Articles tagged with "seattle-team-news"
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 ...
The Galaxy FO Shows Us How Seattle Could Have Hosed the Fans for Playoff Tickets
By Laurie | October 27th, 2009With all our talk about ticket prices, and about teams valuing the fans, I thought you'd appreciate this comment left on our Galaxy blog. What's happened ...
A Cute Fan Video
By Laurie | October 26th, 2009Fun video for those wanting to relive the Sounders-Dallas game -- it manages to catch all the high points, with a few fun kid shots ...
The Playoff Picture, Vote for Brad and/or Nate, and other Rave Green Random Thoughts
By Laurie | October 26th, 2009First item of business: We finished third in the West, which makes our home game this Thursday. I'm hearing an ESPN kickoff time ...
Life is Really, Really Good
By Laurie | October 25th, 2009The only thing that would make this weekend better will be if Houston and Chivas tie tomorrow, leaving us #2 in the West. (LA ...
Beat Dallas. Save Jeff Cunningham's Immortal Soul.
By Laurie | October 23rd, 2009So. FC Dallas player Jeff Cunningham is on a killer scoring streak. How hot is the guy? He's so hot that it ...
Want to See How the MFP (Most Favorite Player) Poll is Coming?
By Laurie | October 22nd, 2009Remember my MFP (Most Favorite Player) poll? It started out kind of like a nice, itty bitty little plant. I took the seed, ...
Rave Green Odds and Ends
By Laurie | October 22nd, 2009I'm having a hard time getting focused on the Dallas game. Which is probably okay, given that I had a hard time focusing before ...
Are you a Season Ticket Holder? You May be Missing out on Extra Playoff Tickets
By Laurie | October 21st, 2009In what seems to be one of the first miscalculations by the Sounders ticket office, it looks like partial season ticket holders and people who ...
Awww. ACES Loves Us SO MUCH!
By Laurie | October 20th, 2009So I was going to the Sounders FC site to check to be sure I ordered my playoff tickets and absent-mindedly typed in "Seattlesoundersfc.com" ...
Vote for Nate, and other Rave Green Randoms
By Laurie | October 19th, 2009First thing: It is your job to go and vote for Nate Jaqua, who is again up for Goal of the Week. You ...
The Utterly Unofficial Awards from KC-Seattle
By Laurie | October 18th, 2009The, "ACTUALLY, THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THIS SIDE" award to: Seattle Sounders for making the playoffs with a game to spare. Did anybody else ...
My Favorite Moment from Last Night's Game
By Laurie | October 18th, 2009I'll be back later with my Utterly Unofficial Awards for KC-Seattle. But for now I just wanted to share a screenshot of my ...
WooHOO!! We're Going to the Playoffs!!!!!!
By Laurie | October 17th, 2009UPDATE from Seattle Times: Sounders FC, I am told, is scheduled to arrive at SeaTac Airport at 11:35 a.m. Sunday. I believe its Midwest ...
Oh, Yeah, We're Playing KC Tonight
By Laurie | October 17th, 2009Oh, that's right. We're playing KC in about half an hour. My stomach hurts. This game could be everything. Three points and we're in the ...
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