The Sounders have officially signed Swiss international forward Blaise Nkufo, and his addition is
the final piece to Seattle's roster puzzle. Nkufo's skillset matches up perfectly with what Seattle
was lacking last season. The Sounders didn't really have a target man on the squad, and were forced
to at times play Freddy Montero up top in a role he really isn't suited for.
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The Seattle Sounders have completed the signing of Swiss national team striker Blaise Nkufo, the
club announced on its team website on Thursday.
Nkufo is currently the captain of Dutch champions FC Twente and will join the Sounders after
this summer's World Cup. The deal had been in the works for six months as the Sounders and Nkufo's
agent, Oliver Wyss of W3 Sports Management finalized the deal this week.
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Du Nord 04 March @ 12:29 PM EDT
If everyone was 100% healthy, and the World Cup started today, here is my USA roster of 23:
Goalkeepers (3)
Brad Guzan
Marcus Hahnemann
Tim Howard
Defenders (8)
Carlos Bocanegra
Jonathan Bornstein
Steve Cherundolo
Jay DeMerit
Clarence Goodson
Oguchi Onyewu
Heath Pearce
Jonathan Spector
Midfielders (8)
DaMarcus Beasley
Michael Bradley
Ricardo Clark
Clint Dempsey
Landon Donovan
Maurice Edu
Benny Feilhaber
Jermaine Jones
Forwards (4)
Jozy Altidore
Conor Casey
Brian Ching
Charlie Davies
dN
If you think someone else should be on this list then please leave a comment and:
-name the player
-tell us who they would replace
-and why!
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Project 2010 14 February @ 03:29 PM EDT
Has Freddy finally found a home? Will he blossom into the player many thought he could be?
Obviously, it's too early to tell, but it's definitely a step in the right direction.
For those who need to see it to believe it:
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Yanks Abroad 04 February @ 11:24 PM EDT
Aris' American duo of Eddie Johnson and Freddy and Adu look to get more playing time at home on
Saturday against the Super League's weakest team in Panthrakikos.
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When 2009 opened the Ljungberg focus was two-fold; would he be healthy and would he take the
American version of the game seriously? For 2010 we won't have those questions. We know that
Ljungberg will be fairly healthy, a reasonable expectation would be for him to have 25 starts this
season. We also know that he may just be taking the game here too seriously.
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Well thats what Freddy says in this article on ESPN's Soccernet. He seems pretty excited about his
opportunity in Greece with Aris Thessaloniki FC, and we'll see how it all plays out over the next
few months.
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Here is an update from Yanks Abroad regarding when we can expect to see Eddie and Freddy in action
for Aris Thessaloniki FC.
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The hosts managed to blow a four goal lead in fifteen minutes to share a point with Mali;
Angola were leading 4-1 with two minutes left, then Freddy Kanoute
(Sevilla), Sadou Keita (Barcelona) and Mustapha
Yatabare (Clermont Foot Auvergne 63 in France's Ligue 2) scored to level the
game, with the last two goals coming in four minutes of injury time.
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Question: do you think any of the people in this picture other than Clint Dempsey will make Bobby
Blue Eyes' World Cup squad? I've thought about it and I honestly don't know. I think Jose Torres
has the best shot followed by Run-DMB, providing he stays healthy and hot at Rangers.
After that it's a crapshoot at best.
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2009 Recap: The Sounders were supposed to be terrible in 2009. After all, SJE,
TFC and RSL had all been terrible before them as recent MLS newbies. But Sigi Schmidt didn't want
to repeat history, he wanted to make it. So, he built a winning team in his first year
(12-7-11).
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DCUMD 21 December @ 10:13 AM EDT
Once every offseason, one MLS team brings aboard a young promising attacking player from CONCACAF.
In 2008 it was Marco Pappa. In 2009 it was Freddy Montero. And in 2010, it will be Cristian
Castillo.
DC United finalized a loan last week to bring Salvadoran left midfielder Castillo to DC.
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Sevilla confirmed top spot with this win over Rangers thanks to an early spot kick from Freddy
Kanoute.
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Un gol del salvadoreño Arturo Álvarez, jugador del San Jose Earthquakes, puede valerle un premio.
Se lo hizo el 3 de julio al Real Saltk Lake y está nominado como uno de los mejores del año. En
total son 32 goles, uno por cada semana. El de Arturo corresponde a la semana 11.Otros nominados
son Claudio "Piojo" López (Kansas City), Freddy Montero (Seattle), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) y
Jeff
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Apparently feeling nostalgic for the year 2004 and all those Campbell's soup ads, the Beeb got all
Tweet-stalker and tracked down The Biggest Midget in the Game™. It's servicable piece but that's
probably all you can get when your "interview" is conducted via fax. Still, it's worth a read if
only to remind you that Freddy is A) still talented and that B) his lack of playing time may not be
entirely his fault.
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Siento la demora, pero entre tanta emoción por gritar 4 goles de Racing en un mismo partido, no me
salían las palabras, además de sumar de a 3 luego de 10 partidos.
Y si, vine de España a visitar mi sobrino recien nacido y Racing ganó. La semana pasada le decía
a los directivos de TM que me disculparan por mi ausencia sin aviso, lo que pasa que soy esos tipos
cabuleros y bueno, sino que le pregunten al Coco o a Mostaza, ellos me entenderán seguro.
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Seattle Sounders midfielder Freddy Llungberg is Major League Soccer's Player of the Month for
October. He had four assists as the expansion Sounders qualified for the MLS playoffs. Llungberg
was the Player of the Week for Week 31. 2009 MLS Player of the Month Awards March: Fredy Montero
– Seattle Sounders FC April: Brian McBride – Chicago Fire May: Conor Casey – Colorado Rapids
June: Guillermo Barros Schelotto – Columbus Crew July: Landon Donovan –.
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DCUMD 27 October @ 10:31 PM EDT
The 6th Annual United Awards Reception isn't the only United Awards Reception going on tonight.
Because it's also time to announce the winners of the 2009 Benny Awards!
- The Richie Award for the most underrated player goes to Bryan Namoff
- The Nelly Award for the best newcomer goes to Dejan Jakovic
- The Convey Award for the best rookies goes to Chris Pontius
- The Donnety Award for the biggest disappointment goes to Danny Szetela
- The Grosy Award for the ballsiest player goes to Ben Olsen
- The Freddy Award for the biggest story goes to Chris Pontius and Rodney Wallace
- The Harkesy Award for the greatest leader goes to Ben Olsen
- The Popie Award for the best defender goes to Dejan Jakovic
- The Etchy Award for the team's MVP goes to Dejan Jakovic
- The Benny Award for the highest ADR rating goes to Chris Pontius
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SMU's Ryan Rosenbaum scores a huge goal! That is awesome!
Believe in it!
JM
P.S. Big shout to Freddy Coba for the heads up on this one! As he says,
"GOOOOOOALAZOOOOOO!!!!!"
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Anotad a otro jugador que se une a la sección de Leyendas, Freddy Rincón, el Coloso de
Buenaventura, que tuvo la mala suerte de no cuajar en el fútbol europeo, pero que tuvo una gran
carrera en el fútbol sudamericano y sobre todo una notoria participación siempre que jugaba con
su selección, la colombiana.
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DCUMD 24 September @ 08:57 PM EDT
Ah yes, it's the day we've all been waiting for - the return of the Benny Awards!
If you're new to this blog, then you will learn that the Bennies consist of a series of categories,
each with four United players nominated. You the fans get to vote on the winner for each category,
and the winners are revealed at the end of the season.
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What I've been reading this morning:
Somebody named Dr. Gamera seems to confirm the hunch I had which is the USA cannot realistically
expect to get a seed at WC 2010. I can't vouch for his statistical expertise but it sure looks
valid to me.
Andrew Guest's Thinking Man's Guide to the U-20 World Cup is very interesting.
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F.C. Porto perdeu em Braga depois de Jesualdo Ferreira ter inventado mais uma vez.Jesualdo
Ferreira é um treinador teimoso, por outros palavras casmurro. É um treinador de manias, primeiro
era Mariano González, agora parece que é com Freddy Guarín. Pela primeira vez já há alguns
anos o F.C.
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The Premier League is back! I really can't stand international breaks. We were finally getting into
some sort of rhythm, then we have to stop for two weeks so England can play two games.
Fair enough Azza did well and looks to have cemented his spot in Fabio's plans. A few guy's in the
office still think Wright-Phillips is the better player.
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The Footie 05 September @ 12:10 AM EDT
It's been an eventful year for the Seattle Sounders who are the newest team added to the MLS
this season. They came on strong early on and made a name for themselves. Being sponsored by XBOX
help increase their popularity as well. But now they can add U.S. Open Cup winners to their rap
sheet.
Seattle Sounders captain (18) Kasey Keller raises the trophy after the Lamar Hunt U.
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MLS Rumors 04 September @ 06:29 PM EDT
From CONCACAF.com
9/3/2009 - NEW YORK –The Seattle Sounders have become the first team to qualify for the 2010-2011
CONCACAF Champions League, cementing their place by beating D.C. United to win the U.S. Open
Cup.
The Sounders' 2-1 victory in Washington Wednesday night made it the first team to clinch a place in
the 24-team field and claim the first of four berths from the United States.
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Freddy Montero and Roger Levesque scored to lead Seattle to a 2-1 victory over D.C. United in the
Open Cup final Wednesday night, giving the expansion Sounders their first trophy.
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Tonight's US Open Cup final showed yet again that DC United is quite simply a club in decline. An
organization that once prided itself on winning MLSCups and succeeding abroad now pounds its chest
about consolation trophies and about its increasingly distant successful past.
Tonight, United looked like a team that both was not as good as its opposition and one that simply
is not listening to its coach anymore.
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Futbolita 31 August @ 04:38 AM EDT
via Reuters
The Valencia kit designers obviously had too much of a Dark Knight
experience.... so it doesn't matter if Juan Mata and David Silva look like they
have extra chest hair. Valencia defeated Sevilla 2-0 and Freddy Kanoute was sent
off for two "unfair" challenges in Unai Emery's opening test of the season yesterday.
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Much love to Kickette for documenting what we have to put up with around here. It really does
suck.
Afterward Ljungberg came into my office and we laughed and laughed. And then Freddy Montero knocked
on the door and we clammed up real quick and smiled slyly like we were talking about him.
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[DISCLAIMER: The pictured ape is not an insult to the subject of this post, just an awesome
goalkeeping photo]
An Italian goalkeeper is coming out of retirement to play in the amateur leagues.
He's 66 years old.
Also he's the world record holder in the long jump for those over 60.
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As it is Ramadhan the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the month of fasting, lets take a
gander at the Muslim footballers playing in the Premier League. Emmanuel Eboue Samir Nasri Robin
van Persie El Hadji Diouf Nicolas Anelka Salomon Kalou Marouane Fellaini Leon Osman Emmanuel
Adebayor Kolo Toure Other notables Muslim players elsewhere: Freddy Kanoute Franck Ribery Yaya
Toure Zinedine Zidane Can only confirm these players for [.
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As it is Ramadhan the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the month of fasting, lets take a
gander at the Muslim footballers playing in the Premier League. Emmanuel Eboue Samir Nasri Robin
van Persie El Hadji Diouf Nicolas Anelka Salomon Kalou Marouane Fellaini Leon Osman Emmanuel
Adebayor Kolo Toure Other notables Muslim players elsewhere: Freddy Kanoute Franck Ribery Yaya
Toure Zinedine Zidane Can only confirm these players for [.
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MLS Rumors 21 August @ 11:44 PM EDT
Another Loss for Seattle
by: Dan Doucette
Well it's another disappointing game for the Sounders. The start was again but, it's seams that the
sounders have to score within the first 15 minutes to worth anything at all for the rest of the
match.They seem to get too frustrated too easily.
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If you think Major League Soccer has problems with officiating, consider England's Coca-Cola
Championship, where referee Rob Shoebridge inexplicably missed a clear goal for Crystal Palace
after a Freddy Sears shot went into the goal and bounced back out after hitting the bottom bar at
the back of the goal.
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If you think Major League Soccer has problems with officiating, consider England's Coca-Cola
Championship, where referee Rob Shoebridge inexplicably missed a clear goal for Crystal Palace
after a Freddy Sears shot went into the goal and bounced back out after hitting the bottom bar at
the back of the goal.
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Rio Tinto Stadium will host a pivotal Western Conference battle this Saturday as Real Salt Lake
(6-8-5, 23 pts.) look to avenge their early-season loss to Seattle Sounders FC (7-4-8, 29 pts.) and
gain much needed ground in the playoff race. It will be an interesting encounter for both squads,
as there already appears to be bad blood between the teams.
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A little something to get you pumped up for tonight...
U.S. Men's National Team plays Honduras in the Semi-Finals of the Gold Cup in Chicago live on
Fox Soccer Channel and Telefutura at 6pm central time.
Check out the USMNT blog for pre-game line ups, stories, and player interviews.
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If the 1st day quarterfinals action were dreary but tense affairs, the second day of Gold Cup
quarterfinal action turned out to be goal-fests.
Quarterfinal #3 pitted Guadeloupe against the unpredictable Costa Rica and the impact turned out be
a magical five goal fest. Celso Borges scored with a spectacular bicycle kick in the third minute.
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If the 1st day quarterfinals action were dreary but tense affairs, the second day of Gold Cup
quarterfinal action turned out to be goal-fests.
Quarterfinal #3 pitted Guadeloupe against the unpredictable Costa Rica and the impact turned out be
a magical five goal fest. Celso Borges scored with a spectacular bicycle kick in the third minute.
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