Carey gives more details of Membership Assoc.

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Drew Carey was at Kells mere minutes ago and introduced more details of the Sounders FC Members Association. Here's a bulleted list of what went down.

*Drew presents Patrick from Kells with a signed Sounders FC flag.

*Comments that he'd like a t-shirt if himself in the stands that looks like the Che Rivera shirts.

*Began to love membership idea on trip to Spain when Barca were in the midst of elections.

*Joke from Carey: "Getting the Sounders FC Membership Association details worked out took less time than the R. Kelly trial."

*Season ticket holders are automatically members, non-holders pay $125 a year.

* Members will get discounts at pubs and team shops, plus they are working on more with Fox Sports Northwest for fans.

*Every four years the General Manager is up for election, unless a movement happens sooner.

*Petitions can be presented by fans to the club when 20% of members sign them.

*4 times a year there will be various meetings between club execs. and members.

*To go you'll need 25 people to recommend you to be on the 'council.'

*Drew talks of his dream of doing this kind of thing in MLS, thanks Hanauer & Roth.

*Says Hanauer is completely in control of the soccer side of things.

*Fans can vote OUT a GM, but they can't vote the next one in. ("We hire, you fire.")

*Members will get a monthly e-newsletter

*Drew hopes that one day voting for GM is bigger than voting for Mayor.

*Drew is against cheerleaders and a mascot, but if the fans want them, they can make a petition to get them in.

*Merchandise will be available by November for Christmas sales.

*ECS shouts out, and Drew answers: "It is your band, so they will learn your songs."

*"Emerald City Greens was never a name option."

*Brazil-Canada will be played on the new Field Turf. "It's 100 times better than that crap at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake," jokes Carey.