Articles tagged with "seattle-team-news"
MLS Cup: RSL and LA Battle for Our Love. Who Wins Out?
By Laurie | November 21st, 2009MLS Cup! Tomorrow! In our city! Are you excited? I am, believe it or not. More than I expected to be. Because ...
One More Video to Cheer You Me Up
By Laurie | November 20th, 2009
Okay, so we may have recovered from the Sounders loss. (Or not.) But after my beloved Equipe de France qualified for World Cup ...
Sacrilege on the Needle: LA Galaxy and RSL Logos Defile our Beloved Landmark
By Laurie | November 18th, 2009So I'm driving down I-5, cheerfully enjoying the view... Oh, look. It's the U District. And there's Lake Union. And there's ...
Poll Results: Who was Our MFP (Most Favorite Player)? And how the hell did this poll get more than 6,000 votes?
By Laurie | November 17th, 2009So remember a few weeks back, when I journeyed back to visit my old MFP poll and was shocked to learn that the Brad Evans ...
Seattle Offside and Seattle Soccer Examiner Team Up to Give You: Legs. The Answers.
By Laurie | November 16th, 2009Name the Legs. The answers. David at SSE has very generously given us first right to name the players and publish the full photo ...
Vote: Who Will You be Rooting for at Qwest Next Sunday?
By Laurie | November 15th, 2009Anybody catch the games this weekend? I wasn't that impressed by LA's extra time win over Houston, but RSL's win over Chicago on penalties ...
More Videos to Cheer You Up
By Laurie | November 14th, 2009How ya doin'? Starting to feel better after last week's loss? Ready to face the off-season in preparation for doing it right ...
It's Time to Play "Guess Those Legs!"
By Laurie | November 13th, 2009So I was over at Seattle Soccer Examiner attempting to take David's quiz where we're supposed to match Sounders' legs to the players. And ...
Some Things You Need to Know, Plus Another Video to Cheer You Up
By Laurie | November 12th, 2009Some stuff you'll want to know: First, time to vote again! The fields have been narrowed down to ten apiece for the AT&T Goal of ...
Our Cheer-You-Up Videos of the Day: German Booty-Shaking and a Dancing Referee
By Laurie | November 11th, 2009Our cheer-you-up videos for the day come to you from Yamsmos over at GoSounders.com. I had seen both of these before, but let's be ...
Fredy Montero Beats Freddie and Kasey for "Newcomer of the Year,"
By Laurie | November 10th, 2009As I'm sure you've read elsewhere, it's time to celebrate. Or: WOOHOO! The Sounders finally got a year-end ...
The Five Stages of Grief, Sounders Style
By Laurie | November 9th, 2009Many years ago, grief specialist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross posited that grief has five stages. I believe this is relevant to most Sounders fans ...
Sounders Poetry: The End, Yet Not the End
By Laurie | November 8th, 2009Dear Sounders: A Season Ends But Love Goes On Through all these games, roastin' and freezin', We've loved this team far beyond reason Through so many starts you captured ...
Gameday! Houston vs. Seattle, 2nd Leg
By Laurie | November 8th, 2009First thing: I never drink alcohol during the day. Today I am making an exception. (Is drinking at noon to settle your ...
Referees, Sacrilege, Foulfests and Other Rave Green Thoughts that Kept Me Awake Last Night
By Laurie | November 7th, 2009Once again, those rave green thoughts that kept me awake: Jorge Gonzalez. That's the referee. Has he reffed for us before? ...
When, Against Your Better Judgment, You Open an Email Entitled "Orange Speedo," You Deserve What You Get. (OR: More Pat Onstad Photoshop Fun)
By Laurie | November 6th, 2009(Oh, what? Stop whining. Like the post title didn't warn you?) Email exchange. Topic line "Orange Speedo. " Same anonymous friend/Sounders fan I ...
Sounders Beat the Galaxy (no, not THAT Way), Plus Some Rave Green Links
By Laurie | November 6th, 2009First thing: thanks to all of you (with an able assist by Pat Onstad), Seattle Offside is now the top MLS blog on ...
$100 Fine for Pat Onstad. A Hundred Freakin' Dollars. Oh, Did I Mention? MLS Are Cowards
By Laurie | November 4th, 2009So back when I was about five, my family got really bad service in a restaurant. So bad that my parents very uncharacteristically decided ...
Too Many Nominees. We Need a Plan. Vote for Marshall and Ianni. Or Kasey and Fredy. Or...Damn. I Hate Decisions
By Laurie | November 4th, 2009Goal of the Year. Save of the Year. (Oh. Wait. Excuse me. "AT&T Goal of the Year" and"Degree Men Save ...
Pat Onstad for "Fair Play" and other Rave Green Ironies and Oddities in the End-of-Year Award Nominations
By Laurie | November 3rd, 2009Show of hands, all you legit journalists out there. After last Thursday, how many of you are thinking, "Wait! Wait! I didn't ...
Vote: Marshall or Ianni for Sunday?
By Laurie | November 2nd, 2009A not-so-horrible dilemma to have: two great choices to play alongside Jhon Kennedy Hurtado in central defense on Sunday. On the one hand, Tyrone Marshall. ...
Gushing Blood Special and Some Rave Green Links
By Laurie | November 2nd, 2009After watching this video of Juventus' Mauro Camoranesi, I'm thinking that the original Zombie Jaqua didn't have it so bad. (Not for the squeamish.) ...
Anybody Else Catching the Other Playoff Games? What do you Think?
By Laurie | November 1st, 2009I'm watching NE-Chicago right now (well, not technically right now, since it's halftime) and I'm finding myself thinking a couple of things. 1) In general, ...
I Wish I had Seen this BEFORE Halloween
By Laurie | November 1st, 2009Why, oh, why, did I not find this site till this morning? It's Zombie FC -- dedicated to combining the best of Sounders and ...
Some Days I am Dismayed at My Own Immaturity
By Laurie | October 31st, 2009This is a screenshot from the MLSnet site. The heading should NOT have made me laugh. But it did. MLSnet, you really need to ...
The Highlight Video, and Some Things You May Want to Pay Attention To
By Laurie | October 31st, 2009Highlight video, with some things you may want to look at: 1:00 -- Damn, we got lucky here. 1:22 -- ditto, but I think Keller would ...
My Utterly Unofficial Awards for the Western Conference Semifinal, First Leg
By Laurie | October 30th, 2009Let's start with the "MOST RIDICULOUS NAME EVER" award to: The "Eastern/Western Conference Semifinals." With 50% of the spots awarded to wild cards, let's just ...
"Light Rain," Male Bonding, Ricardo Salazar and Other Rave Green Thoughts That Kept Me Awake Last Night
By Laurie | October 29th, 2009The early morning thoughts of a sleepless fan on a pregame night: So why did I print my playoff tickets out as soon as I ...
Go Vote! Show Ives Who's REALLY Gonna Win the Cup
By Laurie | October 28th, 2009A couple of opportunities for you to engage your rave green voting fingers. (I hear there's a pill to fix that. But you ...
Vote: What's the Key to Shutting Down Houston?
By Laurie | October 27th, 2009Email exchange between me and David Falk, the Seattle Soccer Examiner, about his new poll: David Falk to me Vote: What's the biggest key to beating ...
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