Highlights and Some Photos

By: Laurie | March 20th, 2009
   

First thing. Stop over at the Red Bulls blog and see what it looks like to lose a bet. (And I am so glad the boys came through for me. You think that photo is bad? Some of the ones from Dave’s readers were approximately 2000% worse.) (Thanks, Andy!)

Also, I’m supposed to be traveling in two hours, but I just couldn’t NOT post the highlight video and some photos. We didn’t take any of the actual game — too busy cheering, etc. — but here are a few of the crowd. Talk about atmosphere! We are awesome!!!! (And so is MLS, for embracing technology and posting highlight videos that can be embedded.)

(Thanks for the photos, Sarah!)


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  • Ken S.

    All that was missing from that game was a streaker.

  • They have some more good sounders game photos here:
    http://www.nextseasonsports.co...

    http://www.nextseasonsports.co...

  • George

    By the way, do you guys think that Evans's goal was luck or skill?

    http://www.mlsnet.com/quickkic...

  • George

    Not only does MLS provide us with quick and easy access to highlight videos, there's also a new feature on QuickKicks which allows you to make your own custom highlight videos and share them.

    http://mlsnet.com/quickkicks

  • Mat

    I think that is lame by XBox.. more the number of people, better would be their coverage in media and better would be Xbox's visibility, if that's what they are looking for... hope they change this soon..

  • jon

    I've gotta say that I enjoyed the crowd, but I HATE the marching band. It screams "manufactured atmosphere" which gives it a hint of Disney. And the last thing MLS needs is anything "Mickey Mouse".

  • I love how Drew Carry waves his hand towards the masses.

  • jz

    Mat--I believe that the sponsorship deal with Xbox360 includes the tarps in the upper bowl (which have xbox360 emblazoned on them)for MLS league games--so the upper bowl will never be opened for league gaems during that contract. No one could have really predicted the level of support the Sounders are getting. Hoped for it? Maybe. But even that would have been considered almost unrealistic.

  • Dear Marching Band:

    When the Sounders play SJ, please come along. Please please please.

    Thnx,

    Me

  • noLayupRule

    the 4th pic down seems to show Drew Carry saluting the nazi party

    just teasing

    great pics
    good job

  • Mat

    Watched the first half of the game yesterday....the place had a serious buzz about it and the fans as partisan as you could get....and Seattle played good too...I just didn't understand why was the stadium capacity restricted to 33k and not 67k .. which could've been filled too ..

  • So, do you suppose they will do that whole cheerleader interpretive dance thing every game or was it just some madness for the first game?

  • I dunno, Dave. I'm sure that one took away the breath of at least a few of your female and gay male readers. :-D

  • Wow. Those pictures are breathe taking.

    Unlike the one on my page . . . .

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