steve-zakuani Stories - Sounder At Heart
Poll: Would you like to see Brian Mullan play?
Between that suspension giving him some rusty play and a few lingering injuries that have been knocking the legs out from under him, Brian Mullan hasn't exactly been a 100% sure thing to play in the game against Seattle on Saturday this week. Now Coach Gary Smith is saying that he might not even be...
Brian Mullan will return from his suspension against Columbus
Brian Mullan made league history in all the wrong ways back on April 22nd when his horror tackle against Steve Zakuani broke the Seattle Sounders star player's leg and ended his season. Brian went on to get the largest suspension in the history of the league, nine games along with the usual single...
Presenting The Akron MACwood Squares
MACwood Squares is our summer reading series on the best athletes in Mid-American Conference sports history. This week features Akron. Looking for your MAC school? Consult our schedule for other teams and please submit your nominees as well. So much soccer. So many long surnames. A quick liner on...
A calmer look at Saturday's tie
Almost 12 hours removed from a game I called the most frustrating result of the season, and after watching the match's highlights, I think it's a little easier to feel OK about dominating the defending Supporter's Shield winners and having to settle for a tie. Not happy, not satisfied, but OK. (As...
Keys to Game: Crew at Seattle
Columbus continues to be one of the best teams in the league. A trend that started three seasons ago under Sigi, and has continued as they retain almost all of their key players, and all coaches not named Sigi. With such light turnover leading them to two Supporter Shields, an MLS Cup and a 2010...
Quick Review: Terry Vaughn had 3 Assists in Sounders 2-2 Draw at Dallas
I like to blog about tactics. I like to blog about players. I like to blog about the game. Very rarely do I blog about referees. Tonight, in this thread I will. But still not much. We'll break the game itself down more later, but for now, let's just note that the referee should be given an assist...
Quick Review: Sounders 2 - Salt Lake 2
I promised Steve Clare that I would do the player ratings at his site for this match, and those will be up later today or tomorrow, as I will be watching this match again. But as I tended to focus on the individual performances while trying to host a party and a gamethread on occaission, there were...
Review: Sounders lose to Red Bull 1-Nil
MLS classifies every goal scored into the following categories - Open Play, Cross, Rebound, Own Goal and four types of set-play - the Corner, the Penalty, the Direct Kick and the Indirect. About 22% of all goals came from what could broadly be labeled Set-Plays. Seattle, last year, was actually a...
Preview: Sounders host Red Bull New York
Red Bull had a very bad year. Their head coach, sporting director and other personnel people were fired, and they were a team that demands roster churn. The club followed through. Bringing in Backe to coach is a move that Freddie Ljungberg really liked, having previously suggested him for coach of...
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...
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