

Only on Seattle Offside
“Light Rain,” Male Bonding, Ricardo Salazar and Other Rave Green Thoughts That Kept Me Awake Last Night
By: Laurie | 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. [...]
My Utterly Unofficial Awards for Seattle-Dallas
By: Laurie |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 [...]
The Utterly Unofficial Awards from KC-Seattle
By: Laurie |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 |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 |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 |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 [...]
Overdramatic?
By: Steve |This graph representing the 1920’s stock market crash also happens to represent the exact trend of the team’s awesomeness since defeating Houston on July 11. Obama, we need bailout money in the form of someone who can finish consistently.
Road Woahs: The Ten Most Shocking Things from SJ v. Seattle
By: Steve |10. Well, to start things off, 4-0… Did anyone see that coming? Seattle has not been the best team on the road this year, but to lose by that wide of a margin, to the worst team in the West, even with an own goal and a red card shows that… well… that there [...]
Sounders Poetry: Reflections on Referees and Freddie’s Red Card
By: Laurie |And Blanco Stayed on the Field…HOW?
OR: Reflection on Freddie’s first yellow
(for a “dive”)
and second
(for dissent)
Apparently blindness won’t get in they way
of being an MLS ref
but if Freddie must talk as he’s walking away
why can’t the guy also be deaf?
How Does Seattle Attendance Stack Up?
By: Steve |Seattle has blown away the soccer doubters this year, with packed stadiums and a dedicated fan base even in the face of economic recession. But just how good is Seattle’s attendance? We took a look around the soccer and professional sports world and asked the question: if Seattle was in _______ league, how [...]






