner vs. CHV (10/15). Missed eight games due to a quadriceps strain (5/8) and returned vs. DAL (7/11). Seattle was 11-3-5 in regular season matches when he played at least 45 minutes. Also appeared in two U.S. Open Cup and five CONCACAF Champions League matches

2009: Tenacious ballwinner, starting 28 of 29 appearances in regular season and playoffs. Played the full 90 minutes in 26 games, and all 210 minutes in both playoff games vs. HOU (10/29, 11/8). After missing three matches with quadriceps strain, returned to score on long-range blast vs. DC (6/17). Finished with one goal and three assists. All three assists came during first two matches. Appeared in two U.S. Open Cup games, including 90 minutes in the final.

Other Professional Experience
2008: Earned 2008 first team All-USL First Division honors and voted league's Rookie of the Year. Scored four goals and added two assists to lead Charleston to the first round of the USL-1 playoffs. Started 31 games in all competitions and scored one goal in the postseason. Scored two goals in U.S. Open Cup play, helping the Battery reach the championship final, where it fell to D.C. United. Played three seasons (2005-07) for FC Pinar del Rio, winning the Cuban championship in 2006.

International Experience
Represented Cuba 17 times at the senior level, scoring two goals. Made debut for the senior Cuban National Team in a Caribbean Nations Cup match against the Turks & Caicos Islands in September 2006. Served as captain of the U-23 national team during qualification for the 2008 Olympics.

Married to Liang Perez. Has one child, Dennis. Son of Osvaldo Alonso and Maria de los Angeles. Left the Cuban National Team in June of 2007 during the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament in Houston prior to match versus Honduras. He separated from the other players during a visit to a department store, walking out the front door undetected. Lester Moré also left in a separate incident during the Gold Cup and joined Alonso in Charleston in 2008.

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