osvaldo-alonso Stories - Sounder At Heart
Parke, Ianni and How Positional Flexibility Creates a Better Sounders FC
Jeff Parke and Mike Seamon are back in camp today. Seamon has a secondary trial period to make the squad, and the shot seems a bit long right now. There is so much depth in the attacking positions (besides CAM) that Seamon's best chance might be as deep cover hanging out at one of the local PDL...
Was the Second Goal from a Corner?
Sometimes when tracking a game, no matter how stiff the definitions a play comes down to the judgement of the official scorekeeper. Baseball fans are all too familiar with this, as there is actually a time period when the official stats can change. Well, we get to see one of those cases from just...
Quick Thoughts: Sounders Smash Union 2-0
This is a quick snapshot, based off of my live thoughts of the match. Sounders moved the ball well when attacking. Quick, but under control. Alonso really sparked the ball movement in the back, and while Brad Evans won the Man of the Match I would be tempted to give it to Osvaldo. He was the...
Osvaldo Alonso - Holding Mid, or something more?
Early in the season Seattle fans went from wondering who the Cuban exile is, to instead knowing that not only was he a solid player from the USL-1 but another great defensive midfielder in the league. While yes, MLS has a lot of good holding/defensive midfielders, Alonso is one that still managed...
Ending the Revolution - Keys to Victory
New England represents so many of the problems with MLS 1.0. They are treated like step-brother by their NFL partners, a minor tenant in a stadium that should be beautiful. This game though will feature a team that on the pitch has scraped together through adversity and managed to teeter on the...
Tradition Doesn't Win
DC United proudly display the word "tradition" on their back collars. There isn't another MLS club that could do so. They have earned it. There was an idea that they carry 12 trophies means that they deserve the 13th and that expansion franchises will never deserve respect propagated on the net,...
At the Quakes - this isn't supposed to be easy
Seattle travels down to the Bay Area to face San Jose for the third match this season with the Heritage Cup on the line, while many would think this is a match made for victory it is not. What it is is an average home team hosting an average road team. While victory is necessary to continue...
Making the All Star Game better
Many MLS fans decry the All Star Game. They aren't used to it. Unlike the Playoffs, this is something without a parallel in world football. This is purely an Americanization. Frankly I like it. The voting is proper. No matter how much fans stuff the ballot the First XI are basically the top...
Battling for points in the Swamp
It seems odd to say, but on Match Day Fifteen I see a must win on the road. It isn't necessarily to stop the bleeding, 4 points in 2 at home is a great average. If Sounders do that over the season at home they would be 75% to the playoffs. This is a must win, because Osario has lost the team and...
Fredy and Freddie earn the win - update
Last night we saw the Freddyain (Two Freddies) at both their best and their worst. Some of the mistakes in play between the two and by Montero himself were the very lowlights of the match. One could come away from last night thinking that there were problems between the two that will never be...
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