After each match the contributors to New England Soccer Today will rate the performances of the United States National Team players who made an appearance on a 1 to 10 scale (1 horrendous, 5 average, 10 perfection). This week Brian O'Connell, Julian Cardillo and Sean Donahue contributed ratings for the USA's 1-0 victory over Panama.

Thursday morning marks the beginning of training camp for the Seattle Sounders. Training camp is the MLS version of musical chairs. While the music is playing every one at the party gets to play. But once the music stops, some of these men are going to find themselves without a seat. The current roster of 28 players will be augmented in camp by 7 draftees and a collection of trialists.

Welcome to the New England Revolution vs. Seattle Sounders live game thread! Everything you need to know going into this match has already been mentioned in the match preview, but I'll take a minute to let you know what the keys are going to be for the Revs in this match.

Seattle is a team that has weapons literally everywhere, and they aren't exactly calling off the dogs in the name of resting players.

Mauro Rosales won't be getting an MRI until Monday, so how long he won't be in the lineup is still up in the air. But what we do know is that he will not be playing Tuesday night against CS Herediano. Doing a bit of research though, he was unlikely to start anyway. He had only started in one of the previous CONCACAF Champions League matches.

Seattle Setup: It was clear that Seattle's goal was to control the possession and that they felt that by doing that they would be able to score a few goals. They created a plethora of chances, but unfortunately for them their finishing was lacking and they were unable to find the back of the net.

Houston Dynamo (5-7-9, 24 pts.) vs. Seattle Sounders FC (10-4-8, 38 pts.) Robertson Stadium - Houston, TX - 7:30 pm
BROADCAST INFORMATION: KHOU 11.2 (ENG TV) SportsTalk 790 (ENG Radio) .La Ranchera 850 (SPN Radio) San Jacinto Post-Game Call-In Show with Glenn Davis - SportsTalk 790
REFEREE: Niko Bratsis - MLS Career: 6 games; FC/gm: 25.

Starting Line Ups

Fire

GK Johnson

D Ristic, Cuesta, Gibbs, Segares

M Oduro, Pause, Paladini, Bone

F Chaves, Nazirit

Bench : Conway, Anibaba, Robinson, Husidic, Nyarko, Barouch, Puerari

Sounders

GK Keller

D Riley, Parke, Kennedy-Hurtado, Wahl

M Rosales, Evans, Alonso, Neagle

F Fucito, Jaqua

Bench : Boss, Gonzalez, Ianni, Scott, Carrasco, Levesque, Montero

Last Saturday, the match featured four seperate formational/tactical systems. As noted there was the lopsided 4-diamond-2, the traditional 4-diamond-2 and the concave 4-3-3. In the final moments we also saw a fairly typical pull the forward for a CB move to upgrade the defense. Seattle Sounders FC Coach Sigi Schmid is in fact trying new things, doing it in games that matter, and he's earning points while trying to learn the best way forward for the team until the Summer Transfer Window opens.

The undefeated Chicago Fire traveled to the Pacific Northwest in attempt to beat the winless Seattle Sounders for the first time. Both streaks were broken as the Sounders held a 2-1 halftime lead and took all 3 points in front of their 36,223 fans.

Forward O'Brien White sounded the first horn for Seattle while Diego Chaves lit the match for the Fire.

Friday, March 25 - 9:00 p.m. CT - Qwest Field, Seattle, WA

All-time record: Seattle leads 2-1-1

Broadcast: Television

FOX Soccer Channel, FOX Deportes (Pregame at 8:30)

Broadcast: Radio

KPRC 950 (ENG), La Ranchera 850 (SPN)

LAST YEAR (MLS):

8/8: SEA 2, HOU 0 (Montero 64; Fernandez 88)
10/23: HOU 2, SEA 1 (Cameron 27; Weaver 46 - Riley 12)

Dynamo Starting XI:

Dynamo Bench: Deric, Chabala, Robinson, Dixon, Cruz, Ching, Weaver

Sounders Starting XI: Keller, Scott, Ianni, Parke, Gonzalez, Friberg, Alonso, Evans, Zakuani, Montero, White

It's time for some Friday Night Soccer as the Dynamo travel to Seattle looking for their first win of the 2011 season.

The Seattle Sounders second year as an MLS team ended much the way its first one ended, with a first-round playoff exit and feeling like a talent-filled club had underachieved.

Such is the high standard the club set in its first year of existence. As the Sounders move into year three, they will once again face the pressure of being considered one of the top teams in MLS.

First Kick is just a few days away. That game will feature the defending Supporters' Shield winners, the LA Galaxy, and will be showed live on ESPN. It should be an exciting game, packed with pomp, circumstance and actual meaning.

In the meantime, we'll have to settle for one more preseason game as the Seattle Sounders take on the Colorado Rapids in what is being billed as the second annual Community Shield.

The final match of the Cascadia Summit gives fans an opportunity to see the depth of the Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders teams as the starters for both teams went earlier in the weekend. Seattle's Second XI features more speed on offense and less on defense.

For Vancouver the lineup will be several of their USSF D2 players will be on the pitch in Jay Nolly, Wes Knight and Nizar Khalfan.