By Paul Kennedy Jurgen Klinsmann and Sigi Schmid share a lot incommon. Both are from the Stuttgart area in southern Germany, both speak Swabian, the local dialect, and both come from families that emphasize hard work. Klinsmann’s father was a bakerfrom outside Stuttgart and wanted his son to take over the family bakery so young […]
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Seattle crowds could total nearly 100,000
By Ridge Mahoney and Paul Kennedy Crowds totaling nearly 100,000 are quite possible at CenturyLink Field in Seattle for a Sounders-Whitecaps MLSmatch Saturday and the USA-Panama Hexagonal qualifier on Tuesday. To a season-ticket base of about 31,000 the Sounders have sold approximately 20,000 more tickets for the Cascadia Cupgame with Vancouver. Rather than limiting capacity […]
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Martins wins red card appeal
[MLS DISCIPLINE] An independent review panel rescinded the fine and one-game suspension for a red card issued to Seattle Sounders forward Obafemi Martins in the 71st minute of Sunday’s game against Chivas USA. Martins will be eligible for Seattle’s home game Saturday against Vancouver withmore than 50,000 fans expected to attend.
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Sounders' Evans added to camp roster
[USA MEN] U.S. national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has added Seattle Sounders midfielder Brad Evans to the team that will gather in Cleveland in advance of the five-game series that kicks off May 29 against Belgium at at FirstEnergy Stadium. It will be the third call-up ofthe year for Evans, who will report to […]
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What They're Saying
“Ridiculous. What more can I say? We’re the premier club in the country, and we’re being shuffled off like that again, and they’re basically saying — they’re telling us the Open Cup’s notimportant when they do stuff like that. It’s really ridiculous, but it’s life. What are you going to do?” — LA Galaxy coach […]
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Seattle man killed trying to dribble ball to Brazil
[OBITUARY] Seattle soccer enthusiast Richard Swanson, whose dream was to dribble a ball 10,000 miles to Brazil forcharity, was killed just a few weeks into his journey when he was struck by a pickup truck along U.S. 101 in Lincoln City, Ore. His website, breakawaybrazil.com, featured his trip from Seattle to Sao Paulo, which began […]
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MLS Power Rankings: Sounders' twin wins move them up
By Ridge Mahoney The busiest week so far of the MLS schedule – 15 games -– knotted up the power rankings behind top dog FC Dallas,though FCD’s 1-1 tie with Portland and 2-1 defeat of bottom-dweller D.C. United at home weren’t terribly impressive. Of the 11 teams that played twice, only Seattle won bothof its […]
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Koroma comes up big off bench
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] The U.S. under-20 national team wrapped up its weeklong camp at the Home Depot Center with a 6-2 win over Eric Wynalda‘s Cal FC. Akron freshman Alfred Koroma, who did not take part in qualifying for the Under-20 World Cup, scored two goals and had anassist off the bench, and the Chicago Fire’s […]
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Academy scoring sensation Morris gets call-up
[USA UNDER-20 MEN] Jordan Morris, who has scored 22 goals in 22 games for the Seattle Sounders Academy this season inthe U-17/18 Development Academy, is the lone high school player with amateur status called into the U.S. under-20 men’s national team camp at the Home Depot Center. Morris, who hasplayed for the Sounders’ reserve team, […]
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U.S. under-20 men's national team roster
[HOME DEPOT CENTER CAMP] Rookie defender DeAndre Yedlin, who has started all 10 games — MLS and Concacaf ChampionsLeague — for the Seattle Sounders, has been called up for the U.S. under-20 national team camp that began Monday at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Seattle has a bye this week, allowingYedlin to join […]