Seba on Match Day One

Speeking of Le Toux. He was a defender in France. He came to the U.S. and became a forward. I am sure everyone else associated with the team knows that, but he told me that a couple of months ago. To me, this is a big point. A French bread player, that is just now becoming what he should have been. Now we have signed him. Hurtado. Trials at AC Milan and plays a game, then doesn’t make the cut and comes to Seattle. Zakuani. Plays in the Arsenal system until he doesn’t make the cut, do to a reduction of players and comes to the U.S. Now we have him. Kasey Keller coming back from Europe. Freddy L’s contract gets bought out because the owner is about to lose his bank. Otherwise, he is still with West Ham. Now he is with the Sounders. Jaqua goes to Europe. Decides to come back to the Dynamo on stipulation, he is unprotected in the expansion draft. Now a Sounder. Brad Evans not protected by the Crew. Coach ( Sigi Schmid) Seattle takes him. Enough said. Jeff Parke. One of the best defenders in the MLS is left unprotected due to minor performance enhancing drug use and his contract is up. He is most likely going to sign with a club from Europ. They get nervous about the supplement problems in the past and say no. Back to the U.S. and Seattle has snagged a player that would never have been exposed otherwise. Last. Fedy Montero. Perhaps the biggest coup in the history of the league. Add those up. I think things are falling into place quite nicely. Looks like someone is looking out for us. I there a possibility that we have put together a team that might have a different skill element that the rest of the league. I am starting to think so.

Good points TL. Although I think there is more to the story regarding a couple of players.

First, regarding Zak, he does get released due to a cut in and reduction of the Arsenal youth system. However, another thing that helped get him to America was his knee injury. We all know that with a serious knee injury, the player is not back to full strength until the 2nd year of playing. So, you are basically out a year with surgery and rehab. Then, although the following year you are back playing, you are still not up to the talent level you were at before the injury. So, Arsenal gave up on him before he was healed. Their loss was the University of Akron’s gain and now our gain.

Regarding Brad Evans, it depends whether you believe that Seattle was tampering or not whether Coach Schmid was involved with the drafting of him. Coach Schmid was not the coach of SSFC at the time of the expansion draft, he was a free agent with a non-compete clause in his previous contract.

Regarding Hurtado, he had the trial awith AC Milan and they actually wanted him. They tried to place him with a Swiss team, but he could not get get a work visa in Switzerland. At that time, SSFC swept in and the rest is history.

We certainly are not the usual expansion team. We actually have some quality depth with Parke, Zakuani, Vagenas, Eylander, etc.

check out this song about one of the Sounders players.
if you like it pass it on to other Seattle Sounders fans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxoHtSxZk2w