supporters-shield Stories - Sounder At Heart
Hunt For Multiple Trophy Season From Underdog Role For Sounders
From Joe Roth to Adrian Hanauer to Sigi Schmid to players like Mike Fucito, Seattle Sounders FC has been quite clear about its goals for this year. Another US Open Cup title will not be enough. It is a consistent organizational chorus that started at the End of Year Business Meeting and is hinted...
State of the MLS Run In: 3 Weeks to Go
As the regular season winds down I'm going to be posting a weekly summary of the some of the data and predictions we're generating, which should give you some context going into each week of games. Previous Week This one comes a day late thanks to the focus on the US Open Cup final yesterday, but...
State of the MLS Run In: 4 Weeks to Go
As the regular season winds down I'm going to be posting a weekly summary of the some of the data and predictions we're generating, which should give you some context going into each week of games. Previous Week This week saw the LA Galaxy continue to pull away from the pack at the top of the...
State of the MLS Run In: 5 Weeks To Go
As the regular season winds down I'm going to be posting a weekly summary of the some of the data and predictions we're generating, which should give you some context going into each week of games. Previous Week The Portland Timbers have been quietly climbing up the playoff probability standings...
September Schedule Is Calm Before Storm For Sounders
For the Seattle Sounders the month of September starts with a long rest, at least during a three season competition. Considering the way that the schedule gets so crowed with MLS, US Open Cup, CONCACAF Champions League and finally the MLS Cup Playoffs in October this chance at rest combined with a...
Sounders Summer Break: Playoff Expectations
Dave recently discussed where we can expect the Sounders to end up at the end of the regular season. I'd like to take the next step and look at what the playoff match-ups would be and how that would affect Kasey's chances of lifting the Cup in LA. The table in Dave's post contained three different...
Seattle Sounders At Break: Standings and Expected Standings
These are really high times in Seattle Sounders land. The giddiness over the 11 match all competitions unbeaten streak is hard to contain. While the defense has been a little rough, it isn't awful and the offense is just playing amazing right now. Since game four Seattle has been earning two points...
MLS Playoff and Supporters Shield Odds at the Halfway Point
We're now halfway through the 2011 MLS season, more or less, and the playoff picture has started to shake out. As the last few seasons have shown, championships aren't won by the best regular season team. The secret to winning an MLS championship is making the playoffs by hook or by crook and...
July Offers Chance For Runs At Multiple Trophies
Back when June started, we noted the Gold Cup that drew down some rosters and helped the Seattle Sounders to a 4th place standing by points per match, 2nd by raw points. While July also has some Copa America action, the roster lightening isn't as significant. What is meaningful is that July will...
Seattle Sounders Technical Director Chris Henderson on Constructing a Roster to Compete for Multiple Trophies
If you followed the Sounders v Portland Timbers Cascadia Summit game at SoundersFC.com at half time you heard Chris Henderson talk about how a team that wants to compete for the Supporters Shield needs every point it can get. Saturday, after practice Henderson and I talked about competing for...
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