[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Seattle Sounders FC and Toronto FC both moved into group stage of the Concacaf Champions League for the first time when they earnedties in tricky second legs at Central American opponents. The series wins assured MLS of at least four teams in the group stage — its most ever. Uruguayan World Cup […]
seattle sounders
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Schmid confident Sounders will get result in San Salvador
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Just how precarious is a 1-0 lead for an away leg in Central America on just a few days rest? Two MLS teams are about to findout. Seattle holds a slim edge over Salvadoran club Isidro Metapan and Toronto FC is a goal up on Honduran foe Motagua in the Concacaf Champions […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
The Fire is stoked; Thierry Henry delivers
[MLS] A full slate of eight weekend games wedged into a busy schedule of Concacaf home-and-away series plus international friendlies and the All-Star Gameyielded some surprising results. FIRE IS STOKED. Nery Castillo didn’t play and Freddie Ljungberg came on as a sub, and stillChicago carved up the Galaxy backline three times in the first 19 […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Ljungberg shipped to Chicago
[MLS] Unhappy Swedish star Freddie Ljungberg became the first Designated Player ever traded when the Seattle Soundersshipped him to the Chicago Fire in exchange for a conditional selection in the 2011 or 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Ljungberg was an MLS Best XI selection in 2009 but has not played for theSounders in recent weeks. His […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Seattle adds versatile Uruguayan as third DP
[MLS] Seattle filled its allotment of three Designated Players Thursday by announcing it has signed Uruguayan World Cup midfielder Alvaro Fernandez, though the status of its first DP has yet to be resolved. Fernandez, 24, played four games for Uruguay at the 2010 World Cup and has arrived from Chileanclub Universidad de Chile, which apparently […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Sounders scrape out narrow win
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Even soccer-mad Seattle has a hard time taking to the Concacaf Champions League. MLS’s Sounders edged Metapan of El Salvador, 1-0,in their debut in the regional competition before a crowd of only 17,228, the smallest ever to watch the Sounders at Qwest Field and less than half their average attendance in MLS […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
D.C. United falters at home again
[MLS] One team’s satisfaction is another team’s misery, and when two strugglers meet, somebody has to suffer. The homefield advantage hasn’t been muchhelp to D.C. United in 2010, and on Thursday it succumbed at RFK Stadium to a late goal by Seattle’s Roger Levesque, his first of the season, in a 1-0 loss. Levesqueheaded home […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
More heartbreak for Sounders
[MLS] Failing to hold leads has been the Seattle Sounders’ biggest problem since their launch last season, and theyagain dropped points late in the game Sunday night. David Ferreira‘s goal in the 87th minute gave visiting FC Dallas a 1-1 tie with the Sounders,who remain six points off the pace in the battle for a […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Jaqua leads Sounders past Galaxy
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Nate Jaqua scored twice in the second half to give the Seattle Sounders a 2-0 win over the Los AngelesGalaxy Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup. The Sounders will face Chivas USA in the semifinals. The Crew will meet the winner of the D.C. United-Harrisburg City Islandersgame in the […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Donovan-Buddle Show returns to Los Angeles
[MLS] Edson Buddle and Landon Donovan picked up where they left when theydeparted for the World Cup. They needed only 19 minutes to team up for the Los Angeles Galaxy’s first goal in an impressive 3-1 win over the Seattle Sounders before a sellout crowd on Sunday night.Here’s what they had to say after the […]