It was a hot and humid day in the tri-state area as the Red Bulls began a stretch of three games in one week at Red Bull Arena. On this afternoon, it was the Seattle Sounders coming into town to take on Thierry Henry and company. New York had the benefit of some new acquisitions […]

It just never gets old when this Pacific Northwest side continues to make their march on another US Open Cup run. They may have had to play an extra round to get to that final destination, but no matter who was in their sights they found a way to get to Kansas City. Once again […]

In their last seven MLS games, Seattle has lost four matches and drawn three, falling from near the top of the Western Conference to fourth in the conference, a point behind Cascadia rivals Vancouver but with the Galaxy in their rear view mirror.  What's the reason for this mess?  Is it something more than a […]

There are always two sides to every story – in this case, with the knockout stages of the CONCACAF Champions League, there are two stories inside both legs. And in the case of two of Major League Soccer's perennial strongest finishers, there were no storybook endings. Seattle 3-7 Santos Laguna After a solid 2-1 first […]

Name: Seattle Sounders Coach: Sigi Schmid Last Year: 18-7-9, 2nd Western Conference, 2nd Overall Hashtag: #Sounders Are Sounders fans too demanding?  In its current iteration, the club is entering its fourth MLS season and has made three consecutive conference semifinals. They own the U.S. Open Cup.   They have set attendance records that will be hard to […]

An interesting thing happened in the four Conference Semifinal showdowns: the team winning the first leg fended off their foes' stout challenges and advanced. Additionally, the higher seed went 3 out of 4 in the Semifinal round, leaving the top seeds from each Conference. We can address the efficiency of this generation of the playoff […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJaCi4FOOXE On Tuesday night at Century Link Field in front of a record crowd of 35,615, history was made when Seattle Sounders won their third US Open Cup in a row and showed why they have dominated this tournament since their promotion to MLS from their days down in the USL 1st Division (formerly Division 2 […]

The anticipation is building for tonight's 2011 US Open Cup final between Chicago Fire and Seattle Sounders. Will Seattle be able to win three back-to-back titles, or will Chicago win a record fifth title? Watch the following video to add to the excitement of the 2011 US Open Cup: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zii7t13O23g The game will be shown […]

Has hell frozen over all of a sudden? What magic and mystery has happened down in Mexico. Last week we saw FC Dallas achieve history with the first ever MLS victory on Mexican soil against UNAM Pumas. The big question that came out of this was whether the Seattle Sounders would have that same magic […]

After trying to top what Real Salt Lake did in the last edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, the opening night of the 2011-12 edition for two MLS Sides was the next chapter in the league’s history to get back into the knockout stages for next season. The Los Angeles Galaxy and Seattle Sounders hosted […]

It's getting very interesting in the 2011 edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup as former Champions are making noise while the current two time defending champion Seattle Sounders are also looking to add on to their success in the second oldest cup competition in the world. Alot of action and domination in all […]

Another match in the northwest of the country and another crazy night for the Red Bulls as they traveled to face the Seattle Sounders, who were looking very pleased to get Dane Richards back from Gold Cup duty. But the terrible decisions in the net went to Greg Sutton as he had a major meltdown. […]

One would be tempted to overlook the two matches going on tonight in MLS and focus on an incredible slate of games this weekend, with LA/NY as the headliner.  To do so would be to miss some important storylines as the four teams taking the pitch tonight are all in a critical stretch of games […]

The 2011 Major League Soccer season opened with a rainy affair at Qwest Field. The LA Galaxy got the best of Seattle in this meeting, 0-1, to christen a new season in front of a national audience. While ESPN's coverage claimed 4-4-2’s for both teams, in reality Seattle fielded what was more of a three […]

For all the talk of the LA Galaxy slumping towards the playoffs, Bruce Arena's club showed no signs of rust as they dominated a resilient Sounders team in the first leg of the Galaxy/Sounders playoff matchup.  The difference in the match was an amazing and surprising Edson Buddle goal in the 38th minute that caught […]