sebastien-le-toux Stories - Sounder At Heart
Sounders stats for the next two weeks
Sounders have another off-week. A week in which they will be watching scoreboards and working on tactics. Probably the biggest decision will be who to start as the other Forward with Montero, who to put on the Right Wing and followed by how to use the Central Midfielders. These decisions have...
Standing on one's head
Many will like to look at this match and say the Sounders played better than Chivas and so deserved to win. I'm a results focused guy though, they tend to actually wind up in the standings and the trophies. Teams either earn results or they don't. In this case Zach Thorton earned the results. He...
This is not groundhog day - United host Sounders
Sure, it feels like we've all been here before, maybe because of that great US Open Cup Win! But it is not Groundhog Day. This is a league match against an opponent that is ahead of the Sounders on the current table and are now pacing for 5th and 45 points. A win would also mean that DC owns 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,...
Le Toux's Postgame ritual
Having stayed at Qwest in order to watch the USA v Brasil I noticed one of those things that clearly declares that the team one supports is proper and just. Sebastien Le Toux spent at least 30 minutes signing autographs and posing for pictures, often times even climbing into the stands so that more...
Green - Blue - Green
On a bright Sunday afternoon, while our National team rediscovered how powerful Brasil is, Seattle Sounders FC put forward their wills, their force and declared that this is a summer of soccer indeed. In front of the record setting crowd (thanks you last three people) Seattle showed that the new...
Rapids at Sounders a preview
Colorado have games in hand versus the Sounders, including more matches at home than any other team. This game has more value in the standings than any other this month. It reminds the league that home is where the Sounders feast, and forces the Rapids to pause in their attempt to pass...
Half Way Report
Fifteen of thirty matches played. 22 of 45 points won. A new standard for expansion in the league, and yet no where near the goals that the organization has put forward. What have we learned from the first half of the Sounders season? 1 - Like in hockey a great keeper can carry a club. Kasey...
Missed Opportunity
Three matches in eight days starts to wear on fans, on media, but mostly on players. The effect on this team was not fully apparent, as there was plenty of energy in a lineup that saw a few changes, but those changes were not what determined this outcome. Most often followers of a club would be...
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...
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