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Some Days I am Dismayed at My Own Immaturity
By: Laurie |
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This is a screenshot from the MLSnet site. The heading should NOT have made me laugh. But it did.
MLSnet, you really need to run your headlines through my “I-have-the-maturity-of-a-12-year-old Double Entendre Detector” before you post these things.
(Oh, and for the record, if you insist on being mature and thoughtful — because [...]
Category: Seattle Team News
The Highlight Video, and Some Things You May Want to Pay Attention To
By: Laurie | 28 Comments
Highlight video, with some things you may want to look at:
1:00 — Damn, we got lucky here.
1:22 — ditto, but I think Keller would have had it covered if it had been on target.
1:34 — this is the first time Onstand shoved Montero. (Note that Montero does NOT go down.) It [...]
Category: Seattle Team NewsMy Utterly Unofficial Awards for the Western Conference Semifinal, First Leg
By: Laurie | 13 Comments
Let’s start with the “MOST RIDICULOUS NAME EVER” award to:
The “Eastern/Western Conference Semifinals.”
With 50% of the spots awarded to wild cards, let’s just abandon this conference charade once and for all. The rest of the universe says you’re the “Cup quarterfinals.” Deal with it.
The “SEE IF I EVER SUCK [...]
Category: Seattle Team News“Light Rain,” Male Bonding, Ricardo Salazar and Other Rave Green Thoughts That Kept Me Awake Last Night
By: Laurie | 22 Comments
The early morning thoughts of a sleepless fan on a pregame night:
So why did I print my playoff tickets out as soon as I had the option? If I’d waited, Sigi and Kasey would have personally called my house to remind me. Well, okay, robo-called. But still…
Checked the hourly forecast. [...]
Go Vote! Show Ives Who’s REALLY Gonna Win the Cup
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
A couple of opportunities for you to engage your rave green voting fingers.
(I hear there’s a pill to fix that. But you might want to wait to take it till after the playoffs.)
Soccer by Ives currently has a poll up asking who’s going to take the MLS Cup. The [...]
Category: Seattle Team NewsVote: What’s the Key to Shutting Down Houston?
By: Laurie | 3 Comments
Email exchange between me and David Falk, the Seattle Soccer Examiner, about his new poll:
David Falk
to me
Vote: What’s the biggest key to beating Houston?
Laurie
to David
What, no “All of the Above”?
David Falk
to me
If all of the above happen, hello Chivas USA!
The man has a point. (I’d [...]
Category: Seattle Team NewsThe Galaxy FO Shows Us How Seattle Could Have Hosed the Fans for Playoff Tickets
By: Laurie | 6 Comments
With all our talk about ticket prices, and about teams valuing the fans, I thought you’d appreciate this comment left on our Galaxy blog.
What’s happened in SoCal is that the #1 team in the West, the LA Galaxy, just happened to draw the #4 team, Chivas USA. As you know, the teams share a [...]
Category: Seattle Team NewsA Cute Fan Video
By: Laurie | No Comments
Fun video for those wanting to relive the Sounders-Dallas game — it manages to catch all the high points, with a few fun kid shots in there as well. AND it covers the Charlie Davies tribute more than the TV broadcast did!
(Yes, that IS still ticking me off.)
(Thanks, David!)
Category: Seattle Team NewsThe Playoff Picture, Vote for Brad and/or Nate, and other Rave Green Random Thoughts
By: Laurie | 6 Comments
First item of business: We finished third in the West, which makes our home game this Thursday. I’m hearing an ESPN kickoff time of 7-ish. (I’ve also heard 6:30.) If you thought you had plans elsewhere that night, change them. Now.
UPDATE: GoSounders tells us that the times are now official:
Houston [...]
Category: Seattle Team NewsMy Utterly Unofficial Awards for Seattle-Dallas
By: Laurie | 3 Comments
The “OOH, THAT WAS PRETTY” award to:
Seattle Sounders.
You guys are proving — with your sharp one-touch passes and your gorgeously aggressive attacking style — that MLS doesn’t have to mean ugly soccer. And for this we thank you.
(Plus you gave Sigi the “winningest coach” record AND broke the goalless [...]
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