Gameday! Houston vs. Seattle, 2nd Leg

By: Laurie | November 8th, 2009

First thing: I never drink alcohol during the day. Today I am making an exception. (Is drinking at noon to settle your nerves an indication of a problem? And who the hell made up that rule anyway? Obviously not a footy fan. And certainly not the idiotic person who scheduled this game at noon.)

(This is entirely not our fault, people. I’ll vouch for you to your spouse.)

Second thing: I’m wearing my Sounders sweatshirt everywhere today. This is the first time I’ve worn it since the Unfortunate Pea Soup Incident, but it seems to have survived okay. (Children? Learn from my mistakes. Be sure the blender lid is firmly on before you hit “blend.” It will save you a lot of heartache. Although as my son said, “Well, there are worse things you could hit that particular sweatshirt with.)

Also, irrelevantly, I was watching the Chicago-NE game last night and saw that NE coach Steve Nicol had the same shirt, except in red, white and blue. That really cheapened the special bond I had with this sweatshirt. Truly, I thought what we and our sweatshirts had between us was something…special. Now I discover that the sweatshirt designer has been sharing his/her love with other teams? For a price?

How. incredibly tawdry.

(I still like this shirt, though.)

I don’t have much to say about the game at this moment. (Meaning: If I didn’t do an actual preview before the last leg, I’m sure as hell not going to do one now.) Short field, lots of fisticuffs, lots of action, loser goes home. And a good time will be had by all.

(Or at least all who are willing to drink beer at noon on a Sunday.)

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• Ben |  November 8th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

  
  
  

  Exact same dilemma… but I’m pretty sure the God’s will forgive all drinking Sounders fans today… especially depending on the scoreline.

  Go Sounders.

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• Cornchops |  November 8th, 2009 at 2:16 pm

  
  
  

  Aren’t you supposed to not watch this game live, Laurie? Or does that only apply to regular season games?

  Up Sounders!

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• Laurie |  November 8th, 2009 at 2:16 pm

  
  
  

  Ben, exactly.

  Must say, though, that this is the first time (or at least the first time in a very long time) when I’ve scheduled coffee and alcohol so close together. I hope I don’t come to regret it.

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• Laurie |  November 8th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

  
  
  

  Cornchops, I was REALLY hoping nobody would bring that up!

  Here’s my theory, though. I think what was jinxing them wasn’t my WATCHING the away games so much as my STRESS while watching the away games. Alcohol solves the problem. Pretty sure.

  Plus I’m wearing my sweatshirt. It think it has talismanic powers.

  (That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.)

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• Johonna |  November 8th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

  
  
  

  Re the first thing: It is happy hours somewhere – drink up!

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• Johonna |  November 8th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

  
  
  

  Houston has a terrible pitch!

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• Lee |  November 8th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

  
  
  

  The pitch does indeed look like garbage – it’s filled with sand?!? Keller’s already tripped on it twice at least…

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• Lee |  November 8th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

  
  
  

  And the King 5 cameraman has never been to a soccer game. Ever.

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• Laurie |  November 8th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

  
  
  

  Lee, Johonna and everybody else, if you’re online during the game, stop by GoSounders. Mike is doing the liveblog. It’s almost like not drinking alone.

  (Technically? My husband is here. Just for the record.)

  http://gosounders.com/2009/11/08/sounders-fc-vs-houston-dynamo-live-blog/

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• Laurie |  November 8th, 2009 at 4:04 pm

  
  
  

  And Lee, yes, they said it IS filled with sand. Apparently a US throwball thing?

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• Brian |  November 8th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

  
  
  

  I never want to see Levesque in a Sounders shirt again. He was invisible the whole time he was in except when he teed up a ball for Ching that a blind, retarded quadruple amputee could’ve finished. Also, Jaqua missed his sitter and passed to orange shirts more times than to blue. NOT acceptable. In short, our attack has been catastrophically weak all season long and badly needs an overhaul.

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• Dustin |  November 8th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

  
  
  

  The Sand thing is more of a South…or Desert deal Laurie. We have lots of short grass fields in California that have sand instead of dirt as a bedding (I guess that’s what it’s called). A college in San Diego has a nice field on top of their parking structure that has the same deal.

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