Fredy Montero named MLS Humanitarian for March
by sidereal on Mar 8, 2011 10:09 AM PST
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The league announced today that Seattle Sounders' Fredy Montero was named MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Month in March for his work in the offseason raising money to help the flood victims in his native Colombia. Not honored, but equally deserving, are all of you who donated.
He's the second consecutive Sounder to win the award after James Riley won it in October for his efforts against breast cancer. Seattle's Sanna Nyassi also won the first award last season (in April) for his work in the league's Nothing but Nets anti-malaria initiative. So the Sounders have made up 3 of the last 8 honorees. And while it's not a competition, it shows that being a Seattle Sounder is about more than just soccer. This is a community as much as it is a team.
If you want to continue to help the Sounders reach their charitable goals, you can attend tomorrow's match versus Colorado, the proceeds of which go to the team's community partners.
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First - Congrats to Fredy!
But second, perhaps this is the reason we let Portland and Vancouver win? We’re just humanitarians?
Can we be less humanitarian? I’d like for our front four to score goals (even if it makes the other team feel hurt) and our defense not to gift-wrap them for the other team (even if scoring goals makes the other team feel really nifty).
All jesting aside – I am proud to support this club. These guys work amazingly hard at their jobs, most don’t make a ton of money (compared to other American professional athletes), and they still invest themselves in their local and global communities. GO SOUNDERS!
I would also encourage the Sounders to step up their efforts to donate soccer balls to the backs of nets
by lemonverbena on Mar 8, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What a great cause
I’m in full support of this.
by wyte_lightning on Mar 8, 2011 12:44 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Is there a paypall for that?
I can totally donate.
Pity
We are bigger people than portland who offer no pity. The Sounders however took pity on these new weak expansion teams and threw them a few wins so they could feel what it is like before the losses start coming.
Scoreboards, not billboards.
Regular season, not pre-season.
Our guys are so nice
that Keller even threw back his save of Cooper’s shot so that Perlaza would know what it felt like to score. And Graham felt so bad for Salgado not being able to play in the league that he let him stroll on by to get a goal. Heck, Boss even threw one into goal for them…
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