(On the outcome of the game...) "It's about right. They created a lot of chances, a lot of breakaways, a lot of counterattacks. It seemed like the only time Seattle really put their foot on the ball is when we were down a man.
[[Show as slideshow]]Seattle Sounders looked to keep the winning streak alive by making it 3 in a row versus FC Dallas on a mild night in Seattle. Dallas had been red hot riding a 9 game unbeaten streak (6-0-3) and are 1st on the table comfortably with 6 points on the next in line Portland Timbers.
After falling behind early in the first half to an Eddie Johnson goal, two excellent strikes from Danny Cruz gave the Union a brief second half lead only for Mauro Rosales to equalize for the visitors and set up a tense and chippy finish.
Despite missing Obafemi Martins (knee), Shalrie Joseph (hamstring), Steve Zakuani (groin) and Osvaldo Alonso (birth of daughter), the Seattle Sounders certainly did not look like a depleted team early. In the tenth minute, the always explosive Eddie Johnson scored on a corner kick service from Mauro Rosales, and Seattle were up 1-0.
The Seattle Sounders are about to embark on a very difficult month of May, but also a month that will give them a chance to climb out of the MLS Western Conference basement after a rough start to the season.
The Sounders are at PP&L Park tonight to take on the Philadelphia Union in one of the day's more intriguing match-ups as the Sounders look to stop MLS leading scorer Jack McInerney, and the Union defense tries to stop Eddie Johnson, who is back after a long injury layoff.
The Seattle Sounders hit rock bottom in last week's SBI MLS Power Rankings, but after recording their first win of the season the Sounders look poised to start their climb toward the top.
The Sounders defeated the Colorado Rapids to not only erase the zero from their win column, but also to help open the account for Nigerian forward Obafemi Martins, who scored his first Seattle goal on Saturday.
As spring continues to blossom - in some places faster than others - it starts to be crunch time for MNT players abrod while the guys in MLS are starting to hit their full stride six weeks into the season. Plenty to watch this weekend... FRIDAY Jonathan Spector (Leicester City vs.
Beer Selection: Two Beers Brewing Company "Heart of Darkness" Cascadian Dark Ale (Seattle, WA)
Seattle are about to venture down a treacherous, dark path: they must venture into this season without the aid of Fredy Montero, who has been with the Sounders since their MLS debut.
Eleven buses carrying 750 members of the Timbers Army headed up I5 last Saturday to support the Portland Timbers as they began their defense of the Cascadia Cup against arch rivals Seattle Sounders.
Rodney Wallace came off the bench and scored in stoppage time to give the Portland Timbers a 1-1 draw against the Seattle Sounders at CenturyLink Field on Saturday. Eddie Johnson gave the Sounders a lead in just the 13th minute, [...]
The Portland Timbers made their first road trip of the 2013 MLS regular season by visiting their Cascadian rivals to the North, Seattle Sounders FC. While Sounders FC forward Eddie Johnson scored in the 13th minute to give them a lead, Timbers midfielder Rodney Wallace equalized with a header in stoppage time to give the two sides a 1 all draw and a point each.
Seattle Sounders FC forward Eddie Johnson is almost certain to feature in the MLS heavy lineup that Jurgen Klinsmann will put out for the United States. With the US losing the opener of The Hex it is more important than usual for the Americans to get a home win.
U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has called 23 players into training camp in Denver to prepare for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica and Mexico. The U.S. will face Costa Rica at sold-out Dick's Sporting Goods Park on March 22 at 8 p.m. MT. The match will be broadcast live on ESPN, WatchESPN and UniMas.
Jurgen Klinsmann's latest United States roster eatures only one Seattle Sounders FC player. Eddie Johnson again gets the call to represent the nation. At this point it should be considered a certainty that he is on the squad. Johnson is third all-time with 10 career goals in qualifying.
The US roster has five players without World Cup Qualifying CAPS and sixteen with ten or less.
Seattle Sounders FC 4 2 FC Dallas JOHNSON 16´, 62´ NEAGLE 30´ Cooper 54´ Michel 62´ MARTINS 83´ En el partido mas emocionante que se haya jugado en el CenturyLink Field, la aplanadora verde de los Sounders FC volvió a golear a otro equipo de la MLS Oeste. La victima esta noche ante los [..
Seattle Sounders FC 4 2 FC Dallas JOHNSON 16´, 62´ NEAGLE 30´ Cooper 54´ Michel 62´ MARTINS 83´ En uno de los partidos mas vibrantes que se haya jugado en el CenturyLink Field, la aplanadora verde de los Sounders FC volvió a golear a otro equipo de la MLS Oeste. La victima esta noche [...]
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Philadelphia Union 2 2 Seattle Sounders FC JOHNSON 10´ Cruz 51´, 53´ ROSALES 63´ Los Sounders de Seattle no pudieron contener toda la energia guardada de dos semanas de descanso y terminaron prácticamente explotados por el Philadelphia Union esta tarde en el PPL Park. Par de goles en contra en dos minutos, y dos [.
Philadelphia Union 2 2 Seattle Sounders FC JOHNSON 10´ Cruz 51´, 53´ ROSALES 63´ Los Sounders de Seattle no pudieron contener toda la energia guardada de dos semanas de descanso y terminaron prácticamente explotados por el Philadelphia Union esta tarde en el PPL Park. Par de goles en contra en dos minutos, y dos [.
Sounders FC 1 1 Portland Timbers JOHNSON 13´ WALLACE 90+ Un mal empate, eso es lo que se ganó el Seattle Sounder al final del partido contra el Timbers de Portland. En el primer minuto de tiempo de compesasión Rodney WALLACE metió de cabeza el gol para igualar 1-1 el primer encuentro del Clásico [.
A bitter sweet week for Roger Espinoza and Wigan Athletic. On Saturday, Wigan pulled off a huge upset of Manchester City and won the FA Cup for the club's first silverware. Espinoza became only the second player to win the US Open Cup and FA Cup after Freddie Ljunberg. Unfortunately 3 days later Wigan hit a low as they were relegated from the Premier League and will be playing in the Championship next season.
Sporting KC's on loan striker, Dom Dwyer had a very good week. He scored a hattrick in Orlando's big 7-2 win over Antigua and was named the USL-Pro player of the week for this past week. It was a bitter sweet one for Roger Espinoza. Espinoza getting his first start in a few months scored the first goal of the game for Wigan, but it wasn't enough as they sank deeper into relegation trouble with a 3-2 loss to Swansea.
Of the former Wizards called up to their national teams, only one, Jermaine Hue did not appear for his country this past week. Omar Bravo, Daneil Cyrus, Roger Espinoza, Herculez Gomez, Eddie Johnson, Kei Kamara and Yura Movsisyan all appeared for their national teams this past week. Here's the rest of this week's update.
We're heading into the international break and quite a few former Wizards are receiving call ups. Probably one of the most surprising of those call ups is that of Omar Bravo, who was recalled by the Mexican national team for their upcoming qualifiers against Honduras and the US. Bravo has had a solid season for Atlas that has earned him this recall to the national team.
Previews and quotes ahead of Saturday's Union game in Chicago. The Union have plans for "European-style" academy to launch this fall. Hackworth fined for ref rant. Carli Lloyd set to return for WNY. More news.
The suspense continues to build around the USMNT roster announcement for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica and Mexico, and now the wait to find out the players on the roster has been extended.
U.S. Soccer will announce the training camp roster at 1pm, with some weekend injuries apparently forcing the team to reconsider options.
Using Steve Zakuani and Eddie Johnson as forwards Sigi Schmid's Seattle Sounders created numerous chances, held their own in Mexico and still fall to Santos Laguna in the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals. Carlos Quintero opened the scoring for the home side with a 21st minute free kick placed as well as can be.
In a match that will last in Seattle Sounders fans memories more for the first appearance of Obafemi Martins than the result, the result was a mere draw against Portland Timbers squad that used constant pressure and a barrage of offense to press Seattle despite being on the road. Steve Zakuani created a great opportunity in the 13th minute that Eddie Johnson slid into the goal, but the 1-nil lead would not hold the Timbers back and Rodney Wallace completed their comeback with a 91st minute game winner tying goal.
Seattle Sounders FC will likely be without at least two of their four listed forwards for the match at Santos Laguna next Tuesday. Obafemi Martins is getting his knee looked at by a foreign specialist and David Estrada's eye is still healing from a non-foul incident in the RSL game. Eddie Johnson may be back for the next match.
When Seattle finally officially announced that Obafemi Martins would be joining the team, and in just a few hours with an airport media scrum, it ended a long saga. Over a period of many months, the Sounders pursued a deal with Levante and the player. In the end things were certainly not amicable, as Levante did everything they could to stop or at least delay losing the Nigerian national teamer.
MLS player acquisition rules can be quirky. One of those is Allocation Ranking (sometimes called Allocation Order). Seattle used Allocation Ranking, or a trade directly after the use of Allocation, to acquire Kasey Keller (#1), Sammy Ochoa (traded for #3), Eddie Johnson (traded for after Montreal used #1) and Marcus Hahnemann (traded for after Toronto used #3).
SEATTLE - U.S. legend Tony Meola was in town to do some promotional work for Allstate, an MLS sponsor. While he was around, he obliged me with a lengthy interview on all things national team-, goalkeeping- and Seattle-related.
Read the bulk of the interview at American Soccer Now, but here are a couple of tidbits that make more sense for our audience.
In this episode Luke and Pedro reflect on why the Red Bulls fail to assert their dominance and note that Sporting KC just might win the east. Brian Haynes of the Atlanta Silverbacks joins the show to talk the upcoming season, his relationship with Eric Wynalda and why Eddie Johnson (USMNT, SEA) is so important to him.
[Editors' notes: Bullet-pointed observations from the mind of Coach Larry on last week's World Cup qualifiers from around the globe:]
CONCACAF aka THE HEX:US def got lucky to escape Azteca with a scoreless draw. The second penalty claim was pretty strong, though it looked like he may have screwed it wide just before the contact from Edu.
