[U.S. OPEN CUP] Sporting Kansas City ended the Seattle Sounders’ bid for a record fourth straight Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title with a 3-2 shootout win afterthe final ended in a 1-1 tie. Such was the futility in the shootout that more players missed attempts than made them. Paulo Nagamura got a second chance […]
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Seattle Sounders out to make history
[U.S. OPEN CUP] The Seattle Sounders will attempt to make history when they face Sporting Kansas City Wednesday in the final of the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. OpenCup (TV: GolTV, live, 9 p.m. ET). “Having been able to win the past three finals and the opportunity to maybe win a fourth is unique and special,” […]
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Rookie Rose leads Sounders past Caledonia
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] English rookie Andy Rose scored one goal and had assists on first-half goals by Sammy Ochoa and Fredy Montero to to lead the Seattle Sounders to a 3-1 win over Trinidad & Tobago’s Caledonia AIA in theirConcacaf Champions League group stage play on Thursday.
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Sounders add Honduran Olympian Martinez
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] A fourth member of the Honduran Olympic team that has reached the quarterfinals at London 2012 will be playing in MLS. Midfielder Mario Martinez has joined the Seattle Sounders on loan from Real Espana. Real Salt Lake traded the No. 1 discovery priority on Martinez to Seattlein exchange for a conditional draft […]
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Levesque leaves on positive note
Roger Levesque, the 31-year-old Seattle Sounders forward whose time with the club dates back to its days in the USL First Division, played his last game onWednesday. He retired after the friendly against Chelsea to pursue a master’s degree in business at the University of Washington. As Seattle Times columnist Steve Kelley noted in a […]
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Sounders pencil date with history
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid says the talk can begin. The Sounders will go for an unprecedentedfourth straight Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup thanks to their 4-1 win over Chivas USA in Wednesday’s semifinals at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Wash. The win sent the Sounders intothe Aug. 8 final at […]
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Seattle looks to keep streak alive
[U.S. OPEN CUP] The Seattle Sounders will look to return the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final for a fourth consecutive year when they host Chivas USA at sold-outStarfire Stadium in Tukwila, Wash. In Wednesday’s other game, Sporting Kansas City will look to return to the championship game for the first time since 2004 when […]
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Ianni does best Ibra imitation
[VIDEO PICK] The unlikeliest of players, Seattle Sounders defender Patrick Ianni, did his best Zlatan Ibrahimovic imitation, scoring on a flying side-volley in the Sounders’ 1-1 tie with Sporting Kansas City before almost 47,000 fans at CenturyLink Field, just like the Swede did aday earlier in his country’s 2-0 win over France at Euro 2012. […]
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New doors open for U.S. citizen Osvaldo Alonso
Five years after Osvaldo Alonso defected from Cuba, the Seattle Sounders midfielder earned U.S. citizenship, opening up new doors for him. “I’m veryhappy for that and so proud of myself to get citizenship,” said Alonso after passing the citizenship test. “I’m very happy.” Citizenship for Alonso — who left the Cuban national teamduring the 2007 Gold […]
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Sounders end Cal FC's dream with five-goal blitz
[U.S. OPEN CUP] For one half, Cal FC held its own with MLS’s Seattle Sounders. But the amateur club’s dream of beating the three-time Lamar HuntU.S. Open Cup defending champions in the round of 16 quickly ended in the second half as a penalty converted by Osvaldo Alonso after only five minutes. Four more goals […]