tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24729332543921745622012-01-27T06:12:35.825-08:00Soccer news and opinion from Puget Sound Washington USA covering Seattle Sounders FC, Wolves, Tacoma Tide, Kitsap Pumas, Redhawks, Washington Huskies, Pacific Falcons, college.GS-1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04335494111146488175noreply@blogger.comBlogger5771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472933254392174562.post-59210314565872959322009-03-13T06:55:00.000-07:002009-03-13T07:00:11.832-07:00

Now that GOALSeattle soccer news has moved over to Seattle Soccer Examiner, you may want to update your links and connections.Here is our Twitter Feed: www.Twitter.com/goalseattle. It now lists news as it is posted on the Examiner page.Here is our Examiner page link: http://www.examiner.com/x-413-Seattle-Soccer-ExaminerHere is our Seattle Soccer Examiner (RSS) news feed: http://www.examiner.com/

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This blog is going on hiatus! What? No-o-o-o-o-o!However, the same content and full focus on ALL OF PUGET SOUND SOCCER will now be updated daily at the new source, my Seattle Soccer Examiner page!Please change your bookmarks. This page will remain dormant but online for links, referrals, etc.You can also get to the Seattle Soccer Examiner the same way you used to get to the GS blog: by clicking '

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It's too cold out for shirts and shorts but that didn't stop Seattle Sounders FC from training at Qwest Field on Monday. The club are back from Argentina and there are only 10 days left before the home opener against New York.The Sounders wore long pants, jackets and gloves as they went through their drills. SoundersFC.com's Matt Gaschk reports:(The Sounders practiced) with many new faces on the

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Every Friday from now until...um, you drop...wear your Sounders scarf to show you support Seattle!OK, you can wear it more often than that, but especially every Friday to work, on the bus, where ever. This idea is sponsored and endorsed by the Emerald City Supporters, GoSounders.com, Prost Amerika Soccer, Sounder at Heart and the Sounders Fan Insider!Other news today: Qwest Field will host a

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We have a winner, in more ways than one... When Saarhiem was contacted as the winner, he took the GOALSeattle Sounders FC Flag contest for a new spin. "I started this project a month ago and and could not be happier with the results. But with that said, I think it would be best to give the season ticket to the guy who made the Chief Sealth flag (Joe Olson). You see I have two season tickets in

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Fox Soccer Channel debuted its half-hour Major League Soccer 2009 season preview on Sunday night. The next airing will be Monday March 9 at 5:00 PM Seattle time.Speaking of previews, Laurie at the Seattle Offside blog is starting a series of "Get to know your Sounders" quiz blogs. Check the first one out here!Of course the league will be without gate-enhancer David Beckham until August. Several

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The Kitsap Pumas professional soccer club is in for a big, busy spring. The club is preparing for their first-ever league match May 2nd in Spokane against the Spokane Spiders. It will inaugurate their debut season in the Premier Development League (PDL) of the United Soccer Leagues (USL). The Pumas have yet to announce any player signings, but rumblings are growing that soon we'll have some names

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SEATTLE - (courtesy of GoHuskies.com) Washington men's soccer kicked off its 2009 spring season this week, an exhibition slate that is highlighted by two home matches at Husky Soccer Field and a tilt with Seattle Sounders FC at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila on April 21.The Huskies began the spring campaign on Friday, March 6, hosting the University of British Columbia at Husky Soccer

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Prost Amerika Soccer talks with Washington State Governer Chris Gregoire in an interview published this week. Gregoire is a fan of soccer."By bringing the world’s most watched sport here, we are putting Seattle and Washington in the spotlight for the world to see what we all already know. The great state of Washington offers an array of unique attractions and natural beauty. Our hope is that

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The build up to kick off 2009 continues and so does the tidal wave of soccer news.Over on our Seattle Soccer Examiner Page we've got details on Seattle's soon-to-be official awarding to host Major League Soccer's Final at Qwest this November.In the GOALSeattle Forums we've posted an ad from grocery chain QFC. They will be the 'official grocer' of the Sounders, and they've got a $5 t-shirt deal

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Drool, drool...and counting the hours and days...Greg Roth was inside Qwest Field Friday and through the Sounders Fan Insider's eyes and lens we get a sneak peek at "Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field."See ten photos at Seattle Soccer Examiner.The entire gallery is here.

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Sounders FC have arrived...back in Seattle after a trip to train in Argentina. A smattering of fans were on hand at SeaTac Airport to greet the players, who will now spend the next 12 days getting ready for the home opener at Qwest Field March 19 against New York.See more photos in our slide show. (Photos courtesy of Greg Roth)Freddie Ljungberg also is back in the Emerald City:

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A fan got his season tickets today!Lucky for us he also posted in the GOALSeattle forums with several photos of the blessed package!Be sure to login to the forums and give a shout when you get yours!See the thread and more photos here! See Gregro's Facebook photos!

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The GOALSeattle flag contest is entering its final weekend as the four finalists are now done and their flags are being put up to a public vote on the GS forums!The winning flag / maker gets a full 2009 south end season ticket! The Sounders have added to the prize winnings, too! The club will give a jersey to the second-place winner and a signed Kasey Keller soccer ball to the third place

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I am not sure what to say about this video. What do you think? Like they always say..."You've got a face for radio!" Watch for the middle finger and a Sounders FC scarf coming out of a guy's fly. Hey, it's a Seattle 'rock' station.

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It has been a crazy day in the Emerald City with the Wexley 'viral' add campaign doing just what it is supposed to do. We've got more on the scarves that ate Seattle here.We've got scoop today about some of the match day activities the club are planning for fans. There is a bit of actual soccer news today, too. Fans in the GS forums reported it first: Jarrod Smith has been put on the injured list

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We've got the scoop over on our Examiner page. Wexley School For Girls are going to let Seattle know what's up today with a giant Sounders scarf on the Tullys building near I-5, among other coolness. See also: ScarfSeattle.comFans are talking about the 'viral marketing effort' in the GS forums.The Sounders lost 1-0 to River Plate today in Argentina. Quick! Get on that plane.Speaking of planes, if

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Visit GOALSeattle.com's extensive soccer museum for much more on all three 'versions' of the Sounders.Professional soccer is on the rise in Seattle with the imminent debut of Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. 32,400 fans will pack the lower bowl of Qwest Field on March 19 as Seattle hosts New York Red Bulls in the city's first-ever MLS match. The club have capped season ticket sales at 22,000.

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Go behind the scenes of the United States - Mexico soccer rivalry in this video feature leading up to and including the night of February 11, 2009 when the two faced off in Columbus Ohio in a World Cup qualifying match.

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Sounders FC scored a 5-0 victory today in their Argentina tour over second division club Tristán Suárez. Here's the report from SoundersFC.com:Erupting for three goals within a 10-minute span, the Seattle Sounders FC extended its preseason unbeaten string to five matches with a 5-0 defeat of Tristán Suárez in La Plata, Argentina, on Tuesday. Sebastien Le Toux factored in three goals before

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I literally can't seem to step away from my GOALSeattle blog chair today without coming back to more Sounders FC news!Greg Roth has a collection of great photos of what the Qwest Field tarps are looking like, on Facebook.Alaska Airlines Magazine has featured a photo from GOALSeattle photographer Rick Morrison in their March 2009 in-flight magazine. Rick was kind enough to scan it for us, and you

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RENTON, Wash. – (Club press release) Single game tickets for the Seattle Sounders FC inaugural home opener on March 19 sold out this morning. Sounders FC will kick off the 2009 Major League Soccer season at Qwest Field versus the New York Red Bulls with more fans than originally planned. Due to the anticipation and tremendous enthusiasm from soccer fans, the seating configuration for the March 19

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Individual match tickets for all 2009 Sounders FC MLS home dates go on sale today at 10:00 AM via Ticketmaster and the club website. By the end of the day several matches are expected to sell out. Act now or watch from your couch this summer.The Monday training match between the Sounders and Velez Sarsfield has been cancelled due to heavy rain. SoundersFC.com has details.Soccer America gets our

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Sounders FC drew 1:1 in Argentina Saturday with a makeshift roster of trialists against CED Rosario, a collect of Argentine football free agents. The Sounders released the notes and quotes below.“It was good to see Michael Fucito on the field because he hadn’t been able to join us since we drafted him because of an injury," commented heach coach Sigi Schmid. "So it was nice for him to get his

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On March 19 a national TV audience on ESPN 2 will peek in on Sounders FC's debut when Seattle hosts the New York Red Bulls at 6:00 PM local time at Qwest Field.As much as we have been anticipating the new club we've also been anticipating that first home match as a way of beginning to see what kind of crowd our ticket holders will be. In the end it is up to us to make Qwest Field a 'soccer

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(Tukwila, WA) – The Seattle Wolves FC today announced the addition of Alexander Caulfield to the SWFC Front Office. Caulfield will fill the role of Director of Public Relations, and has already made his presence felt in the front office, initiating exciting marketing and PR initiatives.Currently a graduate student at Seattle University working on a Masters degree in Sports Administration,

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We've got more from Seattle's 3-1 training win today in Argentina. Nate Jaqua scored the first Sounders goal and talked about the match afterwards.“We started a little slow obviously and we weren’t playing quite that well. I think the heat got to us a little bit. But we were able to kind of come back in the second half and put some good things together and score three goals and able get the win.”

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The Kitsap Sun reports today that Kitsap Pumas are interested in leasing land where East Bremerton High School once stood.(Robin) Waite (Pumas owner) said he expects the Pumas to outgrow Bremerton Memorial Stadium. “I expect our team to go from where it is now all the way to Division I.” School board President Cynthia Galloway said she favored the idea of a public-private partnership that

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Fredy Montero ignited the attack in the second half, scoring twice in a 4-minute span as Sounders FC came from behind to open its Argentina preseason tour with a 3-1 win over Estudiantes de La Plata on Friday afternoon. Nate Jaqua pulled the visitors level in the second minute following halftime of the 70-minute match. Estudiantes, using a mixture of first team reserves and youth players, had

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Fredy Montero, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Osvaldo Alonso practiced together for the first time today in Argentina. (SoundersFC.com photo)Read a story about Fredy in Argentina from Matt Gaschk.Sounders FC have completed their second day of training in Argentina. The club send out the following recap.Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, the new Seattle Sounders FC central defender, arrived at the hotel during the

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In the last few days both Tacoma Tide FC and Kitsap Pumas have sent out releases regarding sales of season tickets for their 2009 PDL (Premier Development League) campaigns. Seattle Wolves FC have released information about their combination PDL and PCSL (Pacific Coast Soccer League) club season tickets, which will give you 18 matches.Tacoma Tide FC play in a great neighborhood in University

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The Sounders have released notes from the club's first day in Argentina:Soon after arriving in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, the Seattle Sounders FC set a tentative schedule of training games while in Argentina . Seattle will play up to five 70-minute matches, beginning Friday morning (11 A.M. local, 5 A.M. PT) at Estudiantes La Plata. On Saturday (10 A.M. PT) the opposition is CED, a squad

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Sounders FC are in Argentina this week to go up against foreign competition as they build towards their March 19 debut. The club posted a video of the guys getting on the bus to the airport yesterday.Gary Washburn has a Argentina preview with some clear-headed comments from coach Sigi Schmid.Where in the world is Freddie Ljungberg? Spain! Fans have the good news about Freddie's rehabilitation in

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Danny Jackson, who captained the Seattle Sounders for most of the last six seasons, issues a thank you to Seattle fans in an article posted today over at Prost Amerika Soccer: “I wanted to take the opportunity to thank the entire base of Seattle Sounders supporters for their support over the past six years. It has been a wonderful experience, both on and off the field, and I will treasure those

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The forums at www.SeattleSoccerTalk.com are busy with posts about the Sounders' upcoming first season in Major League Soccer.Here are some hot topics in the forums right now:Season ticket members can purchase individual match tickets to 2009 home games before they go on sale to the public, and many fans are stocking up while they've got the chance.The Sounders are off to Argentina, but before

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One thing we know about the sport of elite-level soccer in Puget Sound in 2009: there's going to be plenty of it to watch.The huge majority of those watching will be doing so because of interest in Seattle Sounders FC.The Sounders have sold 20,000 season tickets and it looks like a good bet that nearly all matches will sell out before or on match nights.This is in effect a tsunami of interest in

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Nate Jaqua scored two in the first half and Fredy Montero matched him with a brace in the second half as Sounders FC shut-out the 2008 United Soccer League defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps Sunday in a pre-season match at Qwest Field.Prost Amerika Soccer says: It was an eerie atmosphere as an empty stadium bore witness to Sounders FC’s first ever game at their home, but the visit of the

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There were a mix of accents at the Kitsap Pumas tryouts today in Silverdale, Washington, but everyone spoke the game of soccer. Twenty-seven invited players were on hand trying to impress head coach John Wedge and his staff of coaches and player evaluators. It's another step in owner Robin Waite's effort to bring 'authentic football' to West Sound.Dallas Jaussi, fresh off of his top-four finish

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Sounders FC got goals from Nate Jaqua, Jeff Clark, Fredy Montero (pk) and Brad Evans to roll by the University of Portland Pilots on February 20th at Merlo Field in Portland Oregon.Seattle fans were kept up to date with live match blogs from the Sounders, the Seattle Times and Prost Amerika.The pre-season victory upped Seattle's training match record to 4-1. Read Prost Amerika's on-scene match

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Here's the latest video report from the Sounders as they practice at Qwest Field. Tonight the club travels to Portland to face the University of Portland Pilots in an exhibition match.You can follow along with tonight's match live and comment back and forth with Steve at ProstAmerika.comHave your 2009 seaon tickets or 1/2 season package yet? Don't look now, but the Sounders just passed the 20,000

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Seattle University, the University of Washington and Seattle Pacific University have all recently released their lists of new soccer recruits.For the men, the SU Redhawks welcome Troy Bratten, John Pegg and Bobby Segal. The Huskies have added Quinton Beasely, Ryan Moore, and Will Pleskow, among others. The Falcons captured seven players including Zach Johnson, Chris Morris and Charlie Piehler.For

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We've been watching the left back spot for a while now, and it looks like we have a possible starter today after Sounders FC announced Evan Brown, a draft pick from Wake Forest, has signed with the club. See the press release below.RENTON, WASH. – The Seattle Sounders FC signed defender Evan Brown, the 16th overall selection in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of Wake Forest. Per Major League Soccer

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We have received a roster update from Sounders FC this morning. It is posted below. Former USL Sounder striker Kevin Forrest, property of the Colorado Rapids, will be in camp today on trial. There has also been plenty of confusion over the status of SuperSearch winner Vini Oliveira. The promotion around that search seemed to say that the winner was guaranteed a spot on the final 24-man roster.

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Seattle Sounders FC are finally home...for now. The club practiced at Qwest Field for the first time today after spending last week in California.The giant replay screen greeted the players and club with a welcome message. The field surface was a pristine Field Turf green with only soccer markings. It was a gorgeous sunny day.Media were on hand and filed reports for their papers. In the Seattle

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Seattle Sounders FC have announced the signing of center back John Kennedy Hurtado for the 2009 season. Rumors began only recently that Seattle were on the trail of the 24-year old defender who played last season with Fredy Montero at Deportivo Cali. Today the club made the signing official with the press release posted here:RENTON, WASH. – The Seattle Sounders FC have signed Colombian central

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We recently broke the news that Tacoma Tide FC's all-time leading scorer Rory Agu would be returning to play for TFC in 2009. Now we've caught up with Rory Agu in Fresno and chatted with the speedy forward about his decision and the upcoming Tide campaign."After my college season ended," says Agu, "I came back to Tacoma for winter break for about a week and a half. I cut my break short, so I

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The GOALSeattle forums (www.SeattleSoccerTalk.com) are getting busier all the time as we approach March 19 and Sounders FC's first-ever match.Here's some of what is hot in the forums right now:John Kennedy Hurtado. The buzz is that Seattle are close to announcing the deal for a team mate of Fredy Montero's from Deportivo Cali. Hurtado is a quick, sturdy center back, just what fans have been

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RENTON, Wash. - Seattle Sounders FC will host Chelsea FC, winners of five major English titles in the past five seasons, Saturday, July 18, at Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field, it was announced today. Kickoff is set for 12 noon pacific time and the match will be televised live on ESPN2. “This will be unlike any international game ever played in the Pacific Northwest,” said Sounders FC majority owner

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The March 5th submission deadline is quickly approaching in the GOALSeattle.com Sounders FC Season Ticket Flag-Making Contest. Contest rules here.Over the weekend Joe submitted his entry, which is getting some nice early feedback. It's a unique alteration of the Washington State flag.There is still time for you to enter and win a 2008 Seattle Sounders FC south end GA season ticket!

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Kitsap Pumas Soccer Club held their first-ever open tryouts yesterday and The Kitsap Sun and reporter John Becerra Jr. and photographer Larry Steagall were on hand to chronicle the event.See the Kitsap Sun coverage here.Becerra writes:Eighty-three soccer players from as far away as Oregon, Idaho and Alaska turned out on a cold day to impress new head coach John Wedge, his assistants Andrew

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Tacoma Tide FC recently got good news as they look ahead to defending their PDL Northwest Division crown. Rory Agu, a Tacoma native who is the club's all-time leading scorer, plans to return and play for TFC for a fourth straight year.Rory will miss tryouts and pre-season training because he is in school in Fresno, California. However, he's struck a deal to train with a Tide playoff rival, the

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The GOALSeattle forums have been filled with posts since day one of camp over concern about the Sounders' defensive back line. Jeff Parke doesn't seem to want to play in Seattle and hasn't signed, while the deal for Costa Rican Roy Miller fell through due to health care issues for his pregnant girlfriend. All the while the names being brought into camp had "M" or "F" by them. Very few "D's."

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The Sounders face the San Jose Earthquakes tonight in a pre-season match that is also a preview of the 2009 Heritage Cup. Kick off is at 7:00 PM from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. We are expecting SoundersFC.com to blog match updates here.Fans in San Jose have been reaching out and working with fans in Seattle to create a cup that memorializes the history of the two clubs which dates back to 1974 in

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The longtime captain of the USL Sounders, Danny Jackson, and longtime midfielder and free kick specialist Leighton O'brien are among the latest cuts to the Sounders FC Major League Soccer roster.Cut today: GK Kevin Guppy, D Danny Jackson, M Quavas Kirk, M Leighton O'Brien, M Ryan Pore, M Fernando Screpis and D Adam West.Danny and Leighton were both with the Sounders when they won United Soccer

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Khano Smith's trade from Seattle to New York Red Bulls has been confirmed via this short Sounders FC press release.*Ellen Bayles and her family are Sounders fans and when they played last night in Ventura County California she and the gang showed up to support Seattle.Ellen was especially impressed with the footwork of Fredy Montero.Seattle won the pre-season match 6-1.Thanks for sharing the

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Enjoy the videos of match highlights and post-match reaction of the United States of America's opening win in this round of World Cup qualification. It was a blustery night in Columbus Ohio and the Yanks got two goals from the coach's son, Michael Bradley, including the clincher in stoppage time to keep a recent 2-0 USA scoreline string alive in the rivalry. Today is a great day to be a US soccer

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Sounders FC scored a 6-1 win over the Ventura County Fusion of the PDL on Wednesday night in California in an exhibition training match. It was the first Sounders training match open to the public."The guys are getting to know each other a little bit better. The movement of the ball is pretty good. The quickness of Zakuani and Fredy Montero creates some problems," Head Coach Sigi Schmid told the

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GOALSeattle.com is increasing its coverage of all high-level Puget Sound area soccer, including the various clubs run by Seattle Wolves FC. You can talk about the Wolves in their specific forum here. We've recently uploaded some Wolves wallpapers for your computer desktop. Get them here.Feb. 11: Trialists from Abroad Create Waves at Open TryoutsAmong the 45 trialists on hand for the first Seattle

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Sounders FC midfielder Sanna Nyassi, a native Gambian, scored two second-half goals as the Sounders fielded new line-ups and went on to beat defending champions Shandong Luneng of the Chinese Super League 2-0 in a training match at Oxnard, CA. The match result was updated live via the Sounders Insider Blog on SoundersFC.comNyassi is the buzz name of the early days of training games for Seattle.

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The Sounders are addressing their lack of MLS experience in the back line with this latest move: bringing 12-year league veteran Tyrone Marshall to Seattle from Toronto for allocation money. The initial response from some Sounders fans is less than enthusiastic, with most seeing Marshall as an old, one year stop-gap move. The club press release is below.It is also being reported that Khano Smith

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The Kitsap Pumas have hired local youth soccer icon John Wedge as their first head coach the club announced today.Wedge has a long resume of coaching experience as high as the collegiate and semi-pro level. He is also the Washington State Youth Soccer Association District Four Regional Coaching Director.Wedge then named his coaching staff, Peninsula College head coach Andrew Chapman as assistant

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Sounders FC faced opposition for the first time and came away from a soggy practice pitch near LA's Home Depot Center with a 3-1 pre-season victory over the Galaxy.Fredy Montero converted a first-half penalty kick and Roger Levesque (match-winner) and Sanna Nyassi added second-half tallies to pace Seattle.In his coverage of the match for the Seattle Times Jose Romero writes:Fredy Montero, Roger

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It will be about as busy as a second week in February gets around the Sound of soccer this week. Sounders FC will stretch their 33-man pre-season roster to the limit with four training matches while in West Sound the Kitsap Pumas will have events on three separate days.The Sounders will play the LA Galaxy Monday at 3:00 PM at the Home Depot Center in their first-ever pre-season match against an

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We continue looking at the previous 25 seasons of clubs called Seattle Sounders. We are up to the year 1979, and a club that scored at will, but did not make the playoffs.The Seattle Sounders' sixth season in the North American Soccer League (NASL) was one of high times and low tides. How could a club with enough offensive fire power to post some impressive lopsided victories still fail to make

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Fans will also meet the club’s new head coach, Wed., Feb. 11 beginning at 3 p.m.Bremerton, Wash. – Soccer fans on the Kitsap Peninsula now have a home base for high-level international and regional soccer broadcasts. Beginning this Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 in the Clearwater Casino’s state-of-the-art sports bar, Pyramid Breweries and the Kitsap Soccer Club will launch the first in a series of

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Fredy Montero went OFF today in California, scoring six goals over a series of 8 v. 8 matches! The Sounders broke up in to teams of eight and rotated with shortened fields and smaller goals. Montero's six were scored on regulation-sized goals. (Read a recent Seattle Times feature on Montero here.)As posted in the TNT Sounders Insider:1st game: Purple-v-Blue ended in 0-0 draw, with Blue holding

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In a big year of firsts and new clubs in the Puget Sound area you can now add the Seattle Synergy to your soccer radar. This fledgling club will play in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) in 2009 and give local female players a stepping stone to the W-League and Women's Professional Soccer (WPS.)I spoke with Synergy head coach Jay Jones about the (latest) new team in town.How did Seattle

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www.SoundersFC.com shares these videos from the Sounders FC California training camp.The club's new 'beta' website is currently being previewed and is open for feedback.Here's some: love the video share!

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As we get closer to the start of our first season in MLS Prost Amerika is stepping up its coverage of the Sounders and soccer in general. See their new portal page here. Below is today's PA entry anticipating roster cuts.Courtesy of Prost Amerika SoccerThere are 32 players in California currently training with the Sounders FC. Of them 8-9 seem certain of making the squad or have already had their

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The photos of flags entered in the GOALSeattle.com Sounders flag-making contest are starting to be posted in our forums and on individual blogs. The deadline to enter a finished flag is March 5th. The winning flag-maker will get a 2009 Seattle Sounders FC season ticket in the south end, a $288 value.You've got a (short) month to start, take photos and/or video, and complete your Sounders flag. Go

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One thing you can truly say about Sounders FC's first-ever training camp under Sigi Schmid...the club are really looking over a long list of midfielders.Before heading to California the club cut former Sounders midfielders Sakuda, Treschuk, Kante and Alcaraz-Cuellar. Joining the team for a look-see in Ventura County now are Quavas Kirk, Ryan Caugherty and Kyle Schmid. That brings the total of

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We've got some fine articles to point you towards today.Soccer365.com talks with Sounders midfielder Brad Evans.Dave Clark from Sounder at Heart has been busy recently. First he's the guest on this podcast that is good listening, especially for people catching up with the Sounders scene. Next Dave has posted an interview with Sounders' draft pick Micheal Fucito on his blog.Sounders FC are off to

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From www.KitsapSoccerClub.com“Design Our Crest” Contest Kicks Off Monday, Feb. 2, 2009Bremerton, Wash. – One of the great traditions for a soccer club is the unveiling of its crest. Many of the greatest clubs on the planet have crests that have endured for decades – and in some cases, for over a hundred years.The Kitsap Soccer Club (Pumas) will carry on this tradition and is looking to YOU - our

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Rick Morrison was at Friday January 30th's Sounders FC practice on behalf of GOALSeattle.com. Today we are debuting his photos from that day. You'll see Patrick Ianni in action for the first time, much more of Fredy Montero, and even some photos of the guys who were cut after the practice was over.Thanks for the photos, Rick!You can visit Rick's own gallery pages at

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Vinicius "Vini" Oliveira will take off his barista apron and put on a Sounders FC jersey and fly to California tomorrow after he was named winner of the first ever "Seattle Sounders SuperSearch."In a live show that was more about Hollywood and less about the sport of soccer, we saw the ten finalists reduced to four and then to two. In the last four were Chase Mikkelsen, Junior Garcia, Oliveira

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http://beta.SoundersFC.com is live tonight as the second-generation website for Seattle Sounders Football Club.We'll all be discovering the new features of the site over the next few weeks. One thing I noticed right away is that the videos are enabled for sharing and embedding. This means the gospel according to the club PR machine can be spread faster around the internet.Let's try it:

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It was a very sunny and even slightly warm afternoon at Starfire as the Seattle Sounders SuperSearch arrived with cameras in tow to take on Seattle Wolves FC in a match designed to...well...um...get some video footage for tomorrow night's big live finale on King 5 after the Super Bowl, perhaps?The Wolves won the shortened contest 2-0 and of course looked the better team since they've been

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You never know what you'll find in a shoe box. Just ask Jenni Conner.The teenager who snapped photos of her soccer heroes in the 1970's is now the mother of two who snaps photos of Sounders players for fans in this generation.Recently Jenni found a shoe box full of old (mostly) black and white photos from the Seattle Sounders of 1977-1979 in the North American Soccer League.I grabbed the stash

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The Seattle Times reports that Sounders FC have released five players and that they'll be looking at some new guys when they arrive in California next week.Gone are USL Sounders fan favorites Kenji Treschuk, Kevin Sakuda, and Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar along with Youssouf Kante and John Fishbaugher, also recent Sounders.Coming to make an impression next week will be defender Jared Karkas (draft pick),

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Today is a big day over at the VMAC and Sounders training. The club are expected to cut a few names off of the roster as they prepare to move camp to Oxnard College in Ventura County, California, next week.GOALSeattle's Rick Morrison will be at today's practice taking photos. Look for a gallery from Rick later on Friday or over the weekend.Who do you think gets released today? It has to be at

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From www.SeattleWolvesFC.comThis Saturday, January 31st, the Seattle Wolves FC will take on the Sounders Super Search Trialists in front of a live audience and television crews filming for the Sounders Super Search reality television show. The match kicks-off at 1:00pm inside the Starfire Sports Stadium, and is open to the public, free of charge.In preparation for the match, the Wolves have

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Bremerton, Wash. – The new, professional Kitsap Soccer Club will hold its first-ever open tryouts for prospective professional players, Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the North Kitsap High School Stadium (artificial turf) located at 18360 Caldart Ave. NE Poulsbo, Washington. To pre-register, please visit the club website, www.kitsapsoccerclub.com. There, trialists will find and complete a

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Now that the 2009 Seattle Sounders FC Major League Soccer season schedule has been released we are hearing from the club and fans about the set of dates.In the Seattle Times GM Adrian Hanauer says of the list "It's obviously a little front-loaded. Couple of tough road trips toward the end of the season, but it is what it is. We can't worry too much about the schedule, we just need to go take care

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All on the same day? Yep. Today the United Soccer Leagues has released the 2009 Premier Development League (PDL) slate of matches. Now we know the home dates for Seattle Wolves FC, Tacoma Tide FC and Kitsap Pumas SC.GOALSeattle.com has ALL of the home club HOME matches in our handy "Local Matches Calendar." Welcome to the SOUND of soccer!Seattle Wolves FC make their historic debut in USL soccer

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The full Major League Soccer 2009 schedule is now online at www.MLSnet.com.Seattle Sounders FC have posted their schedule at SoundersFC.com.Seattle will begin life in MLS with two straight home matches, March 19 against New York and March 28 against Real Salt Lake. In their first ten matches SSFC will have five home and five away. The longest streak of home league matches in a row is three at the

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The 2009 W-League season schedule has been released and for our local club it is a 3-6-3 proposition. Known now as the "Seattle Sounders Women," with a name change likely to reflect the new ownership by Tacoma Tide FC, the W's will start the season with three away matches and end it the same way. In between come all six home matches in a long stand.2009 Home ScheduleJune 3 Vancouver WhitecapsJune

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Cuban Voted 2008 Rookie of the Year with CharlestonRENTON, WASH. – Osvaldo Alonso, a first team All-USL First Division midfielder and league rookie of the year in 2008, has signed with Seattle Sounders FC, it was announced Tuesday.Sounders FC acquired Alonso’s rights from the Charleston Battery of USL-1. Per club and Major League Soccer policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. He will be

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The Sounders announced more pre-season matches today, including two at Qwest Field!Oh, but you can't go...7 Dates Announced; Argentina Schedule Being FinalizedRENTON, WASH. – The Seattle Sounders FC have announced its schedule of domestic 2009 MLS preseason games, including two matches open to the public during the upcoming training in Southern California.Sounders FC, which opened training

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The Major League Soccer and Premier Development League schedules should be out...tomorrow! Thus much of my summer will then be planned...Sounders FC, Wolves FC, Tide FC, Pumas...The Kitsap Pumas are quietly making headway as they prepare for their first season. Chuck Stark checks in with the Bremerton bunch in today's Kitsap Sun. The Pumas will announce shortly that they'll be taking fan

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The speculation is over...Seattle Wolves FC are a part of the USL!(Tukwila, WA)— Seattle Wolves Football Club today announced the launch of a Premier Development League franchise (PDL) for the 2009 season. The club’s newest team will begin league play in May, and play all home matches at the Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila, WA.The new PDL team is a joint venture between Seattle Wolves FC and

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Central Defender Played 3 Seasons for Dynamo; Member of 2008 Olympic TeamRENTON, WASH – Patrick Ianni, a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, has been acquired by the Seattle Sounders FC from the Houston Dynamo in exchange for a conditional 2010 MLS SuperDraft selection, it was announced Monday.Ianni, 23, is a 6-foot-1 central defender who played the past three seasons for Houston. He saw action

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Over the weekend I started up the archive pages for the 2009 Seattle Sounders FC season. It is an annual tradition of getting the website ready for the news, events, photos, videos and memories of the new year.This time around there can be no doubting that the ritual brings with it more anticipation and excitement than perhaps ever before. We are about to archive Seattle's first season in Major

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While the rest of the 'mainstream' Seattle sports scene has gone about its business over the years the Sounders of recent days and of old have always maintained a special bond with their fans. Sounders FC of Major League Soccer have some pretty high standards to live up to in that department. Seattle soccer fans are used to having access to their heroes and even to being called by first name by

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The first "MLS Extra Time" of the 2009 season is now online. The new format divides the weekly show up into three shorter segments.

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"I love American food, even though I am French," Sebastien Le Toux tells the P-I's Gary Washburn. "I love American hamburgers, but I know it's no good to eat every day, I try to stay healthy. Everybody here is very nice, and there is no judgment because I am French. Everybody is very helpful for me. I am very happy here, and it's the life I want."My goal is to play on the team and be a starter,"

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More is good when it comes to the Sounders, so we are posting a second gallery of practice photos from Rick Morrison today. See also the slide show above that has shots from Jenni Conner, Rick, and me.Sanna Nyassi is checked by Adam West.

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Freddy aka Fredy Montero is close to becoming a part of the 2009 Sounders FC roster. The club issued this statement today:The Sounders FC continue to add firepower to their lineup. On just their second day of training camp, the club made their second signing since camp began, adding Colombian forward Fredy Montero, contingent upon him receiving international clearance and his P-1 visa work permit

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Midfielder Steven King stretches.I've uploaded a gallery of photos I took at practice on January 21st here.In other news the Sounders are leaking information early that they will be playing Chelsea this July at Qwest. If you want the best seats to that match you should get season tickets. Season tickets in the south end are on 'a special' between now and Friday. See details here.Zakuani, Wahl,

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We've got ten minutes of video from the historic first-ever Sounders FC practice. The first reel is the session in progress and the second reel is the media with the players after. Be sure to watch to the end of the lower clip to get some scoop about players from owner Joe Roth.Jenni Conner practice day photos can be seen here. Rick Morrison photos from the inaugural practice can be seen

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