[MEET THE TEAM] Eric Wynalda‘s Cal FC is the sensation of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, a hastily assembled team from asmall ethnic league in Ventura County near Los Angeles. It has already beat the 2011 PDL champion Kitsap Pumas, USL PRO’s Wilmington Hammerheads and in the biggest upset in the history ofthe Open […]
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Cascadia Cup opens expanded schedule
When MLS introduced an unbalanced schedule for the 2012 season, one of its objectives was to add more rivalry games like those in the Northwest. The Cascadia Cup, a mini-competitionbetween Portland, Vancouver, and Seattle, kicks off Saturday when the Sounders play the Whitecaps at B.C. Place Stadium. Under the new format, each team will play […]
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Finalists chase dreams in Los Angeles
[SUENO MLS 2012] Six finalists from tryouts at Chivas USA and six from tryouts at the Seattle Sounders will join six players picked at an FC Dallas tryout andarrive in the Los Angeles area on Wednesday for three days of intense competition in Sueño MLS 2012. The live announcement of the national winners will take […]
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MLS Power Rankings: San Jose takes over the top
A second straight loss by Sporting Kansas City dropped it out of the top spot and all the way to fourth, behind three Western Conference teams. 1. SANJOSE (7-2-1). After a wild 5-3 home win over D.C. United in which Chris Wondolowski and Steven Lenhart bothnetted twice, the Quakes went north and lost a heartbreaker […]
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Fire's Klopas and Anibaba suspended
[MLS SUSPENSIONS] MLS Chicago Fire head coach Frank Klopas and defender JalilAnibaba for one game in the wake of incidents during a 2-1 loss to Seattle last Saturday. Klopas was dismissed by referee Michael Kennedyfor directing abusive language toward the officials. Anibaba was red-carded for a challenge in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time, […]
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Zakuani holds no grudge against Mullan
Brian Mullan is expected to play for the Colorado Rapids against the Seattle Sounders at CenturyLink Field on Saturday in his first appearance since hisreckless tackle last April fractured Steve Zakuani’s leg in two places — an injury from which Zakuani is still struggling to recover. Zakuani, though,says that he has no particular problem with […]
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What They're Saying
“RFK Stadium used to be one of the best places in the league to play. Now it’s Seattle, for sure.” — Seattle Sounders defender Marc Burch onreturning to Washington to face D.C. United, for which he played for five seasons until a messy breakup after the 2011 campaign. (Seattle Times)
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Rapinoe and Cox latest stars to join Sounders Women
[W-LEAGUE] The way things are going the U.S, women’s national team should think of setting up shop in Seattle. MeganRapinoe, one of the stars of the 2011 U.S. Women’s World Cup team, and Stephanie Cox, a defender with 81 caps, have signed with the W-League’s SoundersWomen. Previously signed were Hope Solo, Alex Morgan and Sydney […]
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A beer of their own and the power of Twitter
By Paul Kennedy ECS HAS NO EQUAL. How popular are MLS’s Sounders in the Seattle area? Seattle’s Redhook Brewery has designed a new craft beer, the No Equal Amber Lager, named after the original motto of the Sounders’ largest fan group, the Emerald City Supporters, “No Equal.” Sounders fans, many of them beer aficionados, can […]
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Rosales, Frings sidelined, Mattocks out indefinitely
[MLS INJURY REPORT] Two of MLS’s most influential players, Seattle’s Mauro Rosales and Toronto FC’s Torsten Frings, face layoffs, while Vancouver’s Darren Mattocks, one of MLS’s most promising rookies, has been sidelinedindefinitely after suffering burns in a cooking accident on Sunday. COLORADO — OUT: MF Jamie Smith (R ACL tear); DFAnthony Wallace (L Achilles tear); […]