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Jan 30 - Feb 7, training in Casa Grande, AZ
Feb 11, training moves to Bradenton, FL
Mar 7, 7:00, CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal, leg one: Sounders FC - Santos Laguna
Mar 14, 5:00, CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal, leg two: Santos Laguna - Sounders FC
Mar 17, 7:00, MLS season opener: Sounders FC - Toronto FC
NEWS (scores are linked to match reports)
Jan 27 - Friday's news:
Jan 26 - Congratulations to Jeff Parke for earning his first cap with the US national team in last night's short-handed 1-0 win at Panama. Parke came on to defend the lead early in the second half when center back Geoff Cameron was inappropriately red-carded. Brad Evans also entered in the second half. Other news:
Jan 25 - News reports:
Jan 24 - News reports focus on trialists and new signees:
Jan 23 - New Sounder Adam Johansson and ex-Sounder Erik Friberg came on as substitutes for Sweden in a friendly against the Qatar U23s, won by Sweden 5-0. Other news:
Jan 22 - Brad Evans came on in the 88th minute for USA's 1-0 win over Venezuela. The match was played near Evans' home town, Phoenix.
More reports from yesterday's practice:
Jan 21 - News after day 2 of camp:
Jan 20 - Sounders FC camp opened today and there are plenty of reports:
Jan 19 - Camp was scheduled to open if they could get through the snow. But they couldn't, so camp opening is delayed. News:
Jan 18 - Adam Johansson played the full 90 in Sweden's 2-0 win over Bahrain. Ex-Sounder Erik Friberg came on late for his first cap for his country.
A new developmental signing is among the news today:
Jan 17 - Sounders FC's Supplemental Draft picks:
News reports:
Jan 16 - News on Martin Luther King Day:
Jan 13 - Draft aftermath:
Jan 12 - Sounders FC SuperDraft picks:
News:
Jan 11 - Big (6'3 to be precise) news today from Sounders FC on the player front: Sounders FC signs Danish midfielder Sivebćk. Other news the day before the SuperDraft:
Jan 10 - Sounders FC announced the new broadcast commentators: Sounders FC Hire Ross Fletcher as "Voice of the Sounders FC": Kasey Keller to join Ross Fletcher in broadcast booth. More: A perfect fit: Ross Fletcher's connections to Seattle go back to his youth and the British broadcaster is no stranger to replacing popular figures.
The Sounders announced today that they will start preseason camp on Jan 19. Other news, as the MLS Combine wrapped up today:
Jan 9 - With the MLS SuperDraft scheduled for Thursday, the mock drafts are appearing. SB Nation has Seattle taking Generation adidas junior Dom Dwyer, a forward, and local native Jamie Finch, a left back. Three MLS writers picked different forwards for Seattle in the first round, Dwyer, Babayele Sodade, or Ethan Finlay. In the second round, they went with forward Lucky Mkosana or midfielders Eder Arreola or Jacob Hustedt, the latter from UW. Other news:
Jan 5 - Well done MLS, for getting the season schedule out early in January. More:
Jan 4 - Congratulations to two from the Sounders FC spine: Klinsmann adds Seattle Sounders duo Brad Evans and Jeff Parke to January camp roster. It is Parke's first time with the nats, who play friendlies with Venezuela and Panama late this month. Other news:
Jan 3 - The Sounders have come to terms with Marc Burch, whom they picked up in the expansion draft. More from Sounders FC: Burch is ready to carry the load. More news:
2012 Jan 1 - Happy New Year from the top of Mount Kilauea. The MLS international transfer window is now open. Checking the news:
Dec 30 - Checking the news after a dive at Place of Refuge, Big Island:
Dec 29 - Another new player, all but confirmed, is Christian Sivebćk, a right winger from Denmark. Other news:
Dec 28 - A bit of news today, as we check the net from the Big Island:
Dec 27 - News out of Sweden says that Sounders FC have signed right back Adam Johansson. He currently plays for IFK Göteborg, and has made nine appearances with the Swsedish national team. IFK have confirmed the deal, but the Sounders have yet to. This move will fill the Sounders' only remaining hole, previously occupied by James Riley, who was taken by Montreal in the expansion draft and traded to Chivas USA. Other news:
Dec 22 - Lots of questions, from Android app to vuvuzelas, all answered by Sounders FC: Additional Business meeting questions and answers.
TheCup.us has a nice article on the bidding process for hosting US Open Cup matches: Dollars & cents: The controversial US Open Cup hosting bid process explained. Other news:
Dec 21 - This is not confirmed yet, but Trinidad Express have a convincing report: Teenager Cato signs with Seattle Sounders. Cordell Cato is 19 years old and has played as a midfielder for the Trinidad and Tobago U20 team. He would be a developmental player for the Sounders. Other news
Dec 20 - The Sounders reported on their Las Vegas combine: Diamonds in the desert .
Dec 19 - Monday's reports:
Dec 16 - Looks like a light news day:
Dec 15 - MLS has been posting a season review for each team, and now it's Sounders FC's turn. Other news:
Dec 14 - News of the day is the announcement of Mauro Rosales' new contract. More stories:
Dec 13 - Digesting yesterday's player moves:
Dec 12 - The MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage 2 was held today. The Sounders this morning traded up to the first pick by swapping picks with Vancouver and giving the Canadians Seattle's third-round pick in the 2014 college draft. The Sounders took DC United left back Marc Burch with the first pick. The second pick saw New England take Sounders forward Nate Jaqua. Late in the draft Los Angeles took Sounders forward Pat Noonan. Twelve players out of fifty were taken, with Los Angeles taking six.
With Burch effectively replacing Tyson Wahl in the depth chart at left back, the Sounders have just one big hole to fill at right back. Beyond that, any other move in the top twenty roster spots will be a surprise.
Well, it didn't take long for the first surprise. Midfielder Erik Friberg has been transferred to Malmö FF in Sweden, reportedly to be back home near family as he and his wife are starting a family.
Other news:
Dec 8 - Thursday's news:
Dec 7 - Today's news is led by the announcement of the first new Sounder for 2012:
Dec 6 - MLS announced the nationally-televised matches for the opening week, and neither the LA Galaxy nor the Sounders are included. Leading off is Vancouver - Montreal, on the same day that the Sounders host a team not yet announced.
MLS announced a new match ball for 2012, the adidas PRIME, and they promise a more stable flight than last year's Jabulani. Other news:
Dec 5 - The Sounders were unaffected by today's Re-Entry Draft, Stage One. Three players were taken from the list of 54. Other news:
Dec 2 - End of the week:
Dec 1 -
Nov 30 - From MLS: MLS announces players available in re-entry process: Players on offer in stage 1 of player redistribution process, Dec. 5. From the Sounders, Terry Boss is retiring due to multiple concussions, following medical advice. Nate Jaqua, Pat Noonan and Taylor Graham will not have their contract options picked up and are therefore available in the re-entry draft, unless they agree to a new, lower contract by Friday. All have had injury problems, and releasing them will free up about $290k of salary cap space. Jaqua seems like the only one who might stay with the Sounders, but only if he agrees to a substantially lower salary than his current $140k. Soccer Insider Steven Goff predicts what to expect in the re-entry draft.
Other news:
Nov 29 - Three days after hosting Santos Laguna in a CCL semifinal match, Sounders FC will open their 2012 MLS campaign by hosting a match on First Kick day, opponent to be announced later this month (also: Sounders FC news release). The full schedule is also promised by the end of the year. Other news:
Nov 26 - From Sounders FC: Riley bids fond farewell.
Nov 25 - A few bits of news today:
Nov 23 - In today's Expansion Draft, Montreal took right back James Riley from the Sounders, then traded him and some allocation money to Chivas USA for forward Justin Braun and midfielder Gerson Mayen. Then, in a surprise move, the Sounders traded left back Tyson Wahl to Montreal for allocation money. Riley and Wahl, both picked up by Seattle in their expansion draft three years ago, had plenty of good matches while helping Seattle to a successful first three years. They will both be missed.
With regular starter Leo Gonzalez holding the spot he shared with Wahl, the Sounders' two biggest needs now are a veteran goalkeeper and a right back with the ability to help on the attack.
Montreal also picked three ex-Sounders from the USL days: Brian Ching from Houston, Sanna Nyassi from Colorado, and Josh Gardner from Columbus.
The waiver draft was held today, with the Sounders waiving nobody and taking nobody. More reporting:
Nov 22 - Tuesday's news:
Nov 21 - Important news on Monday:
Nov 20 - MLS Cup final: Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 Houston Dymano (Donovan 72).
Other news:
Nov 19 - News the day before the MLS Cup final:
Nov 17 - A slow day for Sounders news. Sounders FC started selling season tickets for the Hawks Nest today. SB Nation held a mock expansion draft today: SB Nation soccer's mock Expansion Draft is done! The (fake) Montreal Impact add 10 players. Seattle's Mike Fucito was taken.
Nov 16 - Kasey Keller's quad save has been voted as MLS Save of the Year. MLS Goal of the Year went to Darlington Nagbe, beating out a strike by Fredy Montero.
Nov 15 - A big honor for Kasey Keller: Seattle's Keller wins Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year: Sounders netminder voted the league's best in final season.
A first MLS honor for Mauro Rosales: Seattle's Rosales named Newcomer of the Year: Sounders MF's standout season overshadows Rodgers, Hassli.
The club has sent out an e-mail saying that the Hawk's Nest will be opened up for Sounders matches next year. That adds about 2200 seats. Other news:
Nov 14 - Monday's news:
Nov 12 - Analysis from Sounder at Heart: Sounders midfield depth provides opportunity for tactical rotation, role shifting.
Nov 11 - Closing out the week:
Nov 10 - Kasey Keller was the lone Sounder named to the MLS Best XI. Soccer By Ives agree on Keller and add Osvaldo Alonso and Mauro Rosales to the first team, and put Fredy Montero on the second team: SBI's 2011 MLS Best XI.
Time to start tracking the 2012 roster. Thus far, the only confirmed depature is retiree Keller, and the only likely prospect is Austrian goalkeeper Michael Gspurning. Other news:
Nov 8 - From Sounders FC: Compartment syndrome hindered Zakuani's early return. More in the Rave Green blog: Steve Zakuani on Mullan and support from around the league.
From CONCACAF: CCL championship round draw held in NYC. Sounders FC have drawn Mexico's Santos Laguna, while the Los Angeles Galaxy will play Toronto FC. The winners of those two series will meet in a semifinal series.
More news:
Nov 7 - The Times has a transcript of exit interviews from Fredy Montero, Osvaldo Alonso, Mauro Rosales, and Alvaro Fernandez.
MLS announced the three finalists for each end-of-year award: MLS reveals finalists for MVP and other year-end awards: Awards season set to open with Rookie of the Year on Tuesday. Included are Kasey Keller (goalkeeper), Mauro Rosales (newcomer), and Sigi Schmid (coach).
From Sounder at Heart: Steve Zakuani continues recovery, reveals compartment syndrome complication.
From MLS: Vote now for AT&T Goal of the Year: Rd of 16, Group II, and Group III.
Nov 6 - From Sounders FC: The Federal Way: A surprising tale of a 24-year old midfielder from Federal Way, Lamar Neagle has proven to many his value this season.
Nov 4 - Looking forward, looking back:
Nov 3 - Thank you to the Sounders FC players and coaches, and to everyone in the organization, for another fine year. success on the pitch reached a new high water mark with a three-peat in the US Open Cup, the Cascadia Cup, advancement from the CONCACAF Champions League group round, and second place in the full league table. We all were looking for a deeper run in the MLS playoffs, but at least it ended with a strong match that came close to leveling the series. Thanks to Kasey Keller for giving us Seattle fans the last three years of a stellar career.
Nov 2 - MLS quarterfinals, leg two: Seattle Sounders FC 2 - 0 Real Salt Lake (Alonso 55, Neagle 61). The Sounders pulled within a goal on aggregate with a half hour to go, but could not find another. Salt Lake advance to the semifinals. The Sounders will plan for the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals in March, to be contested with the 2012 edition of the team.
Match day news:
Nov 1 - News ahead of match day:
Oct 31 - Halloween news:
Oct 29 - MLS quarterfinals, leg one: Real Salt Lake 3 - 0 Seattle Sounders FC (Saborio 41, 53, Grabavoy 88). The Sounders were totally outplayed this match, as Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando never had to make a save. Salt Lake, meanwhile, put a dozen shots on goal.
The playoffs open for the Sounders:
Oct 28 - New York and Colorado only needed a goal each to knock out Dallas and Columbus, respectively, in the wild card matches. The Sounders begin their playoff campaign tomorrow:
Oct 26 - The wild card playoff matches are tonight (FC Dallas - New York Red Bulls, 6:00 on FOX Soccer) and tomorrow (Colorado Rapids - Columbus Crew, no free TV). Today's news:
Oct 25 - Tuesday's news:
Oct 24 - Monday's news:
Oct 23 - Chivas USA Reserves 3 - 3 Sounders FC Reserves (Estupińan 31, Spencer 42, Vanney 88; Noonan 2, Neagle 4, Noonan 14). The Sounders FC Reserves finish play at the top of the West Division with an 8-1-1 record. News:
Oct 22 - Chivas USA 1 - 3 Seattle Sounders FC (Estupinan 83; own goal 53, Fernandez 68, Ochoa 73). The Sounders win the regular season closer on the road. Next up in the playoffs will be Real Salt Lake.
From Sounders FC: Sounders FC playoff tickets go on sale October 24.
Oct 21 - In last night's play, the New York Red Bulls claimed the final playoff spot with a home win over the Philadelphia Union, ending playoff hopes for the Portland Timbers. In CCL play, the Los Angeles Galaxy won to finish atop their group, making them a possible next opponent for Seattle. The other group winners who could be drawn with Seattle are Mexican sides Santos Laguna and UNAM Pumas. Other news:
Oct 20 - Thursday's news:
Oct 19 - Wednesday's news approaching the final weekend of the regular season:
Oct 18 - CONCACAF Champions League: Seattle Sounders FC 1 - 2 Monterrey (Montero 42; Carreńo 3, Delgado 61). Defensive mistakes gave up easy goals to Monterrey, who finish first in the group with the win. The Sounders finish second in the group.
Match day for closing out CCL group play:
Oct 17 - Sun-Mon news:
Oct 15 - Seattle Sounders FC 2 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes (Ochoa 82, Montero 87; Wondolowski 24). The final home match of the regular season was a retirement party for Kasey Keller, but he had to work hard, making seven saves. It took late goals from Sammy Ochoa (his first in MLS) and Fredy Montero to give the Sounders the win that the party needed. Attendance was an amazing 64,140, setting a new high water mark for the Sounders in a league match.
Match day news:
Oct 14 - Nearing the end of his outstanding career, Kasey Keller is featured in many stories today:
Oct 13 - Sounders FC reported that ticket sales for Saturday's home regular season closer, honoring Kasey Keller, have now exceeded 60 kilobutts. Tickets are still available if latecomers want to join the party and run up that number. The club also reported that Jeff Parke, on a concussion watch from last Saturday's match, has not yet been cleared to return to action. Other news:
Oct 12 - Wednesday's stories:
Oct 10 - Sounders FC Reserves 3 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes Reserves (Tetteh 7, Ochoa 30, Jaqua 85; Luzanaris 68). One more Reserve League match at Chivas USA.
Monday's news:
Oct 8 - Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 2 Philadelphia Union (Adu 60, Carroll 70). After winning the US Open Cup on Tuesday, the Sounders played poorly in a league match, losing at home to the Philadelphia Union. The loss eliminated the Sounders from the race for the Supporters Shield, which goes to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Match day news:
Oct 7 - Friday's news:
Oct 6 - Want a T-shirt to celebrate the Sounders' third consecutive US Open Cup? Here are links to offerings from Who Are Ya Designs and Sounders FC. Thursday's news in 3attle:
Oct 5 - A great read from Dynamo Theory: Why MLS fans should be thanking the Seattle Sounders. Other stories:
Oct 4 - US Open Cup Final: Sounders FC 2 - 0 Chicago Fire (Montero 78, Alonso 90). Scoring was not easy against tough defenses and stingy goalkeepers, but Fredy Montero knocked in a rebound off the keeper for the match winner and Osvaldo Alonso, who had a fine match in the midfield, sealed the deal at the end of added time with a goal. The Sounders became the third team in US Open Cup history to win three in a row, the first to do that in more than 40 years.
News ahead of the US Open Cup championship match in Seattle:
Oct 3 - A day ahead of the USOC final:
Oct 1 - New England Revolution 1 - 2 Seattle Sounders FC (Fagundez 35; Montero 36, 48). The Sounders rested a lot of regular starters for Tuesday's US Open Cup final, but still managed a road win thanks to Fredy Montero's opportunistic brace and Kasey Keller's backstopping at the opposite end. The 9000-mile road trip is over, with totally favorable results. Total respect to the Sounders.
Prematch news:
Sep 30 - Last practice day before tomorrow's match in Boston:
Sep 29 - Today's news as the Sounders train at Brown University in Rhode Island:
Sep 28 - The MLS Team of the Week includes Fredy Montero. Goal.com's MLS Best XI, week 28 includes Montero and Kasey Keller. Other news:
Sep 27 - CONCACAF Champions League: Comunicaciones 2 - 2 Seattle Sounders FC (Montepeque 7, Morales 64; Alonso 44, 89). The draw, thanks to a pair of timely goals from Osvaldo Alonso, puts the Sounders through to the CCL quarterfinals. They will host Monterrey, 1-0 winners over Herediano today, on Oct 18 in the final round robin match to determine who wins the group. The Sounders can claim first in the group with a win or draw against Monterrey, while Monterrey would win the group with a win or otherwise leave the door open for Comunicaciones, who next host Herediano.
Prematch news:
Sep 26 - As we expected, Fredy Montero's first goal against Portland was nominated for MLS Goal of the Week. Competition this week is tough, so Fredy could use your vote. Other news:
Sep 24 - Vancouver Whitecaps 1 - 3 Seattle Sounders FC (Camilo 22; Evans 33, Montero 63, 67). The Sounders won a thriller in Vancouver to win the Cascadia Cup in its first year of the MLS era. Fredy Montero's pair of amazing strikes made the difference on offense, while some outstanding defense by Kasey Keller and his back line limited damages from Vancouver's often strong attack.
Prematch news:
Sep 23 - Friday's news before crossing the border:
Sep 22 - Sounders back at work today:
Sep 21 - News while the Sounders take a rest day:
Sep 20 - CONCACAF Champions League: Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 1 Herediano (Arias 25). The Sounders sent out a mostly B team that that had a lackluster performance, getting outplayed by the bottom team in the CCL group.
CCL match day news:
Sep 19 - The Dow, NASDAQ, S&P 500, and Russell 2000 are all down this morning, but Sounders FC's stock is up:
Sep 17 - Sounders FC 3 - 0 DC United (Fucito 35, Fernandez 45, 60). The Sounders played about as well as they could in an important home win over DC United, who had not previously lost in Seattle. The first half was quite intense, but the Sounders' second goal in added time just before the halftime whistle was a blow that DC could not recover from.
Match day, and it's raining:
Sep 16 - News before tomorrow's 6:00 match:
Sep 15 - News on MLS roster freeze day:
Sep 14 - CONCACAF Champions League: Herediano 1 - 2 Seattle Sounders FC (Cancela 45; Montero 3, 54). The Sounders stayed perfect halfway through the group round with a road win in Costa Rica. Fredy Montero's brace overcame a Herediano penalty kick earned with a dive. Montero has scored the last four goals for the Sounders, across three competitions.
Simultaneous to the HER-SEA match was Comunicaciones 1-0 Monterrey. After three matches in the group round it is 9 points for Seattle, 6 for Comunicaciones, 3 for defending champion Monterrey, and a goose egg for Herediano. Last year at this point it was Seattle with the goose egg.
Other news:
Sep 13 - The Sounders are in Costa Rica for tomorrow's CCL match:
Sep 12 - Roster moves lead off Monday's news, as the Sounders stop in Dallas on the way to Costa Rica:
Sep 10 - Sounders FC 1 - 2 Real Salt Lake (Montero 45; own goal 12, Saborio 56). After a week and a half off, the Sounders' play was off both halves, giving up an own goal and missing a penalty kick in the first half, then failing to score in the second half. Salt Lake pulled within three points of Seattle with two matches in hand.
Other news:
Sep 9 - Friday's news opens with an update from the indomitable Steve Zakuani: The latest from me! Other news ahead of tomorrow's home match:
Sep 8 - Thursday's news:
Sep 7 - News on another fine summer day in Seattle:
Sep 6 - Tuesday's news:
Sep 5 - Labor Day news:
Sep 3 - Saturday's news:
Sep 2 - News at the start of an off weekend for the Sounders:
Sep 1 - Closing the book on August:
Aug 31 - Day after the big USOC win:
Aug 30 - US Open Cup semifinal: Sounders FC 1 - 0 FC Dallas (Montero 40). Tough defense and Fredy Montero's well taken goal put the Sounders through to the US Open Cup final, which they will host at CLink Field on Oct 4. Tickets go on sale Tuesday. Chicago Fire advanced in the other semifinal today, beating the Richmond Kickers 2-1.
Match day news:
Aug 29 - Monday's news:
Aug 28 - Sunday's news:
Aug 27 - Sounders FC 6 - 2 Columbus Crew (Neagle 4, Rosales 16, Neagle 21, Fucito 40, Neagle 70, own goal 74; Cunningham 59, Gardner 73). Sounders FC poured goals in to rout the Eastern Conference leaders. Lamar Neagle earned a hat trick for the hosts. Ex-USL-Sounder Josh Gardner had the dubious distinction of scoring a brilliant goal, then an own goal in the very next minute.
Other news:
Aug 26 - Plenty of news ahead of a league matchday:
Aug 25 - Thursday's news:
Aug 24 - A well-deserved rest day for the Sounders. News:
Aug 23 - CONCACAF Champions League: Club de Fútbol Monterrey 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC (Fernandez 38). A week ago FC Dallas were the first MLS team to ever win a competitive match in Mexico after 25 such matches. Now the Sounders are the second to do it, in the very next attempt. The Sounders defense made a first-half goal from Alvaro Fernandez hold up as the match winner. Goalkeeper Terry Boss had a career highlight with the shutout.
Prematch news:
Aug 22 - Monday's news, with a CCL match in Mexico tomorrow:
Aug 20 - FC Dallas 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC (Rosales 16). Sounders FC nab their first win in Texas at a great time, pulling ahead of Dallas to second place in the league.
Prematch:
Aug 19 - Friday's news:
Aug 18 - Thursday's news:
Aug 17 - The CCL aftermath is focused on Mike Fucito's heroics:
Aug 16 - CONCACAF Champions League: Seattle Sounders FC 4 - 1 Comunicaciones (Evans 36, Fucito 61, 67, own goal 87; Arreola 2). The Sounders took a half hour to get going, then pulled away with a big win in a card-laden match to open the group stage of the CCL. Mike Fucito was man of the match, assisting the first goal, scoring the next two, and pressuring on the own goal at the end.
News ahead of the CCL match:
Aug 15 - The biggest news is failed transfer bids:
Aug 13 - Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 0 Chivas USA. The Sounders FC had most of the chances, but missed a penalty kick among other chances.
Prematch news:
Aug 12 - Friday's news:
Aug 11 - Today's news:
Aug 10 - Midweek news, starting with a blockbuster deal that does not involve any players or coaches:
Aug 9 - Vancouver Whitecaps Reserves 2 - 1 Sounders FC Reserves (Nanchoff 21, Tan 57; Jaqua 53). Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Brad Evans and O'Brian White all returned from injury to play the first half. Other news:
Aug 8 - Monday's news:
Aug 6 - Sporting Kansas City 1 - 2 Seattle Sounders FC (Kamara 20; Rosales 90, Neagle 90). The Sounders FC scored their most amazing ever come-from-behind win, entering the 90th minute down a goal to nil, then winning the match thanks to goals by Mauro Rosales and Lamar Neagle. KC's loss was their first ever at their new, months-old Livestrong Park. They had been riding a 14-match unbeaten streak in MLS play.
PDL Championship Match: Kitsap Pumas 1 - 0 Laredo Heat (Christner 11). Match report from Prost Amerika. Congratulations to the Pumas!
Match day news:
Aug 5 - From the Times: Sounders FC being patient with transfer window.
Aug 4 - Thursday's news:
Aug 3 - CONCACAF Champions League: Seattle Sounders FC 2 - 0 San Francisco FC (AET: Fernandez 41, Jaqua 98). The Sounders advanced from the preliminary round, but needed extra time to do it. Alvaro Fernandez scored in the first half and assisted on Nate Jaqua's series winner. They win 2-1 on aggregate and will play six matches in the group round. Other news:
Aug 2 - CCL match day tomorrow, and Go Sounders says: Go to our stadium on Wednesday.
The PDL Western All-Conference Team was announced, and it includes three from the Kitsap Pumas with ties to the Sounders: Defender Dan Scott (Zach's brother), who trialed briefly with the Sounders; midfielder Nikolas Besagno, who played for the USL Sounders; and goalkeeper Bryan Meredith, who spent the preseason camp with the Sounders. Last weekend the Pumas won the Western Conference Championship with a last-minute 1 - 0 win over the Fresno Fuego in California, thanks to a Scott goal, then a Meredith save of a penalty kick in added time. Kitsap will host the PDL Chmpionships this coming weekend in Bremerton. The semifinal double-header starts at 5:00, with the Pumas facing the Thunder Bay Chill in the second match at 7:30. The PDL Championship match is at 4:30 on Saturday, live on FOX Soccer. Other news:
Aug 1 - A new month, and Sounder at Heart says: August looks to be month of frustration for Seattle Sounders fans. Other news:
Ju1 30 - Houston Dynamo 3 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC (Clark 7, Ching 23, 70; Fernandez 37). The Sounders never looked good enough to challenge for a point in the Houston heat.
Ahead of today's match, the Sounders FC announced the first signing since March, Amadou Sanyang, a midfielder/defender from Gambia. Although he is the youngest player on the Sounders (a month younger than Miguel Montańo), Sanyang has two years of MLS experience with Toronto FC. He was a free agent, as Toronto did not sign him for this season. Other news:
Ju1 29 - And the new head coach for the US men's national team is Jürgen Klinsmann, who has both played for and coached the Germany men's national team. News on a Friday:
Ju1 28 - The big news today is that Bob Bradley has been let go as coach of the US National Team. That then brings up the question as to whether Sigi Schmid is a candidate for the open job.
Ju1 27 - MLS All-Stars 0 - 4 Manchester United (Anderson 20, Park 45, Berbatov 52, Welbeck 68). Kasey Keller flew from Panama City to New York to play the last eight minutes.
News on MLS All-Star day:
Ju1 26 - CONCACAF Champions League: San Francisco FC 1 - 0 Seattle Sounders FC (Brown 28). The Sounders traveled 3500 miles and did not play well, giving up a goal to a penalty kick in the first half of a home and home play-in series.
News on CCL match day:
Ju1 25 - Monday's news, with the team in Panama for tomorrow's CCL match:
Ju1 24 - Sunday's news:
Ju1 22 - Friday's Sounders news:
Ju1 20 - Friendly: Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 7 Manchester United (Owen 15, Diouf 49, Rooney 51, 69, Park 71, Rooney 72, Obertan 88). A humbling experience for the Sounders.
News before the Man Utd match:
Ju1 19 - Tuesday's news:
Ju1 18 - On Monday fan voting starts for Goal of the Week, and this time the five nominees include Saturday's goals from Alvaro Fernandez and Roger Levesque (and also the one from Jeff Larentowicz that ended up in Seattle's net). Player of the Week is an an interesting contest with the North American Soccer Reporters picking Mauro Rosales, while Soccer By Ives picked Fredy Montero for the second week in a row. Other news:
Ju1 17 - On the day of the Women's World Cup final, here are the Sounders stories:
Ju1 16 - Seattle Sounders FC 4 - 3 Colorado Rapids (Fernandez 7, Levesque 48, Montero 82, Rosales 84; Thompson 1, Larentowicz 42, Folan 89). A productive Sounders offense won out over the opportunistic Rapids.
Prematch:
Jul 15 - News after yesterday's Man Utd press conference in Seattle:
Jul 14 - Sounders FC announce: Sigi Schmid signs contract extension: Sounders FC head coach reaches agreement potentially through 2015. Better quotes in their story: True to form: Sigi Schmid will seek advice from Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson on maintaining remarkable success with one club at the professional level after signing a contract extension with Seattle.
Other stories today:
Jul 13 - US Open Cup Quarterfinal: Seattle Sounders FC 3 - 1 Los Angeles Galaxy (Jaqua 5, Montero 25, Neagle 74; Cristman 40). Sounders FC put in a strong performance to advance to the semifinals against FC Dallas.
Other news:
Ju1 12 - Tuesday's news:
Ju1 11 - Monday, feeling fine after watching the Sounders win in Portland yesterday afternoon. Thanks to the team for the joy! News:
Ju1 10 - Portland Timbers 2 - 3 Seattle Sounders FC (Own goal 46, Perlaza 69; Montero 57, 74, Alonso 83). Twice Portland took the lead, and both times Fredy Montero re-leveled the match with a goal. The winning goal was Osvaldo Alonso's penalty kick.
At halftime the MLS All-Star First XI, chosen from fan voting, were announced. Included is goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who is retiring at the end of the season from a long and excellent career.
Prematch:
Ju1 9 - News ahead of match day:
Ju1 8 - Club America softened the Timbers up a bit by beating them a goal to nil in a friendly last night. Here's Friday's news:
Ju1 7 - Thursday's news:
Ju1 6 - USOC tickets (for Jun 13 vs LA) are on sale now. CCL tickets (for Aug 3 vs San Francisco, Panama) were supposed to go on sale this morning, but don't seem to be available yet. News:
Ju1 5 - Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves 1 - 2 Seattle Sounders FC Reserves (Cristman 73; Jaqua 18, Neagle 30). The Sounders FC Reserves completed a sweep of the LA Galaxy Reserves to bring their record to 7-0-0.
Other news:
Ju1 4 - Los Angeles Galaxy 0 - 0 Seattle Sounders FC. The Sounders had the best chance with an early penalty kick, but Fredy Montero put it within reach of Brian Perk, who earned a shutout in his first MLS match.
Happy Independence Day! Word is that the USOC match will be Jul 13, 7:30, @ Starfire. News ahead of tonight's LA-SEA fireworks:
Ju1 3 - Sunday's news:
Ju1 2 - Biding our time until Monday:
Ju1 1 - A new month, and Sounder at Heart looks at the slate: July offers chance for runs at multiple trophies. Other news:
The biggest news to emerge today, from Sounders FC, and as expected: Midfielder/forward Pat Noonan signs extension. We suspect that Noonan will play a part in some important goals in the last half of this season. He already helped set up the match winner in the recent USOC match. From MLS: Sounders re-sign Noonan through rest of 2011 season: Finally healthy, veteran attacker contributing in long year for Seattle.
Jun 30 - End of a month that saw the Sounders go unbeaten, rising up the table and advancing in the USOC. News:
Jun 29 - Midweek news:
Jun 28 - US Open Cup: Seattle Sounders FC 2 - 1 Kitsap Pumas (Fucito 39, 62; Besagno 71). A close contest, but Kitsap could not match Mike Fucito's brace. The Sounders advance to a rematch of last year's USOC quarterfinal vs. the Los Angeles Galaxy, again at Starfire Stadium. As you can see from the list of upcoming matches above, it will be an extended "Beat LA" week. In other third round action, the Columbus Crew, finalists against Seattle last year, were the lone MLS side to fall, taken down by the Richmond Kickers 2-1.
Prematch:
Jun 27 - From MLS: Vote for AT&T Goal of the Week: Wk. 15: VOTE NOW: Friberg, Wahl, Pontius, Camilo and Mwanga. Oh, oh, splitting the Seattle vote. Well, congrats to both Friberg and Wahl for being honored for their goals.
USOC match tomorrow. Here is a preview from TheCup.us: 2011 US Open Cup quarterfinal bracket D: Kitsap Pumas at Seattle Sounders; LA Blues at LA Galaxy. A great story from Sounders FC: Sibling rivalry: Linda Scott will watching the Sounders US Open Cup match with the Kitsap Pumas in a way that she has never watched a match before as her two sons square off at Starfire.Other news:
Jun 26 - Seattle Sounders FC 2 - 1 New England Revolution (Wahl 35, Fernandez 40; Nyassi 3). The Sounders again found a way to win after falling behind on the first corner kick of the match. The goals were all good goals.
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Jun 25 - Another match day tomorrow:
Jun 24 - It's a Friday, made enjoyable by last night's exciting win over a skillful opponent:
Jun 23 - Seattle Sounders FC 4 - 2 New York Red Bulls (Friberg 11, Alonso 12, Levesque 67, 78; Richards 31, own goal 58). After the Sounders lost an early 2-0 lead, Roger Levesque came off the bench to score a pair and seal the deal for the home side. The stadium was opened up and a new home attendance record for a league match was set at 46,065.
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Jun 22 - News a day ahead of the midweek match:
Jun 21 - The Kitsap Pumas won the right to play the Seattle Sounders FC in a third-round match in the US Open Cup. The Pumas notched a 3-1 win over the visiting Real Colorado Foxes this evening in Bremerton. The third-round match will be hosted by Sounders FC at Starfire Stadium at 7:00 on Tue, Jun 28. Tickets will go fast, starting at 10 AM tomorrow. Ticket details: Pumas advance, face Sounders next Tuesday. Prost Amerika has a fine match report: Pumas march on Tukwila with Sounders scouted and in sight.
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Jun 20 - You can vote for Fredy Montero's goal at the league site: Vote for AT&T Goal of the Week: Wk. 14. News:
Jun 18 - Toronto FC 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC (Montero 90). Fredy Montero stunned the home crowd with a 90th-minute free kick for the match winner.
Jun 17 - It's Friday:
Jun 16 - Sounders travelling to Toronto. News:
Jun 15 - Big local news from the US Open Cup. The Kitsap Pumas traveled to Texas to play the Chivas El Paso Patriots with the temperature at 103 degrees at kickoff. After a scoreless draw and nine rounds of kicks from the mark, the Pumas won and on Tuesday will host Real Colorado Foxes for the right to play Sounders FC in round 3. Prost Amerika's report: Pumas one game from Sounders. From TheCup.us: 2011 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup bracket. From Prost Amerika: Pumas v Real Colorado tickets on sale today. Sounders FC will host the winner at Starfire on Jun 29 if Colorado or near then if Kitsap.
Jun 13 - Seattle Sounders FC Reserves 1 - 0 Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves (Ochoa 80). A new Sounders FC trialist, Sammy Ochoa, scored the lone goal late in the match to take the Sounders FC Reserves to 6-0-0 in Reserve League play. Ochoa is a 24-year-old striker, Mexican born, who played for the USA U-20 team for Sigi Schmid several years ago.
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Jun 11 - Seattle Sounders FC 2 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps (Rosales 81, Alonso 84; Hassli 29, 85). Three goals after 80 minutes changed the Sounders' fate from losing to winning to a draw.
Jun 10 - Match day tomorrow:
A Steve Zakuani interview generated lots of coverage. Some of the best:
Jun 9 - Thursday's news:
Jun 8 - Vancouver week, Wednesday:
Jun 7 - Seattle Sounders FC Reserves 2 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps Reserves (Sheridan 7, Levesque 26). Sounders FC trialists Cillian Sheridan and Myron Samuel each played a half at forward, with Sheridan scoring the match winner. Sheridan is a big (6'5") striker, age 22, from Ireland. He is from Celtic and played for them against the Sounders in last year's friendly. Samuel is a speedy 18-year-old striker from St. Vincent and Grenadines, and played there with Avenues United.
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Jun 4 - Chicago Fire 0 - 0 Seattle Sounders FC. Plenty of chances both ways first half, few chances second half. Give the Sounders a road point.
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Jun 3 - With the weather turning nice, sure wish tomorrow's match was in Seattle. News:
Jun 2 - Thursday's stories:
Jun 1 - Rumor of the day is Marcus Hahnemann's possible return. From the PI: Is Hahnemann still a candidate to replace Keller? The Daily Mail reports that Hahnemann has been offered an MLS contract to play for the Sounders, but be skeptical unless and until it is reported by another, independent, believable source. With Seattle 7th on the allocation list and Hahnemann in the national team pool, Seattle would probably have to trade up to get the MLS rights to the ex-Sounder who was featured in the mother of all MLS tifo displays. Late in the day: Hanauer statement on the Marcus Hahnemann rumors.
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May 31 - Today's stories, as the entire roster recovers from successful road wins over the weekend in MLS and the Reserve League:
May 30 - Portland Timbers Reserves 0 - 2 Seattle Sounders FC Reserves (Carrasco 77, Estrada 89). The Sounders FC Reserves won on the road, raising their Reserve League record to 4-0-0.
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May 28 - Real Salt Lake 1 - 2 Seattle Sounders FC (N Gonzalez 87; Ianni 72, Neagle 84). The Sounders ended Salt Lake's 29-match home MLS unbeaten streak.
May 27 - Match day on the road tomorrow, quite a variety of stories today:
May 26 - Monday's reads:
May 25 - Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 1 FC Dallas (Shea 18). The Sounders had their chances, but could not break Dallas' shutout streak.
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May 24 - Home match tomorrow:
May 23 - Rumors are emerging regarding possible new players:
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May 21 - Seattle Sounders FC 1 - 0 Sporting KC (Parke 90). Jeff Parke's goal deep in added time gave Sounders FC a much needed 3 points.
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May 20 - Friday, another glorious, sunny day in Seattle. Will it last through the match this time?
May 19 - Thursday's news:
May 18 - Midweek news:
May 17 - Congratulations to Alvaro Fernandez for making the MLS Team of the Week. Other news:
May 15 - Seattle Sounders FC Reserves 3 - 2 Portland Timbers Reserves (Neagle 44, Noonan 57, Tetteh 74; Horst 68, Ogunyemi 90). Sounders FC raised their Reserve League record to 3-0-0.
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May 14 - Seattle Sounders FC 1 - 1 Portland Timbers (Fernandez 52; Danso 65). Seattle took the lead, but gave up a goal on a free kick play and could not manage a match winner.
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May 13 - Friday the 13th -- good thing SEA-POR is tomorrow and not today!
May 12 - Thursday news:
May 11 - Midweek news:
May 10 - A variety of stories on Tuesday:
May 9 - Seattle Sounders FC Reserves 3 - 2 Chivas USA Reserves (Fucito 25, Neagle 52, Montańo 60; Cortez 22, 69). Sounders FC Reserves were strong to start, but missed repeatedly, then gave up the worst goal we will see all year. They climbed back for a 3-1 lead, but had to hold on for the win the last 20 minutes.
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May 7 - Columbus Crew 1 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC (Renteria 67; Montero 7). After scoring early in a match played in heavy rain, the Sounders' offense fizzled out and they held on for a draw.
From the Times: Mother of Sounder FC's James Riley teaches lessons in living in battle with breast cancer.From MLS Players Union: 2011 MLS player salaries: May 1, 2011: By club.
May 6 - Friday news, a day ahead of the second match this week:
May 5 - From the Times: Sounders FC vs. D.C. United, player ratings.
May 4 - DC United 2 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC (Wolff 31, Davies 52; Evans 71). Seattle had their chances, and would have gotten a result with some good luck, but in the end they didn't play well enough to win.
Matchday Wednesday:
May 3 - A midweek match on the road tomorrow:
May 2 - News on a Monday:
Apr 30 - Seattle Sounders FC 3 - 0 Toronto FC (Fernandez 9, Evans 52, 75). Brad Evans was the star, assisting on the first goal and then finishing the next two. Seattle's defense gave Toronto almost no chances to score.
Apr 29 - Match day tomorrow:
Apr 28 - The verdict from the MLS Disciplinary Committee has been announced: MLS suspends Mullan an additional nine games: Rapids vet faces stiffest penalty for a tackle in league history. While that won't satisfy all Sounders fans, it is probably the most that could be expected. Sounders FC posted the same article, adding at the end a statement from GM Adrian Hanauer. The Colorado Rapids posted a statement from their managing director: Plush: Statement on MLS' ruling on Mullan.
Looking forward to Saturday's home match, and beyond:
Apr 27 - Wednesday's news:
Apr 26 - The news focus is now broadening to include other players:
Apr 25 - Discussion of the unfortunate Mullan-Zakuani incident continues:
Apr 24 - The focus on Steve Zakuani continues:
Apr 23 - Steve Zakuani is on everyone's minds:
Apr 22 - Colorado Rapids 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC (Montero 19). This match provided major good news and major bad news. The bad news is that in the third minute, Colorado's Brian Mullan retaliated hot-headedly against the nearest opponent after he felt he was fouled (it was trifling, not worth a whistle), and his cleats-first slide into Steve Zakuani's planted right leg broke both leg bones, probably at least a season ending injury for Zakuani. The good news is that Fredy Montero's lone goal gave the Sounders their first road win of the season. The bad news greatly outweighs the good. We (and certainly countless other soccer fans) wish Zakuani a full recovery in due time.
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Apr 16 - Philadelphia Union 1 - 1 Seattle Sounders FC (Ruiz 32; Fernandez 90). Designated players
Apr 15 - Match day tomorrow:
