dick-fain Stories - Sounder At Heart
Soccer Evangelism In Season Three
Back in 2009 my seatmates and I decided that the four of us would have five seats. We did this to take girlfriends/wives, but also with the knowledge that we could expose some friends to the game who had not appreciated it live and local. While none grew into season ticket holders, several now...
Radio Hit - 9:05PM on KJR with Dick Fain
Dick Fain is filling in on the night show tonight on 950 KJR-AM Seattle tonight. He's going to have me on at 9:05PM, pending breaking news, etc. We'll talk CCL, MLS Playoffs, and the US Open Cup Final. If you want Seattle sports radio stations to talk more soccer, you need to listen when they do...
On Main Stream Media coverage of Sounders and Soccer
With the recent news that Jose Romero is leaving the Seattle Times, the rumors concerning Arlo White joining the Sounders broadcast, latest release of the Face of Sports (US)by Nielson and the nearly constant complaints on soccer forums about local sportsradio's lack of coverage of the Sounders I...
Guesting on a few podcasts
I had today off as I prep for a wedding at a Brewery/Distillery on Saturday. Often times when I get a weekday off I try to get an interview with a Sounder, but today they are flying. I did a little proselytizing to an EPL fan that doesn't like the "americanization" of the sport. My comments on...
No Tougher Test - SSFC @ Houston Dynamo
Let's test something this week. Sounders FC has a recent (last 5) form of 1-3-1 (0/8) and Houston has a 2-2-1 (7/7) form in the same stretch of league play. Recent form would make you think that Houston is a mid-table team and Sounders a bottom of the barrel expansion club. Recent form would be...
Who's that whispering in the streets?
On Saturday I was on KJR-AM Seattle with Dick Fain talking the Rapids and Timbers matches and a bit about Montero as well. Direct Link for Media Player and for those that Podcast. One thing I would like to do is crowd source my coaching. It has been a LOOOOOnnnnngg time since I was in Comm class. ...
KJR-AM still leading the soccer battle
While KJR-AM and 710 ESPN continue to fight for supremacy in Seattle sports talk there is one battle about which my readers will pay the most attention. Who talks more soccer, with more respect for the game both locally and nationally? The most soccer talk I have heard on "the official station for...
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