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Soccer

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Sigi's Former Crew Comes to Town as Sounders Host Columbus

    Sounders FC are in what passes for a slump these days; they haven't won in two weeks. But they've played six teams with non-winning records this season, winning all six while outscoring their opposition 11-1. No. 7 is the Columbus Crew, who visit CenturyLink Field tonight (7 p.m., KONG-TV).

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Coming Off Second Loss, Sounders Open Cascadia Cup Defense in Vancouver

    It's been 44 league matches over a span of 14 months since Sounders FC lost back-to-back Major Soccer League contests, dating back to the first two matches of the 2011 season.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Streaking Sounders, Real Salt Lake Clash for Western Conference Supremacy

    When Real Salt Lake was last here six months ago, it was the least satisfying victory Sounders FC fans will ever half-heartedly celebrate, the second leg of a first-round playoff series that ended the way the previous two had--without satisfaction, as a team that had achieved regular-season success ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Off to Franchise-Best Start, Sounders Take Four-Match Winning Streak to Dallas

    -- The best start in franchise history, with six wins and a draw in their first eight matches.

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Fredy and Eddie Lead Surging Sounders Against Philadelphia; Injured Hip Sidelines Gspurning

    In Major League Soccer's pecking order, Philadelphia is nowhere near as good a team as Los Angeles, but there's reason to believe that tomorrow's match against the Union (1:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network; if you don't have cable, good luck), the second home contest in four days, will be a greater test ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Beat L.A.? Sounders Have Never Done it in Seattle, but Galaxy Come in Shorthanded

    Sounders FC can take another step tonight in the quest to join Major League Soccer's elite with a franchise first: beating the Los Angeles Galaxy on home turf.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    A Year After Shattering Steve Zakuani's Ankle, Rapids' Mullan Returns to Face Sounders

    As a Sounders FC fan, you can forgive Brian Mullan, if you choose to. But you can never forget. Steve Zakuani certainly can't.

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Sounders Take to the Road for the First Time as Burch Returns to D.C.

    After last Saturday night's disheartening 1-0 loss to San Jose, Sounders FC fans have a reason to look down the road and circle September 23--the Earthquakes' return to Seattle--on their calendars.

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    UPDATE: Houston, You Have a Problem: Dynamo's Clark Directs Homophobic Slur at Sounders Ball Boy

    Major League Soccer on Wednesday disciplined Colin Clark, five days after the Houston Dynamo midfielder directed a homophobic slur at a Sounders ball boy during Seattle's 2-0 home victory on Friday night. Clark was suspended for three matches and fined an undisclosed amount by MLS Commissioner Don G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Sounders Aren't Following the Script, But a 3-0 Start is 90 Minutes Away

    It's early; two matches down, 32 (over seven long months) to go. But this already has the feeling of a season to remember for Sounders FC, and the next step comes Saturday night when San Jose--in the first of a dozen home contests against Western Conference foes--shows up at the Clink.

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Rosales' Injured Knee Puts Sounders' Depth to the Test

    Sounders FC clearly aren't as good as Santos Laguna, but they're better than Toronto FC. Well, at least they were on Saturday night.

  • Calendar

    March 7, 2012

    Sounders vs. Toronto

    Sounders FC clearly aren't as good as Santos Laguna, but they're better than Toronto FC. Well, at least they were on Saturday night.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Sounders Take On Santos Laguna; Johnson Poised to Show a New Way Forward

    Local soccer fans will see the future take the pitch tomorrow night at the Clink, assuming Eddie Johnson's on-the-mend hamstring doesn't seize up in warm-ups. Johnson's likely debut, as a starter or off the bench, comes in the first leg of a home-and-home quarterfinal in the CONCACAF Champions Leag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Free Sounders Soccer Game at the Clink Tonight

    The Seattle Sounders are hosting a free final pre-season soccer game tonight in their continuing tradition of hosting an annual Community Shield match.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Kasey Keller, Retiring Sounders Goalie, Gets Corny Sendoff with Image Etched in Maize

    Kasey Keller.​Thanks to that couple and their two kids who got hoplessly lost in a Massachusetts corn maize (and became the butt of jokes by late-night comedians), retiring Seattle Sounders goalie Kasey Keller - who will play his final regular-season home game tomorrow night at CenturyLink Fie ... More >>

  • Diversions

    June 29, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    Kasey Keller.​Thanks to that couple and their two kids who got hoplessly lost in a Massachusetts corn maize (and became the butt of jokes by late-night comedians), retiring Seattle Sounders goalie Kasey Keller - who will play his final regular-season home game tomorrow night at CenturyLink Fie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    These Five Seattle Sounders Players Probably Make Less Money than You

    Sounders midfielder Servando Carrasco will make $32,604 this year.​The average per-capita income in Washington State was $41,751 in 2009. Depending on what you do for a living that might seem like a lot (holla if you're a journalist!) or a little (scoff if you're a banker!). But wherever you f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2011

    Sounders vs. Timbers

    Sounders midfielder Servando Carrasco will make $32,604 this year.​The average per-capita income in Washington State was $41,751 in 2009. Depending on what you do for a living that might seem like a lot (holla if you're a journalist!) or a little (scoff if you're a banker!). But wherever you f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2011

    Sounders vs. L.A. Galaxy

    Sounders midfielder Servando Carrasco will make $32,604 this year.​The average per-capita income in Washington State was $41,751 in 2009. Depending on what you do for a living that might seem like a lot (holla if you're a journalist!) or a little (scoff if you're a banker!). But wherever you f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Major League Soccer Is Totally Minor League

    ​Whoa! Sorry, super-annoying Sounder fans! Not meaning to piss in your Cappuccino, but some stories just write themselves, like this one about the MLS playoffs that ran in today's Times.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Finally, Proof That Portland Hates America

    ​As a Seattle resident and full-blooded patriot, you've always had your doubts about the people down in Portland. They sell food from carts parked on the street. They travel in packs in government-subsidized motor-coaches. It's all just a little too.. French. Well I'm sorry to tell you this, y ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2010

    Sounders vs. FC Dallas

    ​As a Seattle resident and full-blooded patriot, you've always had your doubts about the people down in Portland. They sell food from carts parked on the street. They travel in packs in government-subsidized motor-coaches. It's all just a little too.. French. Well I'm sorry to tell you this, y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Sounders Offer Fans a Refund After 4-0 Loss, Causing a Global Shudder Among Sports Team Owners

    Doesn't Hanauer know we love to be abused?​Following a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of the LA Galaxy this weekend, Seattle Sounders FC management offered a refund to fans. And sent a collective shudder through the frigid hearts of sports team owners everywhere. We all know how it's supposed to g ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2010

    Sounders vs. Philadelphia Union

    Doesn't Hanauer know we love to be abused?​Following a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of the LA Galaxy this weekend, Seattle Sounders FC management offered a refund to fans. And sent a collective shudder through the frigid hearts of sports team owners everywhere. We all know how it's supposed to g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Major League Soccer Uses 'Cup Girls' to Drum Up Interest in the Championship

    2 girls, 1 cup.​Major League Soccer makes a big effort to be both hip and family-friendly. That's why yesterday's pregame parade inside Qwest Field before the MLS Cup struck such a bizarre note. At the head of the line, carrying the Anschutz Trophy, were two wildly made-up, ornamental bimbos i ... More >>

  • Arts

    November 18, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    2 girls, 1 cup.​Major League Soccer makes a big effort to be both hip and family-friendly. That's why yesterday's pregame parade inside Qwest Field before the MLS Cup struck such a bizarre note. At the head of the line, carrying the Anschutz Trophy, were two wildly made-up, ornamental bimbos i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Sounders FC Reward Seattle Weekly's Defense of 0-0 Ties With Miserable, Season-Ending 0-0 Performance

    Evenly matched--in lameness.​Just days after this blog leapt to defend Sounders F.C.--and soccer in general--from a know-nothing P-I sports columnist (who called the team's recent 0-0 playoff match "ninety minutes of nothing"), the Sounders delivered yet another scoreless 90 minutes of regulat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Your Arts & Space Weekend Planner

    ​The last weekend of August begins on the moon! That's where much of the LP record cover art is set in a new show at EMP: It's refreshing to seen a museum exhibit that doesn't pretend to offer great music or great art. Culled from the collection of an L.A. music industry executive, Spaced Out ... More >>

  • Arts

    August 26, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

    ​The last weekend of August begins on the moon! That's where much of the LP record cover art is set in a new show at EMP: It's refreshing to seen a museum exhibit that doesn't pretend to offer great music or great art. Culled from the collection of an L.A. music industry executive, Spaced Out ... More >>

  • Diversions

    August 5, 2009

    Ask a Mexican: Special Soccer Edition

    ​The last weekend of August begins on the moon! That's where much of the LP record cover art is set in a new show at EMP: It's refreshing to seen a museum exhibit that doesn't pretend to offer great music or great art. Culled from the collection of an L.A. music industry executive, Spaced Out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    A 0-0 Match, But Still Plenty Offensive

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Columbus Crew@ Sounders FC

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    San Jose Earthquakes @ Sounders FC

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Chicago Fire @ Sounders FC

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Chelsea FC @ Sounders FC

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Houston Dynamo @ Sounders FC

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    D.C. United @ Sounders FC

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    San Jose Earthquakes @ Sounders FC

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Toronto FC @ Sounders FC

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    New England Revolution @ Sounders FC

    ​ Saturday's Sounders match with the Chicago Fire--a 0-0 tie--was an exercise in frustration, as the Sounders missed many scoring opportunities early and Fire star Cuahtemoc Blanco flopped more than a recently-caught fish. As if his flopping alone weren't offensive enough, the referees were r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2009

    The Sounders May Have Lost the Game, But They Won Something of Far, Far Greater Value

    So I realize I'm arriving a little late to the hoopla. But hey, I've been busy. Only last night did I get a chance to catch a Sounders FC game in its entirety. And I gotta say...

  • News

    July 9, 2008

    Bashing Soccer-Bashing

    And more on light rail, locavorism, and the justice system.

  • News

    July 2, 2008

    Soccer's About to be Huge in Seattle

    Yet again. For the hundredth time.

  • Arts

    June 4, 2008

    Must Love Cricket

    For sports fans on the cheap, there are options.

  • Calendar

    July 18, 2007
  • News

    June 13, 2007

    Sounders’ Chief Loyalist Ditches His Disciples, Pursues MLS Dream

    SounderCentral.com's founder, David Falk, has focused his efforts toward Seattle's Major League Soccer potential.

  • News

    November 2, 2005

    Leagues of Gentlemen

    SounderCentral.com's founder, David Falk, has focused his efforts toward Seattle's Major League Soccer potential.

  • Diversions

    October 26, 2005

    Leagues of Gentlemen

    For fans of U.K. football and ale, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere.

  • News

    March 12, 2003

    Kick Us

    Are you ready for some real football? Seattle fans anticipate Manchester United's soccer match at Seahawks Stadium.

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    News Clips— Mayoral/Amoral

    Are you ready for some real football? Seattle fans anticipate Manchester United's soccer match at Seahawks Stadium.

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