MLS Cup: RSL and LA Battle for Our Love. Who Wins Out?
By: Laurie |
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MLS Cup! Tomorrow! In our city! Are you excited?
I am, believe it or not. More than I expected to be. Because it’s not like the Sounders themselves can ever manage to get not one but two articles on the front page of the Seattle Times.
(Sounders are lucky to even make the front page of the Sports section.)
And on the “this is entertaining” front: The Times reported yesterday that The Powers have had a hard time finishing the MLS Cup painting on the Space Needle because of…wait for it…
Rain.
Yes. Rain. In November. Who could possibly have predicted that?
Also, my buddies over at GoSounders have a link up to buy MLS Cup gear. If you’re interested in buying, think about buying through them.
(Warning: It’s all gray. I guess they decided that color this time of year would be a shock to our systems that we might not be able to handle.)
And finally, LA and RSL are fighting for our love. LA did it through an ad. In the Times. Signed by David Beckham (oooh! squeal!) and Landon Donovan (oooh! squeal!) and coach Bruce Arena (wait. who?). RSL did it through seemingly-genuine-sounding quotes in a news article.
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Category: Seattle Team News
One More Video to Cheer You Me Up
By: Laurie | 3 Comments
Okay, so we may have recovered from the Sounders loss. (Or not.) But after my beloved Equipe de France qualified for World Cup 2010 only due to a handball goal, I am hugely depressed and in need of a bit of cheering myself.
Wednesday’s goal made me think of another “Hand of God” goal. Which eventually led me back to this video, which has long been one of my favorites. It’s Diego Maradona, a man completely ill-equipped to live a life that does not involved kicking a soccer ball. But when he’s kicking that ball…
Oh, the joy.
For him, and for us.
Category: Seattle Team NewsSacrilege on the Needle: LA Galaxy and RSL Logos Defile our Beloved Landmark
By: Laurie | 8 Comments
So I’m driving down I-5, cheerfully enjoying the view…
Oh, look. It’s the U District. And there’s Lake Union. And there’s the Space Neeeeeeee…..AARRGH!!
They have defiled our beloved landmark with the logos of rival teams!!!!!!
They coulda stopped with the MLS Cup Logo, which is cool. But nooooo. They had to take that extra step.
All I have to say about that is:
Pffbblltt!
Category: Seattle Team NewsMLS Cup Prices: StubHub’s Most Recent Sales
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
Curious about the most recent ticket sales for your section?
(As in everything else in life, past performance is not an indicator of future price, blah blah blah. I was just curious about how much money I’m passing up.)
Section Row Qty. Sold on Price*
126 FF 1 11/18/09 $38
Section 126 FF 2 11/18/09 $39
124 FF 2 11/18/09 $50
333 I 4 11/18/09 $38
113 D 2 11/17/09 $102
103 V 4 11/17/09 $50
116 QQ 2 11/17/09 $48
113 P 4 11/17/09 $75
N/A N/A 2 11/17/09 $75
140 R 2 11/17/09 $50
Section 335 BB Mid Field 2 11/17/09 $49
301 B 4 11/17/09 $40
CLB 212 K 4 11/17/09 $149
CLB 232 N 2 11/17/09 $115
133 B 2 11/17/09 $100
135-Mid Field F 2 11/17/09 $125
CHR108 L 2 11/17/09 $144
113 R 2 11/17/09 $80
308 A – FRONT ROW 2 11/17/09 $70
109 G 6 11/17/09 $298
*All prices per ticket
Category: Seattle Team NewsPoll Results: Who was Our MFP (Most Favorite Player)? And how the hell did this poll get more than 6,000 votes?
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
So remember a few weeks back, when I journeyed back to visit my old MFP poll and was shocked to learn that the Brad Evans fans had been battling the Roger Levesque fans, causing the poll to grow to over a thousand votes?
That was nothin’.
When I closed the poll today, the final vote count was… (drum roll, please…)
6,430 votes. I am not kidding. And the winner was…
(Note how I put the “more” tag here, to make you click? Because I’m sly that way.)
Category: Seattle Team NewsSoccer Econ 101, MLS Cup Version: Going to the Game, or Selling Your Tickets?
By: Laurie | 3 Comments
The lineup is set! LA Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake at Qwest Field Nov. 22. It’s Ticket C for season ticket holders.
Because how often do we get to go to a championship match for free? (Or…well, not free, exactly. But you know what I mean.)
Of course, not everybody is thrilled by this matchup. The biggest turnoff, of course, is that Seattle won’t be there. So the decision to be made is: Go to the game, give the tickets away, or sell them to the highest bidder?
First, the case for attending the game:
We, as season ticket holders, represent Seattle and Qwest Field to MLS and the TV audience. We show up (preferably in rave green), we cheer, and we show Seattle in its best light even though our beloved team isn’t playing. This could, in theory, increase the odds that Seattle will be shown favoritism for future stuff. Like another MLS Cup game. Or an All-Star game. Or a USMNT game. Or…dare we say it…World Cup 2018?
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Category: Seattle Team NewsSeattle Offside and Seattle Soccer Examiner Team Up to Give You: Legs. The Answers.
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
Name the Legs. The answers.
David at SSE has very generously given us first right to name the players and publish the full photo answers to his quiz.
(And doesn’t that make us feel special?)
Seattle Offside regular commenter LJ was the winner, the first to guess all eight players. Well done LJ!
(No idea what we’re talking about? Here’s the original quiz. Here are my guesses. You know. From before I stopped guessing.)
#1, the first set of pale legs, is our backup defender Tyson Wahl.
Category: Seattle Team NewsVote: Who Will You be Rooting for at Qwest Next Sunday?
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
Anybody catch the games this weekend?
I wasn’t that impressed by LA’s extra time win over Houston, but RSL’s win over Chicago on penalties was hugely entertaining. (Part of it was that I hate Blanco, and RSL made him run for 120 minutes. It was not pretty at the end. Heehee. And then RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando, who has never really impressed me before, came up with three saves in the penalty shootout. Great fun.)
And now we know who’s coming to Qwest: The Upstarts vs. The Goldenballs. Two questions for you.
1) Are you going to the game? (FO has just released 6000 more tickets.)
2) Who will you be rooting for?
Category: Seattle Team NewsMore Videos to Cheer You Up
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
How ya doin’? Starting to feel better after last week’s loss? Ready to face the off-season in preparation for doing it right in 2010?
Or not?
If you’re not quite there yet, here are a couple more videos to cheer you up:
First, what is probably my favorite soccer-related ad ever:
And next, we probably shouldn’t laugh at the following photos. But we will anyway.
Category: Seattle Team NewsIt’s Time to Play “Guess Those Legs!”
By: Laurie | 16 Comments
So I was over at Seattle Soccer Examiner attempting to take David’s quiz where we’re supposed to match Sounders’ legs to the players. And then I was comparing my mental answers to the answers other people left in his comments.
After doing this, I would like to make the following announcement:
Other people have spent far more time studying our guys’ legs than I have. FAR more.
But David has asked for my thoughts and hints on the players, apparently because my XX chromosomes will offer up a different perspective from the norm? So let’s get started. And when you’re done, stop by David’s place and make your guesses.
Rather than go with the first one first, let’s go with the EASIEST one first. #2.
Hints:
1) Red boots
2) The clothing article that Kickette refers to as “the evil that are base layers.”
(Not that I read Kickette regularly. Or anything.)
And if that’s not enough, there’s the little matter of…
3) The number on his shorts. (Not THIS leg. The OTHER leg.)
You got it, right? You’re welcome.
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