Seattle Sounders Advance To Third Straight Open Cup Final After 1-Nil Win Over FC Dallas

Would they want to change the dimensions when they’re undefeated with the current size?

I’m an FCD fan, so take this with a grain of salt:
 - Do Starfire games tend to be more physical? I’d figure that when you take 400 square feet (14 yds by 4 yd) out of a pitch, it’s only normal that there would be more collisions. When a ref loses control of a game like last night, that just leads to more chippiness.
 - If they renovate anything, I hope they build up one of the stands vertically, so the main camera has the wide vantage-point it needs to for a telecast. The production crew did a very impressive job of overcoming that with well produced cuts between multiple cameras, though.

I’ve heard (or read) that they’re going to try to add seating on the south side of the field where the uncovered bleachers are. However, because the river runs directly behind that area, it won’t be a big grandstand like on the north side.

In my opinion, any money they put toward renovating that field should be used to upgrade the lighting. I couldn’t believe how dark that field was after the sun went down.

This week we had an interview with Adrian Hanauer who discussed this very thing. Basically, he said it’s somethign that has been discussed but the financial don’t make a lot of sense right now. They don’t want to expand the stadium just so they can host more people for 3-5 Open Cup games a year. They need other teams to be using the field when they aren’t.

Oh wait, that was me….

Someone transcribes quicker than I do.

Are you implying that the ref didn’t deserve abusive language? The officials clearly lost control of the match by the time there were 15-20 minutes left.

Another FCD fan here.

Grats on the win. Good luck in CCL and looking forward to playoffs.

No excuses, Seattle outplayed FCD tonight.

Having a local guy in the EPL would have been pretty neat and in the past John has come over and socialized with the ECS so I’m not sure why we targeted him. I much rather us pointing out to Zach Scott of all people has made Shea his bitch.

There was a couple times during the game I was like," Oh Brek Shea is streaking down the middle." Then right as he was getting into position for a pass on his run Zach Scott would jump in and do something awesome. Absolutely smothered.

Sigi recently tabbed Zach Scott as the most improved player in his time with the team. The biggest change in Scott’s performance is an understanding of his strengths and weaknesses and how to play with the skills he has. Zach Scott will never be accused of having high performance after burners. He has to survive on his stature and positioning. He is a role player and when the team needs that role, Sigi can now call on him. Along the way, Scott has become Brek Shea’s personal nightmare. Every time Shea closes his eyes, he is beginning to see visions of Scott in his sleep.

Scott has had the responsibility of neutralizing Shea and he has done it well. Essentially Sigi used Scott to take Shea out of the contest and forced the other 10 players on FCD to beat Seattle without him. FCD hasn’t been able to do it yet. They’ve come agonizingly close and as a Sounder fan, there have been moments during these games where my heart has been in the back of my throat. It’s been a wild ride and the last 6 games have been spectacular. Honestly how many of us would have looked at this stretch of 6 games and predicted that the Sounders would finish them 5-0-1 with the tie being Chivas? All hail the men in Rave Green, Shale and Electricity yellow.