June must’ve felt pretty familiar for Eastmont graduate and state soccer player of the year Aaron Leon.

He is still competing at a high level, and finding the net plenty.

Leon was just named the USL2 Player of the Month for June after scoring 10 goals in five matches for Snohomish United. The USL2 is viewed as the top pre-professional league, with college players and top prep players competing.

Familiar, too, is one of his teammates – older brother Edgar.

For a second straight summer, the Leons are leading the United, who sit tied atop the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the 20-division, 130-team league. Snohomish is knotted with Ballard FC at 10-1-1, and both teams have tallied 34 goals.

Half of those Snohomish goals have been scored by the brothers, who also accounted for the last four CBBN Offensive Player of the Year awards, with each being honored twice, while employing different styles.

“Edgar is more the player who helps create opportunity, and is really fast on the ball,” Eastmont coach Vidal Hurtado said.  “Aaron is everything you want in a forward.”

Aaron Leon, at 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds is a few inches taller and 10 pounds heavier than his brother, had a fairy-tale end to his high school career. Already owning the program's single-season goal record, he went on a tear in the state playoffs.

The seventh-seeded Wildcats ripped through the Class 4A bracket, outscoring their four opponents 16-7. Leon accounted for 12 goals, with hat tricks in the first round, semifinal and championship match, as Eastmont won its first boys state championship since a AA baseball title in 1981.

He finished with 46 goals and nine assists his senior season, and 101 goals and  37 assists for his career.

The two will continue to be teammates this fall at Seattle U, where Edgar already has carved out a role, winning the 2025 Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year.

He started all 16 games of the season last fall as the Redhawks moved to the West Coast Conference.

Hurtado said what sets the siblings apart was that they were always ahead of the curve talent wise and willing to work.

“I remember both of them coming into high school, and they both played years up and were never timid about it,” he said. “What I enjoyed watching them grow was their mental preparation. Their maturity was something I enjoyed, they definitely play beyond their years.”

When on the field together, the two have a connection, which is hard to teach.

“It does stem from playing years together,” Hurtado said. “When we weren’t running team sessions, they were playing together. There are a lot of years working and doing those things quietly.”

There are still a few regular season games before Snohomish begins the USL2 playoffs. The United advanced to the second round of the 32-team bracket.

Ballard FC was the national runner-up last summer, giving Snohomish a barometer of where they stand with the mid-July playoff looming.

There’ll be little time to rest, when Aaron, ranked among the top-80 recruits in the country, joins Edgar at Seattle U. The Redhawks’ opener is scheduled for late August.

“Snohomish is very lucky to have them, I was very lucky to have them, and Seattle will be very lucky to have them,” Hurtado said. “It’s going to be fun to watch them make a difference for Seattle U.”