0 comments by Mike Standish on 8/9/2014
Sometimes you step away from your desk for lunch and return to find Twitter abuzz with news that one of your favorite players is in London finalizing a deal to move overseas.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 8/5/2014
You know when you wake up with a scratch in your throat, and your first thought is, “Crap, I hope I’m not getting sick”?
0 comments by Mike Standish on 7/29/2014
Some games teach you something. They give you an idea of a team’s quality, what they’re capable of, which direction they’re heading. Some games are 3-0 drubbings that are best forgotten with a stiff drink.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 7/27/2014
It’s a weekend of meaningless international friendlies in MLS, and the Sounders are off until a big “Monday Night Football” showdown with the LA Galaxy, so it seems like a good time for a midseason progress report.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 7/6/2014
The first, a 1-0 defeat to the Vancouver Whitecaps, will soon be forgotten – a bump in the road in an otherwise excellent first half of the season.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 6/9/2014
The Sounders’ match against the Chicago Fire was the team’s last before the World Cup break. It also immediately followed a stunning, 4-0 demolition of Real Salt Lake at CenturyLink Field.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 6/2/2014
After watching the league-leading Sounders dismantle previously undefeated Real Salt Lake, in a 4-0 rout, it might be tempting to hit the caps-lock key and make exclamations like this:
0 comments by Mike Standish on 5/25/2014
In addition to any Canadian candy bars the team may have purchased on its trip north (Coffee Crisp is my personal favorite), the Sounders should also have declared themselves fortunate when talking to border guards on the trip home following their 2-2 draw with the Whitecaps at BC Place.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 5/19/2014
Before you continue reading this recap, please watch this GIF of Obafemi Martins’ game-winning golazo at least 100 times.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 5/13/2014
To keep this recap of the Sounders’ trip to New England brief: Holy hell that was an abomination.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 5/9/2014
On Saturday, the Seattle Sounders waited until the 84th minute to pull ahead of the Philadelphia Union, thanks to a Chad Marshall header.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 4/28/2014
Some fans like nail-biters. Close matches that leave your stomach churning with anxiety for 90+ minutes.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 4/21/2014
Starsky & Hutch. Hall & Oates. Peanut Butter & Jelly.These are some of the great duos of our time. One to add to the list: Obafemi Martins & Clint Dempsey.
0 comments by Cory Jensen on 4/12/2014
High times in Frisco will be tempered quickly with the arrival of Clint Dempsey’s Seattle Sounders.
0 comments by Mike Standish on 4/8/2014
It was a 4-4 draw that saw a hat trick from Clint Dempsey, and the Sounders fight back from a two-goal deficit to escape Portland with a point in what very well could end up being the most entertaining (read: heart-attack-inducing) match of the MLS season.
