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UPCOMING MATCHES (Seattle times)
May 18, 7:00, vs. Atlanta Silverbacks, @ Starfire Sports Complex
May 23, 8:00, @ Vancouver Whitecaps, Swangard Stadium
May 28, 4:30, @ Carolina RailHawks
May 30, 5:00, @ Puerto Rico Islanders
Jun 1, 3:00, @ Miami FC Blues
Jun 7, 8:00, vs. Minnesota Thunder, @ Starfire Sports Complex
LATEST NEWS (scores are linked to match reports)
May 14 - Seattle Sounders 1 - 1 Rochester Rhinos (Scott 76; Palguta 90).
From SoundersFC.com, on Drew Carey's plans for a marching band: Hey, you with the band?
May 13 - Zach Scott was named to the USL 1st Div Team of the Week. Prematch notes from the Sounders: Sounders square off against Rochester Rhinos at Starfire. From SoundersFC.com, on the seating process for 2009: Make yourself at home.
May 10 - Seattle Sounders 0 - 0 Portland Timbers.
From the Times: USL Sounders to make Starfire their home base. From the P-I: Schmetzer in the running to be Sounders FC coach. And an article on Maple Valley native Nik Besagno: Besagno on the rise at Salt Lake: Former No. 1 pick from Maple Valley eyes starting role.
May 9 - From the News Tribune: Northwest MLS soccer rivalry could reach new pitch. More on the signing of Sebastien Le Toux from SeattleFC.com: Who is number 1?
May 8 - From the Times: Sounders FC signs its first player: Sebastien Le Toux. News Tribune: Sounders sign LeToux, a player they're familiar with. Prost Amerika has a report on media day: Seattle Sounders Open Day.
May 7 - From the P-I: Present and future Sounders.
May 6 - Leighton O'Brien and Taylor Graham were named to the USL 1st Div Team of the Week.
From SoundersFC.com: 10 questions with Peter Fewing.
May 5 - From the News Tribune: Major roadwork ahead for Sounders FC. An in-depth article on what to expect from Sounders FC over the remainder of this year.
May 3 - From Inside Kick, the News Tribune soccer blog: Sounders FC: No Seahawks lines on Qwest pitch.
May 2 - Atlanta Silverbacks 0 - 2 Seattle Sounders (O'Brien 8, Le Toux 66).
May 1 - From SoundersFC.com: Technology pulling people together.
Apr 30 - Seattle Sounders FC announce ticket pricing. Season ticket prices range from $16 to $35 per match, with club packages at $39 or $75. The $75 price is all-inclusive with food and beverage.
Two stories in the P-I today. Sebastien Le Toux was reported as the first player signed for Sounders FC 2009: Le Toux granted MLS wish: French star first signee of Sounders FC. Pitch readers have known that since Mar 25, thanks to an alert fan. Also, more on Brazil-Canada: Qwest to see Brazil's best: Tickets for May 31 friendly vs. Canada go on sale Monday.
Apr 29 - The Seattle Times has more details on Brazil-Canada: Brazil to face Canada at Qwest on May 31.
Apr 28 - The Brazil-Canada match at Qwest Field is definitely on, for May 31, reported in the Times: Brazilian national team to play Canada in Seattle.
Speaking of South America, Adrian Hanauer reports on his scouting trip to Argentina: Adrian's postcard from Buenos Aires.
Apr 26 - Portland Timbers 2 - 0 Seattle Sounders (Suzuki 7, Guante 77).
Apr 24 - Today the Sounders announced the re-signing of Craig Tomlinson, who was waiting for a new visa, and the addition of French midfielder Youssouf Kante, who is apparently still waiting for paperwork: Sounders sign Tomlinson and Kante. New in camp are three more French players, Moussa Sissoko, Yohan Berelli, and Loumana Kante. Gone from camp after a trial is Raul Palomares. Prematch coverage: Sounders to face Timbers in Portland.
Apr 23 - SoundersFC.com interviews a referee! It was local referee Jeff Hosking. Local official makes it big.
Apr 22 - From SoundersFC.com: 10 questions with Gary Wright.
Chris Eylander made the season's first USL Team of the Week.
Apr 21 - From the P-I: Scoring Keller may be goal of Sounders' inaugural team: World Cup goalie says he's keen to play in Seattle.
Apr 20 - Spotted on the Portland Craig's List: PTFC trophy case - NEVER USED!!!! - $1 (PGE Park).
Apr 19 - Season opener: Charleston Battery 1 - 1 Seattle Sounders (Rolko 37; Treschuk 90).
From the P-I: Sounders start last USL year: Players, coaches see season as tryout for Seattle's MLS team.
Apr 18 - From the Seattle Times: Season preview: Sounders open 2008 USL season, eye MLS in 2009. And from the Sounders: 2008 Sounders preview.
This SoundersFC.com report hits a variety of topics, and of greatest interest is the report on the first week of the South American scouting trip taken by Adrian Hanauer and Chris Henderson: Stay tuned, there is more.
From the LA Times: Mexico-China match in Seattle is a huge success.
Apr 17 - Aftermath from the Times: Mexico team's visit to Seattle is a big hit — Brazil next?.
Also in Sounders camp are Alex Megson, son of ex-Sounder great Neil Megson, and a new addition this week, 25-year-old midfielder Raul Palomares.
Round III of USL Soccer team previews:
We've forgotten to mention it until now, but besides the drafted players with local ties that made MLS rosters as rookies (Ely Allen, George Josten, and Austin Washington), undrafted Vito Higgins has made the LA Galaxy roster as a backup goalkeeper. Higgins is from Kailua, HI, and played college ball at Gonzaga U.
Apr 16 - Friendly: Mexico 1 - 0 China (Villaluz 14).
Video from KING5.com: Soccer fever arrives at Qwest Field.
Mexico-China pre-match coverage:
We've updated the Sounders 2008 roster page after learning who is left in camp. Now gone is Colin Rigby, who had previously been announced as having had his option picked up. Nathan Knox has joined the Atlanta Silverbacks. Youssouf Kanté, a 23-year-old from France, appears to be the only international addition to the team this year unless the club has a surprise in store for us. There are five rookies, all from in-state colleges, left in camp: Daniel Scott, Jason Cascio, John Fishbaugher, Mike Morris, and Brett Hite. Expect most of them to be signed.
This just in: Sounders sign former SU players Cascio and Fishbaugher.
Round II of USL Soccer team previews:
From the P-I: Brazil to play soccer friendly at Qwest.
Apr 14 - A great read from SoundersFC.com: 10 questions with Hugo Alcaraz-Cueller.
The rumor that will not die, this time from Setanta Sports in the UK: Seattle eye stunning Henry coup.
Apr 13 - Final preseason match: Puget Sound Soccer Acadamy Rapids 0 - 3 Seattle Sounders (Hite 25, Megson 58, 65).
Apr 12 - Preseason match: Seattle Sounders 5 - 0 U Washington Huskies (Levesque 19, Le Toux 23, 43, Alcaraz-Cuellar 73, Treschuk 86).
Apr 11 - From the Sounders: Sounders to face UW in final exhibition weekend. Youssouf Kanté looks highly probable for the 2008 roster. Listed as gone are Gabe Sturm, Jake Besagno, Santa Maria Rivera, and Nate Boyden.
Confirming that Sebastien Le Toux is the first player signed for the 2009 Sounders FC squad is a list of MLS player salaries from the MLS Players Union. Le Toux is listed with a base salary of 84 kilobucks. He is the only player listed for Seattle.
From Sounders FC: Next stop: South America.Apr 10 - From Sounders FC.com: 11 questions with Alan Hinton.
USL Soccer has started a series of previews of the 2008 USL 1st Div teams, with four previews released today:
GOALSeattle.com reflection on the big press conference: Reflecting on the name adventure.
From the Kitsap Sun, new news on Robin Waite's initiative to move the USL 1st Div franchise to Puolsbo: New Site Eyed for Proposed 6,000-Seat Soccer Stadium. Waite's plan to renovate Thunderbird Stadium at the Fairgrounds fell through, then his plan to build a stadium on land he purchased came in well above budget. His new plan is to swap land parcels with the city and build it near North Kitsap Olympic College. Waite would have a naming contest for the USL-1 franchise, since "Sounders" is moving to the MLS franchise. We understand that "Alliance" and "Republic" are available, and there is always "Kitsap FC".
Apr 9 - From SoundersFC.com: Sounders FC rings true.
Apr 8 - On the name:
Focusing on the current Sounders, ESPN soccernet has a preview of the 2008 USL First Division: Sounders look like the class of the USL again.
Apr 7 - And the name of the Seattle MLS team shall be ...
The announcement at the Space Needle opened with a video that honored Seattle, the Sounders, the MLS team ownership group, and the Seattle fans. 15,000 votes were cast for the team name. According to Joe Roth, 82% of the votes were for some derivation of Sounders or Seattle FC.
Now open for business: SoundersFC.com. Be sure to click on "Seattle Sounders FC Logo Reveal" for the second video that was played at the press conference.
View the badge and color details here: Badge and colors fact sheet.
The news release: Seattle Sounders FC selected as team name. The news release discloses that about 50% of the votes were write-ins, and about 49% of those included a derivative of the name Sounders.
The Sounders news release was published in the SeaTimes: New MLS franchise to be named Seattle Sounders FC. The P-I published a report attributed to KOMO-TV staff: Seattle's new soccer name: Seattle Sounders FC. Maybe the papers will have novel content tomorrow.
Apr 6 - Preseason match: Seattle Sounders 4 - 2 Seattle U Redhawks (Schmid 18, Treschuk 52, Merl 65, Rigby 90; Gamez 9, Hamer 84).
From MLSinSeattle.com on tomorrow's announcement of the name: Give the people what they want.
Apr 5 - Preseason match: Seattle Sounders 5 - 0 Seattle Pacific U Falcons (Schmid 28, Hite 55, Schmid 57, Cascio 59, SPU own goal 83).
Apr 4 - MLSinSeattle.com reports that ticket sales for Mexico-China have exceeded 35,000: Tickets going fast for Mexico vs. China on April 16.
Apr 3 - A camp update from the Sounders: Sounders weekend features local colleges.
From the P-I on the persistent rumors about Thierry Henry signing with Seattle MLS: The face of Seattle soccer? French star Thierry Henry could become a Beckham-like figure for new MLS club.
Apr 2 - MLSinSeattle.com interviews some fans regarding their name votes: What's in a name?.
Apr 1 - The voting for the Seattle MLS team name is done. Sounders fans were impressive in getting out the vote from across the country and around the world. Thanks to all who voted. We now await the name announcement, scheduled to be webcast live, Apr 7, noon Seattle time.
From MLSinSeattle.com: Ten questions with Tonya Antonucci.
Mar 30 - Preseason match: Seattle Sounders 4 - 2 Hispanic All-Stars (Watson 8, Z Scott 25, Cascio 58, H Alcaraz-Cuellar 73; Reyes 9, Chavez 88).
Mar 29 - Preseason match: Seattle Sounders 4 - 0 Gonzaga U Bulldogs (Gardner 24, Brooks 78, Le Toux 80, 89).
Mar 28 - Odds and ends from MLSinSeattle.com: The final countdowns.
Mar 27 - All Seattle Pitch readers are requested to vote for the name of next year's Seattle MLS team here: IT'S TIME TO VOTE!. Anybody with an e-mail address can vote. If you made a season ticket deposit, check your e-mail for a message from MLS Seattle that contains your account number. If you vote as a season ticket deposit holder, your vote is multiplied by the number of season ticket deposits you made. For others, your e-mail address gets you one vote.
Seattle Pitch recommends that you write in Seattle Sounders as your choice, but feel free to vote as you wish. Please vote!
A good read on the topic from MLSinSeattle.com: The choice is yours.
Mar 26 - From the current Sounders: Camp update - weekend preview.
The Seattle Times reminds us that MLS name voting starts at midnight tonight: MLS Seattle fans can write in vote for team name. Don Ruiz wrote a great article for the Olympian: MLS franchise seeks names from area fans. Pull quote: "About a year from now, when Major League Soccer's newest expansion team takes the pitch at Qwest Field for the first time, its jersey crest might read: 'Seattle Sounders.'" See the article for new quotes from the Seattle MLS and the league front offices.
Our recommendation is to write in "Seattle Sounders". Voting is from Midnight tonight through the end of the month at MLSinSeattle.com.
Voting announced at the MLS site: Fans to vote for Seattle franchise name.
Mar 25 - Closing out a full day of news, the P-I posted this article: Sounders name isn't dead yet: Moniker revived as write-in choice in MLS club vote.
Well, now we'll have to eat some of our words from early in this day (below)! MLSinSeattle.com has announced the three rumored candidates for a team name (Seattle Alliance, Seattle Republic, and Seattle FC), and to the surprise of us and a whole lot of other fans, they are allowing a write-in choice! Kudos to the ownership group for this! The announcement says that the team name will be announced on Apr 7 at 11:00 AM, with fans invited to join in a live webcast. Details: Fans invited to vote for team name.
Want to meet the signed Sounders up close and personal? Check out the quick video interviews by David from GOALSeattle.com. Of particular interest is Sebastien Le Toux saying that he signed for 5 years, which means one with the 2008 Sounders and 4 with the Seattle MLS side! That would make Seba the first signed player for the MLS team.
The Sounders announced the re-signing of left midfielder Josh Gardner: Sounders re-sign midfielder Josh Gardner. That completes the return of the starting eleven from last season. Also now shown on the roster at the Sounders web site is Craig Tomlinson.
The Sounders announced the summer camp schedule, run this year by Darren Sawatzky and Amy Carnell: Sounders release 2008 summer camp schedule.
It's Seattle native and ex-Sounder Ian Russell fielding this version of 10 questions: Ten questions with Ian Russell.
Here's our opinion on voting for the name of the Seattle MLS team. The choices offered by the team are Seattle Alliance, Seattle Republic, or Seattle FC. With our votes, our first choice will be a write-in name, Sounders. Now, they're probably not going to allow write-in candidates like they would in a real democracy, so let us look at the three choices offered. Alliance? That is the name of the Northshore Youth Soccer Association development (select) teams. It doesn't make sense to name the MLS team after the Northshore youth teams, does it? Seattle Republic? Would we be the Republicans? The name might work in Eastern Washington, but never in Seattle, which consistently votes heavily Democratic. That leaves Seattle FC. We suppose we could live with it. Seattle FC is just asking for a team nickname, and Sounders would fill the void nicely!
A P-I blog reports that in a new P-I online poll regarding the MLS team name, 75% of the 700 readers voted for Sounders, 10% chose Seattle FC, and "none of the above" was third, ahead of Seattle Alliance and Seattle Republic.
From the P-I: MLS franchise hires Wright: Veteran Seahawks VP to oversee business side. And from MLSinSeattle.com: Gary Wright to oversee MLS Seattle business operations.
Mar 24 - Naming the new MLS team is turning into a big mess, much bigger than it needed to be. On Mar 20 MLSinSeattle.com confirmed the rumors that the new team would not be named Sounders. The choices? Seattle Alliance, Seattle Republic, or Seattle FC. Many fans took exception to the title of that news release, "MLS Seattle takes lead with democracy in sports." Throwing gasoline on the fire was a Mar 21 article posted at MLSinSeattle.com, since removed for being too flippant. To those soccer fans who are not happy that the name candidates did not include Sounders, the article said, "If not, get over it." GOALSeattle.com has a good recap of the article: Not a good PR week for Seattle MLS. You can find the original text from the Mar 21 article archived on the WeAreECS.com forum here.
Regarding the 2008 Sounders, we've updated our roster page after GOALSeattle.com posted a list of players from the recent open tryout followed by a list of players in camp. As for last year's players who have not already been signed for 2008, the only one in camp is Craig Tomlinson, who played the second half in Saturday's preseason match.
Mar 22 - Preseason opener: Seattle Sounders 1 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps (Levesque 44; Jordan 15, Sebrango 64).
Mar 21 - The P-I disses the three MLS team names reportedly up for the vote and notes the absence of the popular choice, "Sounders": Soccer team names? No gooaaaallll, cry fans. The ownership group, who have done things splendidly until now, seem to be making a huge PR blunder by discarding the Sounders name, which would probably win a vote by a huge margin with the 13,000 who have put down season ticket deposits. "Taking the lead with democracy in sports"? We don't think so.
Mar 20 - "Soccer fans are invited to vote for the name of the new Major League Soccer team in Seattle, the club announced today." Details: MLS Seattle takes lead with democracy in sports. Unfortunately, "The three naming options ... will not include Sounders." What a shame -- if "Sounders" was a choice, it would probably win in a landslide. I wonder if they'll allow write-in candidates?
An update on the Sounders training camp: Sounders open exhibition season Saturday.
Mar 18 - From MLSinSeattle.com: 10 questions with Mike Ryan.
Mar 17 - From the Sounders: Sounders begin training camp.
Mar 14 - From MLSinSeattle.com, Darren Sawatzky on his new job: Youth development kick into gear.
Mar 12 - From MLSinSeattle.com, the anticipated announcement of the Mexico-China friendly here: Mexico and China match scheduled for Qwest Field. And an article focusing on the careers of Andy Schmetzer, Peter Hattrup, and Dick McCormick: Weathering the in-between years.
Mar 11 - From GOALSeattle.com, an update from Adrian Hanauer on possible international players for this year's squad: Sounders pre-season update.
There will be a new logo on this year's Sounders kits: Sound Transit to become Sounders title sponsor.
Mar 10 - From MLSinSeattle.com: Ten questions with Craig Waibel. And for you frequent visitors to that web site, they have a survey up regarding the future of the site: Be heard: help develop your web site.
Mar 8 - Josh Gardner is staying alive in his bid to make the DC United roster, scoring the lone, late goal in a preseason MLS match vs. Toronto FC. In the MLS' quirky way of awarding sometimes two assists for a goal, one of the assists went to Rod Dyachenko, a second year MLS player from Vancouver, WA, and a native of Russia.
Mar 6 - From Yahoo! Sports, an article on Marcus Hahnemann: Reading’s Hahnemann still keeping it real.
It is light on details, but MLSinSeattle has a report on co-planning a youth development system with WSYSA: Unique youth movement.
Mar 5 - Sports Illustrated put online an in-depth article from their Feb issue: Sweet scenario in Seattle: Carey among ownership with clout in expansion team. A great article, but it contains one inaccuracy, reporting that Brian Schmetzer will serve in some capacity other than as the head coach. An alert fan checked with Hanauer and confirmed that Schmetzer is definitely a candidate for head coach (and an excellent candidate in our book).
A new web site is up: saveoursounders.com, featuring an article about naming the MLS side (Sounders, of course!): Naming the team. From the same source, a new e-zine called Soccer Seattle Style, with an interview of Adrian Hanauer: Adrian Hanauer, a passionate Seattle soccer fan.
From MLSinSeattle.com, Hanauer's thoughts on the expansion Philadelphia MLS franchise: Applause and effects.
Mar 4 - According to the SeaTimes, on Apr 16 the Mexico and China national teams will play in Seattle, presumably at Qwest: Mexico's national soccer team to play in Seattle. Interestingly, the Dalai Lama from Tibet will be in Seattle the 5 previous days for an appearance with the Dave Matthews Band and the Seeds of Compassion Gathering.
Soccer America reports on yesterday's MLS waivers. On the list is ex-Sounders defender Brandon Prideaux, waived by Colorado, then picked up by the Chicago Fire. The Rapids also announced that they will not be offering a contract to Husky striker Kevin Forrest. Forrest is back to being a good possibility for the Sounders this year.
Mar 3 - The MLS RUMORS blogger claims to have heard from a reasonable source that: Seattle Sounders name has been ruled out. This particular blogger has been badly wrong with his previous rumors about the Seattle MLS side, though.
From MLSinSeattle.com: Ten questions with Peter Hattrup.
Feb 29 - Danny Jackson is interviewed by Prost Amerika: Danny Jackson speaks to Prost Amerika.
Feb 28 - Interesting developments today. Washington State Youth Soccer Association, "in partnership with the Seattle Sounders and the newly-formed Seattle Major League Soccer (MLS) team," have hired Darren Sawatzky as the Director of Youth Development for the MLS/Washington Youth Soccer Camps and Academy Programs: Joint hire to help develop and identify elite talent for Washington youth soccer and Seattle's MLS team.
The latest details on Sounders part-owner Robin Waite's quest to move the Sounders to Poulsbo, from the Kitsap Sun: Plan to lure Seattle Sounders, build NK soccer stadium taking shape.
Twins Nick and Mason Webb, from Bellingham and the Oregon State University Beavers, have signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps: Not just Canuck side with twins.
Feb 27 - The Sounders have come to terms with goalkeeper Chris Eylander: Sounders make it official, re-sign goalkeeper Chris Eylander.
Confirming rumors, MLS reports that Philadelphia will be announced tomorrow as the next expansion side: MLS to make major announcement in Philly.
Feb 26 - From the current issue of Washington CEO magazine, a look at the Seattle MLS ownership group and their plans: Are you ready for some fútbol?.
Feb 25 - More from Chris Henderson, from MLSinSeattle.com: 10 questions with Chris Henderson.
Feb 21 - The Sounders announced their preseason schedule: Sounders announce pre-season fixtures, season ticket holder meet and greet on March 22. The preseason opener is on Mar 22 at Starfire against the Vancouver Whitecaps, with a free, pre-match slice of pizza and an opportunity to meet the players for season ticket holders at Mad Pizza on the Starfire grounds. We have added the preseason matches to our fixture list.
Feb 20 - MLSinSeattle.com reports on Liga Hispana: All are welcome.
Feb 19 - From MLSinSeattle.com: Ten questions with Brian Ching.
Feb 14 - Taylor Graham might have re-signed with the Sounders, but he is still trying out for the San Jose Earthquakes. He played the second half of the reincarnated Quakes' first preseason match, which they lost to Houston Dynamo 1-0. According to Soccer Insider, Josh Gardner has not been seen in DC United's camp because of an injury, but he is expected to join camp later.
Feb 13 - The first returning players were announced for this year's Sounders side, and it seems to be most of the 2007 side: Defending champs re-sign six in advance of 2008 campaign. Announced as re-signed were defenders Danny Jackson and Taylor Graham, forward Roger Levesque, and midfielders Leighton O'Brien, Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar, and Kenji Treschuk. Announced as having their options picked up were goalkeeper Ben Dragavon, defenders Noah Merl, Zach Scott, Adam West, and Kevin Sakuda, and forwards Sebastien Le Toux, Colin Rigby, and Andre Schmid. In negotiations and probable is goalkeeper Chris Eylander. That is 15 from last year's squad.
More from Chris Henderson at MLSinSeattle.com: Let's get it started. And an article about the local All Nations Cup: The world is already here.
The TNT takes a look at Qwest vs. other MLS stadiums: Room for two: Seattle's soccer team, Seahawks will share Qwest Field.
Feb 12 - From MLSinSeattle.com: Ten Questions with Cliff McCrath.
Feb 11 - The Sounders posted a very brief report on last weekend's open tryouts: Sounders hold February open tryout.
Feb 8 - Qwest Field will get new FieldTurf this spring. Story from the Puget Sound Business Journal: Qwest Field playing surface to be replaced.
Feb 6 - This one from MLSinSeattle.com is written by technical directorChris Henderson: Coming home.
Feb 5 - MLSinSeattle.com has quotes from ex-Sounders Criag Waibel and Brian Ching: Take it from the champions.
Feb 4 - This MLSinSeattle.com interview with ... Cam Weaver: Ten questions with Cam Weaver!
Feb 1 - From MLSinSeattle.com, Hanauer on Henderson's job: Now hiring.
Jan 31 - From MLSinSeattle.com: Ten questions with Jimmy Gabriel.
Gonzaga seniors Austin Washington and George Josten are quoted in the Gonzaga Bulletin: Almost famous: Two Bulldogs graduate to Major League Soccer.
Jan 29 - Great stuff from MLSinSeattle.com on Chris Henderson's role: Technically speaking. And another one on the same topic from MLSnet.com: Henderson returns home to Seattle.
Jan 25 - More on Chris Henderson from the Everett Herald: Henderson joins Seattle's MLS team as technical director. And from Soccer America: Seattle hires technical director. And a KOMO radio interview with Henderson.
Jan 24 - The first big name has been announced for the Seattle MLS club, and it is Everett native Chris Henderson as technical director: MLS Seattle hires Henderson as technical director.
Striker Kevin Forrest (UW, Edmonds) went to Colorado in today's MLS Supplemental Draft: Rapids Pick Up Four Players In 2008 Supplemental Draft. That makes 5 players with local ties taken in the two MLS drafts.
Jan 23 - Seattle MLS owners Joe Roth and Adrian Hanauer were at the annual P-I Sports Star Banquet. Some Roth quotes in this article: P-I Sports Star Banquet: Seattle's new sports owners fit right in. From MLSinSeattle.com, the coach's thoughts on the MLS Combine: A take on the MLS Combine from Brian Schmetzer.
The Sounders will exit the USL 1st Div after this year. Today USL announced a new team for that league beginning in 2009, the Austin Aztex: USL-1 headed to Austin in 2009.
Jan 22 - Another in the "10 questions" series from MLSinSeattle.com: 10 questions with Jimmy McAlister. And thoughts on Washington talent: MLS Seattle: Rich in natural resources.
Jan 19 - From the Times: Sounders scouting players with MLS potential.
Jan 18 - Locals taken in today's MLS draft:
SPU forward Sarah Martinez, from Bothell, was named one of the P-I Sports Star Award Winners for 2007: P-I Sports Star Award Winner: Sarah Martinez.
Jan 17 - The P-I has a report on Brian Schmetzer and Adrian Hanauer at the MLS combine: Sounders' perspective broadens at MLS combine. Mentioned as taking part in the combine are four players with local ties, Ciaran O'Brien (brother of Leighton, from Federal Way), Ely Allen (UW, from Kent), Kevin Forrest (UW, from Edmonds), and George Josten (Gonzaga, from Idaho Falls, ID). The 3rd Degree, an FC Dallas fan site, has a report on all of the players at the combine, with O'Brien featured in the photo: MLS Combine 08 Wrap Up.
Back on the pitch for the nats was Richland's Hope Solo, in goal for a 4-0 win over Canada in the Four Nation Tournament in Guangzhou, China. From the Times: Solo makes successful return.
Taylor Graham is playing for the Puerto Rican national team, and he notched the winning goal in a 2-0 win over Bermuda. The ECS discussion board has a report.
A new post at MLSinSeattle.com looks back on the two months since the big announcement and attempts to quiet down some of the chatter (which has at times gotten overdramatic) regarding the club name: Inside man.
Jan 15 - From MLSinSeattle.com, thoughts on how to build an entertaining team: Now that’s entertainment.
Jan 14 - The 2008 USL First Division schedule has been announced by the league: News release. 2008 USL-1 schedule (PDF format). The league moves to a 30-match schedule this year, with each side facing each of their opponents three times. As was done last year, all matches not on FSC will be webcast. Top seven qualify for the playoffs, with first place getting a bye in the first round before facing the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals. The league announced that there will be no player draft this year.
The Sounders followed up with a news release on their 2008 schedule: Sounders announce 2008 schedule. Our 2008 Sounders schedule. Reminder: tomorrow (Jan 15) is the last day to order 2008 Sounders season tickets at a discount.
From MLSinSeattle.com: Ten questions with Jeff Stock.
Jan 10 - Today's USL news release has the schedule for weekly 2008 USL broadcasts on Fox Soccer Channel: USL on FSC schedule set. The Sounders will appear on FSC 4 times in the regular season, all road matches, which is great. The televised matches will be at Atlanta, Vancouver, Rochester, and Portland.
Jan 9 - UC Santa Barbara reports that midfielder Ciaran O'Brien from Federal Way will leave college 2 years early to join Generation adidas, the MLS youth development program. That means he is likely to get drafted by an MLS team for next season. Details: Avila, O'Brien sign professional contracts with Generation adidas.
Jan 8 - Having been equipment manager for Hillwood Soccer Club for several years, your Seattle Pitch senior editor greatly enjoyed this remembrance (from MLSinSeattle.com) of Denzil Miskell's shop, Sports Specialties: City’s first soccer shop slips away.
Jan 7 - From MLSinSeattle.com: Eleven questions with Hope Solo.
Jan 4 - In an interesting article at MLSinSeattle.com, Adrian Hanauer tells the story of his investment in Cambridge United: Cambridge has a date with Wolves.
Jan 2 - From MLSinSeattle.com: And an eventful new year.
2008 Jan 1 - In the P-I, Fred Mendoza looks back at the past decade: Seattle's soccer community ready to live the dream.
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