When the Seattle Sounders lost James Riley in the expansion draft there was some real concern
about how Seattle would fill the void let by the dependable veteran's departure.
The Sounders have reached an agreement with Swedish right back Adam Johansson, according to the
club website of Johannson's current club, IFK Goteborg.
The Allsvenskan resumes this weekend as Gale Agbossoumonde travels to IFK Goteborg and Ryan Miller
looks to continue to impress for Halmstad BK.
The game, though enormously meaningful at the time, and scoreline wouldn't bat an eye. Milan at
the time were enjoying their run as Gli Invicibili (The Invincibles) and they
were playing IFK Goteborg in the first game of the inaugural Champions League's group stage two
groups and the winners of each made it to the final.
When getting right down to it, there may be no arena more in tune with superstition than sports.
Despite its lack of rooting in rationality, everyone from coaches to players to fans believes in
something of zero relation which impacts the outcome of their most beloved team. Whether it's
rooted in rationality or not more often the latter nonetheless, they still believe.