the yorkies 11 November @ 07:02 PM EST
While we are no big fan of the playoff structure in MLS, it seems to be a necessary evil in a North
American league for now. The 2009 MLS Playoffs have actually been quite good though with 3 out of
the 4 teams who remain being deserving. Sometimes however, there are off the field occurrences
which can be just as interesting.
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WVHooligan 11 November @ 03:24 PM EST
Freddie Ljungberg and Osvaldo Alonso were huge additions to Seattle and to MLS this year. (Getty
Images)
Everyone knew going into the 2009 season that the new kids on the block would make a splash.
Just the kind of splash the league needed in some folks eyes. The Seattle Sounders FC came into the
year not as a typical expansion club.
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Big Story
The dramatic failure of Toronto FC this year, after a struggling season was
concluded as the club blew its chance of making the playoffs by getting torn apart 5-0 by Red Bull
New York, has thrown the entire direction of the team up for debate as well as the future of
general manager Mo Johnston.
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If you've been anywhere near Major League Soccer this season you will have heard of the Seattle
Sounders FC, the league's newest club. Not so much for what they've done on the field--this being
MLS most clubs do pretty much the same thing--but for the attention they've attracted locally.
The team is a massive hit in the Pacific Northwest, where it has become a pop culture phenomenon.
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Robbie Findley - MLS Player of the Week
Conference Semifinals Begin
Finally, after seven months of play the real contest for Major League Soccer bragging rights
begins on Thursday night in Seattle. Who would have thought that Seattle, the newest team in the
league, would be playing post-season?
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Take a look at this. Notice yours truly in the background.
What you didn't see after Keller's rendition of "All the Single Ladies" was Drew Carey's "I kissed
a girl."
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WVHooligan 23 October @ 02:56 PM EST
Gotta love that this guy is in the soccer corner like the rest of us. This video comes straight
from Fox Business Channel where Seattle part-owner Drew Carey was interviewed while wearing his
usual Sounder gear.
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The owner of the Seattle SoundersSo, I was driving home from work one day and flipped on the latest edition of the riotously funny
Adam Carolla Podcast. He was talking to actress Kaitlin Olson of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
and guess who came up? None other than Seattle Sounders owner Drew Carey!
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Okay, so I followed everyone's lead and started using Twitter. HillcrestRoad does it, Downthebyline
does it, even Robb Heineman has started. Robb's "zolie goalie!!!" tweet after Zoltán's goal was an
instant classic...I will Tweet blog updates but I will also Tweet stuff that I would not take time
to write a post about.
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Yeah, I knew it would go mainstream eventually. Damn Joe Roth:
So what most people don't know is this two stick is actually based on a painting that's hanging in
Joe Roth's living room. Why? If I had any idea I'd tell you. People asked what I was doing when I
first got to Seattle - well, the answer is, posing for this thing.
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Well that was a real kick in the balls.
After dominating Saprissa for 91 minutes, holding a 1-0 lead for most of that, the Crew gave up
a stoppage time goal and settled for a 1-1 draw with the Costa Ricans in last night's Champions
League match.
To say that Columbus "gave up" the late goal is a little bit of a misnomer, because in actuality
Saprissa stole it, fouling no less than two Crew players while trying frantically to get the ball
into the net.
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Some games you win. Some games you lose. Some games you lose when you should have won, and visa
versa. And some games, like today's game between us and Chivas, are games when you should hide in
an ally and lie in wait. And when the other team walks by, you knock it out with chroloform, throw
it in the trunk of your car, drive it into the mountains, and leave it where nobody will ever, ever
find it.
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I hate to reuse jokes,* but I think the US Soccer Federation and its critics should adopt my
modified Serenity Prayer.
Quote: Grant me the strength to change the things I can change, the patience to accept the things I
can't change, the wisdom to know the difference, and the power to destroy my enemies.
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Get an all-access, all-Seattle look at the U.S. Open Cup Final; basically it's your typical,
high-quality video offering from SoundersFC.com.
I love how they give team owners Drew Carey and Adrian Hanauer the champagne shower, but why do I
doubt that players would ever be comfortable giving Uncle Phil Anschutz the wet dress shirt?
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Freddie Ljungberg is not impressed with Drew Carey's face tattoo.
I'm not impressed with much of what Seattle is doing on the pitch these days at Qwest.
Gotta get that playoff berth.
Now the links.
- Barca wins the Super Cup. [Telegraph]
- Koreas to have joint fan group for W.
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Creepy Jose, on finally realizing we were giving Terry Cooke a tryout:
Some of you alerted me to this the last couple of days, and to be honest I just dropped
the ball and never even noticed Cooke was out there until today.
Honestly, it's a lot worse than that.
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KICKETTE 28 August @ 06:10 AM EST
Freddie Ljungberg looks like he could use an emotional rescue from Seattle Sounders minority owner
(and comedian), Drew Carey. We think the face decal is what caused it.
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KICKETTE 28 August @ 06:10 AM EST
Freddie Ljungberg looks like he could use an emotional rescue from Seattle Sounders minority owner
(and comedian), Drew Carey. We think the face decal is what caused it.
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Creepy Jose decided to break the story about me throwing out the first pitch for a Seattle Seahawks
game. To be perfectly honest with you, I hated it. All those yard lines, the wicket stand, the
center back wearing a bunch of stuff, the helmets on the gridirons. All in all, it was pretty
dumb.
Worst part was, Drew Carey came up from LA with me to do it.
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the yorkies 26 August @ 07:01 PM EST
11. All contracts decided after players spin giant wheel with different possible wages on it.
10. Team comes out on to the pitch for pre-game warm-up in a
2009 Winnebago!
9. When a Sounders player is subbed out, PA announcer yells out a spectator's name and tells them
to "
Come on down!
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MLS Rumors 26 August @ 11:57 AM EST
Beating the drum for the Orange.
Seattle, consider the "Celebrity minority owner who hangs out with supporters" gauntlet thrown down
squarely at your feet.
Diggin the band...
While Drew Carey may drink and smooze at the ESC cauldron which is actually a pub called Fuel,
prior to games, Houston's celebrity minority owner, boxer Oscar De La Hoya gets down right in the
middle of the hardcore.
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With an upcoming game versus Seattle on the horizon, I decided to pull this 2008 article from
The Onion.
SEATTLE—After witnessing its baseball team finish in last place, its NFL team break its streak
of five straight playoff appearances, and its NBA team leave for Oklahoma City, Seattle received
another blow with the addition of a new Major League Soccer franchise, the Sounders FC.
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Got to love the scene of Leo Messi on top of the Space Needle with a Barca/Sounders FC scarf raised
overhead.
Here's a preview story by my boy Jose Miguel Romero on the Drew Carey-inspired connection between
the two teams. Steve Kelley also has a great column on Freddie Ljungberg.
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In case you haven't heard before, comedian and Price is Right replacement Drew Carey
is a minority owner of MLS team, the Seattle Sounders.Â
Which got the STO thinking. If Drew Carey can own a team, then why not Bob Barker? Barker
does have more experience in, well, just about everything.
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Seriously, you're going to write an article and say that Kinnear is a better coach than me the day
after I beat him for the second time in two weeks? And I did that despite not caring the second
time?
I've already notified Joe Roth and Drew Carey, and let's say this matter is being handled.
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Why, God, why? Why are we still in this tournament? We were two minutes away from getting out of
this nightmare, two minutes from not having to play in that crappy RFK stadium, and what does Nate
Jaqua do? He scores. And then we pull it out in extra time. Really, Next Season Sports says it
all:
It was the second USOC match in a row that Seattle scored its first goal of the match
in the last minute of regulation and it was the second time in the past two weeks the Sounders came
from behind to defeat Houston.
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Fulham are chasing Seattle Sounders exciting striker Fredy Montero. The 21-year-old has scored
nine goals in his past 15 games for Drew Carey's Sounders.Montero has already won three caps for
his country and had a trial with Real Betis last season.
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WVHooligan 10 July @ 01:08 PM EST
Man I love me some The Price Is Right. I suppose this is more of stuff we will see from
part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC Drew Carey on his TV game show. (Props to Dave for the email
and link). Anyways, the showcase at the end was a heavy VIP package to the great northwest to see a
Sounders game.
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MLS Rumors 07 July @ 07:48 PM EST
Seattle Sounders FC players Steve Zakuani, Sebastien Le Toux and James Riley are featured
in the July issue (click the lower right page corners to read the story at the
previous link) of D-List Magazine.
The guys pose wearing new styles from 'Deli.
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You know, I was kind of down on FC Dallas' "Drew Carey glasses night" promotion a last week; I just
found it odd that the fashion foibles of the owner of the opposition was made the draw instead of
Freddy Ljungberg or something. But hey, they've redeemed themselves though with their excellent
Memorial Day promotion: a crawfish boil!
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I havent had much to write about lately. And my fellow bloggers in Houston did make it known
that the Houstank was going to kick our butts. Gee that makes me ask the question. How come if you
guys are so good how come you could only manage one goal? How come your power player Mr. Chang
couldnt hit the broad side of a barn?
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MLS Rumors 05 May @ 06:15 PM EST
It is no secret that there was a less than harmonious relationship between Emerald City Supprters
(ECS), the most hardcore supporters of Seattle Sounders FC and The Sound Wave, Drew Carey's idea
for a marching band smack in the supporter's sections at Qwest Field.
Apparently the two parties have agreed to support the Sounders from opposite sides of the pitch
according to this anonymous email:
Hey, I don't know if you are aware of it but the Sound Wave, Drew Carey's marching band
in Seattle will no longer be in the section with the Emerald City Supporters.
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MLS Rumors 18 April @ 08:04 PM EST
Remember to post any questions you have for the players or coach for the post-game interviews.
Actual Lineups:Chivas USA
GK Zach Thornton
RB Mariano Trujillo
CB Shavar Thomas
CB Carey Talley
LB Jonathan Bornstein
RM Atiba Harris
CM Sacha Kljestan
CM Terry Marsch - Captain
LM Bojan Stepanovic
RS Alecko Eskandarian
LS Eduardo Lillingston
SubsGK Lance Parker
DF Jim Curtin
MF Chukwudi Chijindu
MF Jorge Flores
MF Michael Lahoud
MF Gerson Mayen
Seattle SoundersGK Chris Eylander (Updated)
LB Zach Scott
CB Jhon Kennedy Hurtado
CB Tyrone Marshall
RB James Riley
LM Brad Evans
CDM Osvaldo Alonso
CAM Freddie Ljungberg - Captain
RM Sebastien Le Toux
LS Nate Jaqua
RS Freddy Montero
SubsGK Ben Dragavon
DF Patrick Ianni
DF Natahn Sturgis
DF Tyson Wahl
MF Sanna Nyassi
FW Roger Levesque
FW Steve Zakuani
PRE-GAME:-Could we see Dufty in lieu of Dragavon?
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