Yes, More 'A Date With A Sounder'
by Jeremiah Oshan on Sep 21, 2011 6:01 AM PDT
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On the heels of Tuesday's frustrating loss, we figured it might be a good idea to lighten the mood. And just in time, the Sounders have released another round of "Date With A Sounder" videos. In this batch, we have Mauro Rosales, Erik Friberg, Lamar Neagle, Servando Carrasco, Taylor Graham and Mike Seamon. I'm not sure that there's anything that will match "Pain Machine" for sheer longterm awesomeness, but Graham is at least giving it a shot with his pet cat Mr. Scorejangles.
My favorite video of the bunch has to be Friberg's. He seems to be enjoying it the most, even if it's not entirely clear if he knows exactly what he's gotten himself into.
Bonus points to Seamon, who listed his nickname as "The Seamonator" on his profile card.
Due to some technical difficulties, we weren't able to upload any of the videos, but follow that link to the Sounders' Facebook page where you can view them.
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No, he's very clear that he's a Fed Way guy
But he also notes that he has a kind of attachment to Tacoma and Auburn even.
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I think he was just born there
Sometimes rosters will list a guy’s place of birth, which can be slightly off from where they’re really from. (I had a weird discussion with a guy in a Boston bar about Brian Scalabrine, because Scalabrine was born in Long Beach, CA, and went to USC, which caused the guy to assume Scalabrine was a Southern California guy, since that’s the roster’s only background information; “No, really. He went to Enumclaw High School and Highline CC in Des Moines – no, there’s a Des Moines in Washington – if you’ve flown to Seattle you’ve been over it. I swear!…”)
He went to TJ HS, which has an Auburn address and is in the Federal Way district (one of its feeder schools has an Auburn address, the other is in Kent). Most people would think of that area as Federal Way, although it’s historically been unincorporated King County. Some of the students live in the city of Federal Way, but most have Auburn or Kent addresses, and people not technically in FW are socially most connected to Federal Way, with a little bit of Auburn or Kent mixed in.
It’s about the most useless information I could ever have in my head, but eight years of working in the schools there will do that to you.
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by mistuhp on Sep 21, 2011 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
"A lot of people make fun of my name"
But I don’t get it… I think Mike is an awesome name.
That was the best one for me.
by CarlosT on Sep 21, 2011 9:04 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Oh boy...first the Pirate Face..now the Swedish Massage...
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by Timm Higgins on Sep 21, 2011 9:20 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
probably my fav
Can’t wait to see it unleashed on the pitch
by Colin Johnson on Sep 21, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I still think Pain Machine is the best line, Lamar comes pretty close, but Roger still wins.
The absolutely funniest thing yet though was walking out of the game when Roger poached the goal off of the keeper and did the pirate dive.
Walked up the King Street Station bridge from the parking lot, to 4th Avenue to catch a bus… and that smirky Roger face is winking down at us from the huge billboard five blocks away saying,
“I LIKE TO HANG AROUND THE GOAL!”
These are so much more awesome than anything else other teams have done
I was impressed with how good Friberg’s English was. I still think besides Pain Machine I like the Fucito’s fact the best “The doctor told me I when i grew up I would be 6’2”. Still waiting for that to happen." For some reason that is totally hilarious to me.
Some possible reasons for Friberg's good English:
1. Europeans tend to learn multiple languages from a young age, which makes acquiring a new language easier later
2. English is now the de facto international language, and he probably studied it in school as a kid
3. Swedish and English are both Germanic languages, with many cognate words and parallel grammatical constructions; and both use the Roman alphabet (with small modifications)
If he were Korean or Arab I would be more impressed; still, good for him! I’m looking forward to seeing the “Swedish Massage” celebration next time he scores : D
by Philip Mueller on Sep 22, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
he definitely spoke some english when he signed
But his english is vastly improved.
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by Jeremiah Oshan on Sep 22, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
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