“I have a house with its own dock and I can take my boat out when I want. Some people thought I was crazy when I quit Europe to go to the U.S., but for me the quality of life and the place I liveis important. I’m on the lake, I’m close to the ocean […]
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Young guns and golazos
[MLS] Major League Soccer’s two-week break for the World Cup could not come at a worse time for its young guns, who have been on fire in recent weeks. Golazosfrom three Seattle Sounders were also among the six noteworthy elements of last weekend’s action in Week 11 … YOUNG GUNS. The modern breed ofdomestically produced […]
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Sounders rout Boca before big crowd
[MLS] Seattle soccer fans will turn out to see anyone. With the Sounders struggling in MLS, you’d forgive them if they passed on Wednesday’s friendly againstArgentina’s Boca Juniors, missing its star players, but a crowd of 40,122 watched Sounders win, 3-0. Roger Levesque gave the Sounders the leadshortly before halftime, and Pat Noonan and Michael […]
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Sounders lose Hurtado with knee injury
[MLS] More bad news for the struggling Seattle Sounders. Colombian: Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, a finalist for the 2009 MLSDefender of the Year in his first season in the league, was placed on injured reserve due to a torn left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Hurtado suffered the injury in stoppage time ofSaturday’s 1-0 loss to San […]
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What's really going wrong in Seattle?
[MLS] The rich got richer over the weekend, with the teams on winning streaks continuing to win and the struggling teams unable to reverse the momentum. Hereare six observations from those 450 minutes, plus stoppage time. WHY PICK ON FREDDIE? After enduring another frustrating 90 minutes of numerous chances and no goalsthat sent a rabid […]
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What They're Saying
“If throwing his hands up motivates him and makes him work harder, it’s not an issue. But if arguing with the referee takes away from time that you could be helping the team, then it is an issue.As a leader, he’s got that responsibility on his shoulders to help guide the team.” — Seattle coach […]
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Seattle's win raises coaching conundrum
By Paul Gardner This sort of thing happens far too often, I’m afraid. At least, it does so here in the States. Some visitors from Europe were in town over the weekend– soccer people, as it happened, and they thought they’d like to take a look at an MLS game. Perfect — the Red Bulls […]
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Seattle's Swiss signing pays a visit
Blaise Nkufo is spending a few days in Seattle between assignments: His Dutch league season has just concluded, and his duties with Switzerland’s World Cup team are about tobegin. After Nkufo will join the Sounders for the second half of the MLS season. “As a striker, they can expect a lot of goals,” Nkufo said […]
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Donovan puts on show in Seattle
[MLS] Landon Donovan showed he’s still the main man with Los Angeles, scoring one goal and assisting on the other threegoals to lead the unbeaten Galaxy to a 4-0 win at Seattle. Donovan earned Soccer America’s top honors in its Saturday’s Three Stars awards, ahead of San Jose’s BobbyConvey and Toronto FC’s O’Brian White. 1. […]
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Few fans in Dallas, New England
[MLS ATTENDANCE] Toronto FC drew the smallest announced crowd in its four-year history, but the crowd of 18,394 for its 2-0 win overSeattle on Sunday was still the largest MLS crowd during a week marked by crowds of less than 10,000 in Dallas and New England. Attendance for the TFC-Seattle game was below the capacityof […]