Only on Seattle Offside
Sounders Poetry: The End, Yet Not the End
By: Laurie |
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Dear Sounders:
A Season Ends
But Love Goes On
Through all these games, roastin’ and freezin’,
We’ve loved this team far beyond reason
Through so many starts
you captured our hearts
Thanks, guys, for a wonderful season.
Referees, Sacrilege, Foulfests and Other Rave Green Thoughts that Kept Me Awake Last Night
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
Once again, those rave green thoughts that kept me awake:
Jorge Gonzalez. That’s the referee. Has he reffed for us before? Can’t remember anything about him. Without more information, I might as well assume he’s good, right? Why not? I mean, why not even assume he’s really, really [...]
When, Against Your Better Judgment, You Open an Email Entitled “Orange Speedo,” You Deserve What You Get. (OR: More Pat Onstad Photoshop Fun)
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
(Oh, what? Stop whining. Like the post title didn’t warn you?)
Email exchange. Topic line “Orange Speedo. ” Same anonymous friend/Sounders fan I talked about in the previous post. We are both thinking about the upcoming game with “Forever Orange” Houston.
Him to me: [Link to the following photo.] [...]
Stressed About the Game? Laughter is the Best Medicine. Well, Okay, Laughter and Beer. You’ll Need to Provide the Beer
By: Laurie | 8 Comments
This comes to me courtesy of a friend who wishes to remain anonymous. Not sure why. If I were capable of such photoshop creativity? I’d be claiming the hell out of it.
P.S. As I was doing tags for this post, I typed in “Hous” as in Houston. One [...]
“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. [...]
Tags: Brian Ching, Fredy Montero, Houston Dynamo, Luis Landin, Only on Seattle Offside, Rave Green Thoughts That Keep Me Awake, Ricardo Salazar, Seattle Sounders FC, 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 [...]
Category: Only on Seattle OffsideThe Utterly Unofficial Awards from KC-Seattle
By: Laurie | 8 Comments
The, “ACTUALLY, THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THIS SIDE” award to:
Seattle Sounders for making the playoffs with a game to spare.
Did anybody else read headlines this morning like, “Chicago fail to clinch” and think: “Haha! For once they’re not writing about us!” Cruel, yes. But dammit, we deserve to [...]
Seattle vs. Columbus: The Utterly Unofficial Awards They REALLY Deserved
By: Laurie | 12 Comments
Last year during the playoffs I got tired of the standard, usual awards (MotM? yawn) and decided to create my own. (Columbus fans, your team features in two of those links. Im guessing that you’ll be happier clicking on them rather than reading this one. Just a thought.)
And [...]
The Freddie Ljungberg Song, Sung to the Tune of “Oh My Darling, Clementine”
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
What can we say about this game? Um…. Let’s see. Maybe the word nerds among us could give a complete conjugation of the verb “To Suck”?
Or we could write a song dedicated to our argumentative Designated Player, who will be missing the next game due to yellow card accumulation because [...]
It Should Have Been 3-1…
By: Steve | 8 Comments
at half-time.
Jaqua, Montero, Ianni all should have scored. Montero could not have gotten any closer on his penalty, but Ianni and Jaqua both blew it from less than 5 yards out right in front of the net… Please, feel free to leave your laments, especially in the form of poetry and I will try [...]
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