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June 30th, 2008

Sounders FC in the 2009 Champions League?

By: Steve | Comments 8 Comments

As far-fetched as it sounds, MLS and cup officials may have to ask themselves that exact question. The CONCAFAF Champions league gives 2 spots to teams from the US and Canada. One spot goes to the winner of the MLS Supporter’s Shield, the other to the winner of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. If a USL team were to win the Open Cup, they too would be given a spot in the competition.



June 26th, 2008

Henry staying on the MLS radar

By: Akeem Samuels | Comments 8 Comments

French striker Henry spent this past weekend with his good friend and compatriot, NBA star Tony Parker, cruising the Big Apple and playing in the Steve Nash charity soccer game. Naturally, his presence in NYC was hard to ignore for both MLS fans and the press.

June 16th, 2008

Seattle Sounders FC meets Matchmaker.com

By: Akeem Samuels | Comments 2 Comments

The Seattle Sounders FC has come out with an exclusive site that resembles matchmaking or social networking sites such as Match.com, Harmony.com or Facebook. Such a site was originally a demand made by Drew Carey to secure his participation in the establishment of the team.
The new site will match season ticket buyers [...]

June 12th, 2008

Better Know Your Sounder, pt. 1: Sébastien Le Toux

By: Steve | Comments 9 Comments

On May 8, 2008 (though some reports were leaked as early as March), Le Toux became the first and, so far, only player in Seattle Sounders FC’s history. He is one of between six to ten players from the current Seattle Sounders who are expected to be signed to contracts with MLS’s Seattle Sounders FC.

June 11th, 2008

A million little pieces

By: Akeem Samuels | Comments 10 Comments

293 days, 11 hours and 28 minutes left until the Seattle Sounders FC takes the field for the first time. What kind of things will we see happen between now and then? How will the pieces fall into place?
Until we hear further news of transactions and moves that complete the Sounders FC’s figurative [...]



June 10th, 2008

REPORT: MLS Fattest

By: Akeem Samuels | Comments 12 Comments

Two scientists, Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine recently wrote that “obese people are disproportionately responsible for high food prices and greenhouse gas emissions because they consume 18% more food energy due to their greater body mass — and require increased quantities of fuel to transport themselves [...]

June 2nd, 2008

Blogger M.I.A.

By: Steve | Comments No Comments

To everyone who reads this blog and was awaiting my response to the jerseys or a mention of the Brazil v. Canada game in QWest, I must apologize.
I spent last week packing because I could no longer tolerate my landlords new dog constantly pissing and crapping on the floor, eating my socks and still being [...]




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