http://seattle.theoffside.com News from Seattle MLS football team Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:21:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/one-more-video-to-cheer-you-me-up.html 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 ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/sacrilege-on-the-needle-la-galaxy-and-rsl-logos-defile-our-beloved-landmark.html 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 ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/mls-cup-prices-stubhubs-most-recent-sales.html 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 ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/poll-results-who-was-our-mfp-most-favorite-player-and-how-the-hell-did-this-poll-get-more-than-6000-votes.html 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 ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/soccer-econ-101-mls-cup-version-or-going-to-the-game-or-selling-your-tickets.html 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 ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/seattle-offside-and-seattle-soccer-examiner-team-up-to-give-you-legs-the-answers.html 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 ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/vote-who-will-you-be-rooting-for-at-qwest-next-sunday.html 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 ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/more-videos-to-cheer-you-up.html 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 ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/its-time-to-play-guess-those-legs.html Some stuff you'll want to know: First, time to vote again! The fields have been narrowed down to ten apiece for the AT&T Goal of the Year and Degree Men Save of the Year. (Not to be confused with the FAR less prestigious Verizon Goal of the Year or Old ... http://seattle.theoffside.com/team-news/some-things-you-need-to-know-plus-another-video-to-cheer-you-up.html