By Paul Gardner Poor Seattle! Did they really deserve that 6-1 pounding that Santos Laguna inflicted on them on Wednesday? On the night, looking strictly at the waythe Sounders played, yes they did. Poor Seattle indeed — very poor. Yet you have to feel that Seattle is nowhere near as bad as that — that […]
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Herculez Gomez takes down sloppy Seattle
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Seattle did all the little things to prepare for its Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal series against Santos, traveling toMexico in preseason for a single game and bringing another Mexican team to Seattle for another and sending advance scouts to prepare for the second leg in Torreon. It got an off weekend to […]
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Seattle seeks historic triumph in Mexico
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Whether it fails or succeeds in the Concacaf Champions League, all those connected with Seattle Sounders FC will believe they gavethe competition their best shot, on and off the field. Seattle flew to Dallas for a training session Tuesday, then continued on to Torreon, Mexico, where it faces Santos Laguna (8 p.m. […]
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Seattle holds serve against Santos
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] They gave up a goal to one of their former players but still the Seattle Sounders held serve at home by beating Santos Laguna ofMexico, 2-1, in the first leg of their quarterfinal at Century Link Field Wednesday. Trailing 1-0 to a first-half David Estrada goal, Santos Laguna equalized whenHerculez Gomez ran […]
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Seattle's March Madness: Quarterfinal vs. Mexico's Santos
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Playoffs in March? It’s not just for college basketball teams any more. For MLS entries in the Concacaf Champions Leaguequarterfinals, that’s the only way to look at it. “This game against Santos is obviously a playoff game,” said Seattle midfielder Brad Evans of a series against Mexican club SantosLaguna that kicks off […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Fredy Montero scored twice in the second half to give the Seattle Sounders a 2-0 win over Jaguares ofMexico in their Community Shield game before 11,140 fans on Wednesday. The win was Seattle’s fifth in a row. Next up for the Sounders: Santos of Mexico in the Concacaf Champions League. For all thepreseason schedules […]
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The upside of Eddie Johnson
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] There was a lot of head-scratching following the announcement that the Seattle Sounders had traded for unsettled Eddie Johnson after the Montreal Impact selected the former U.S. international in Friday’s allocation. Johnson’s recent record isn’t stellar, but there’s a lot of upside to Johnson. Athis best, Johnson could help the Sounders challenge for […]
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Seattle is on fast track with Concacaf test looming
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Unlike the past two preseasons, getting two goals in a 120-minute game against Columbus Wednesday that also featured three red cardsdidn’t change the collective mindset of the Sounders. That’s what leading the league in scoring (56 goals in 34 games), as they did in 2011, will do. “We out-possessed the teamswe played, we […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] The Seattle Sounders beat the Columbus Crew, 2-0, on goals by Fredy Montero and Cordell Cato in a preseason match that featured three red cards and eight yellow cards. Trialist FranckSongo’o set up two more goals as the Portland Timbers remained unbeaten in preseason with a 2-0 win over the Chicago Fire. Eric Alexander […]
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Sounders and Crew send off big academy classes
[COLLEGE RECRUITS] The Seattle Sounders had 14 players from their under-18 team commit to college programs, while Columbus had a dozen Crew Juniors and CrewSoccer Academy products commit to Division I programs. Among the MLS academy players off to college are D.C. United’s 2011 All-Development Academy U-15/16 defender Jalen Robinson, who will play at Wake […]