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Sports Yesterday in Sport: Sounders Win!
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Yesterday in sport, the Sounders won their opener in a 3-0 shutout, playing before a sold-out-plus-more-seats-added-also-sold-out crowd of insanely enthused fanatics. Related story: Many people think Jonah is a douche. Also: The lame, lame eleven o'clock news on some channel or other reported the story as a business one, making much of the joy of the business owners of Pioneer Square (which makes some sense considering the recent closure of the J&M and the fact that Merchants Cafe, Mitchelli's, and an unnamed P. Square "Dinner Club and Night Club" are all for sale). (Additionally, according to the teevee: Drew Carey, one of the team's owners, is stoked. He wondered philosophically [tipsily?] to the cameras what this would all look like in 50 years. Unclear what he was getting at. It is hoped that we'll all have been able to move back out of the cardboard boxes we'll have had to move into.)
And Dan is empirically correct about the hottest Sounder. (He also shared some other sounders. I didn't read this—instantly recognized it as yet another piece of knowledge from Mr. Savage that would resound unpleasantly in my brain for the rest of my days—you should not read it either.)
Meanwhile, inquiring minds want to know the postgame thoughts/feelings/etc. of one Future Fan?:
I'm going to the game tonight to see whether it is boring or not. According to fans of the game, soccer is incredibly romantic, tragic, exciting, and habit-forming*. We'll see.
Posted by Future Fan? on March 19, 2009 at 3:11 PM
* Completely true. Love you, Jonah, but you ARE a douche.
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Wheee! I'm very excited about the future of this team, everything looks like it's going well. That Montero lives up to the talk.
And yes, soccer is incredibly romantic, tragic, exciting, and habit-forming. If you find it boring, well, we don't really need you.
And yes, soccer is incredibly romantic, tragic, exciting, and habit-forming. If you find it boring, well, we don't really need you.
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@2
It's called a clean sheet, and when you score 3, that is something to be excited about.
I'm sold. Definitely going to a few games this season.
It's called a clean sheet, and when you score 3, that is something to be excited about.
I'm sold. Definitely going to a few games this season.
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The Stranger actually covers sports; too bad it's soccer--about as much of a sport as lawn bowling, competitive eating or chess.
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I'm totally excited to take my kids to see pro soccer. I would never dream of taking them to the madness of a football game, and they are bored by baseball.
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@4 ah yes the terminology. When playing Fifa 08 I'd have to constantly wiki terms to understand their achievement goals.
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@2 (and 7, I suppose): clean sheets are always something to be proud of, because it's always nice to brag about how your opponent couldn't score. But also because league positioning is often decided on goal difference (goals scored minus goals conceded).
Plus, starting the team from the get-go with a totally dominant performance like that is great.
Plus, starting the team from the get-go with a totally dominant performance like that is great.
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Drew Carey was on ESPN Radio last night discussing the business model for the Sounders, of which he is a part owner. It was fun to hear. It sounds like you have a good product in Seattle.
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Other than soccer, my second fave is women's curling.
Oh, ok, and baseball, but only cause of Ichiro.
LA had a fantastic keeper who worked his heart out - it wasn't his prob his team was outmatched by our green river demons or that they flagged out and couldn't handle the wet grass we love.
Oh, ok, and baseball, but only cause of Ichiro.
LA had a fantastic keeper who worked his heart out - it wasn't his prob his team was outmatched by our green river demons or that they flagged out and couldn't handle the wet grass we love.
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@11. Dude, it was NY not LA. Stop saying LA.
Didn't you read any of the comments on the last soccer post?
Didn't you read any of the comments on the last soccer post?
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Who is "LA", Will? Were you watching some other team called "LA"? Because the Sounders played the New York Red Bulls last night, not "LA".
And Qwest Field has an artificial turf called "Field Turf", not grass.
And New York's keeper was jittery and terrible. Maybe you missed the second goal, while you were off looking at "LA". It nutmegged him -- went between his legs. That's not fantastic. Neither is coming within an inch of handling the ball outside of the box, nor finding yourself lying on the ground with both the ball and an opposing striker behind you.
What is it that compels you to comment so vociferously on stuff you know absolutely nothing about?
And Qwest Field has an artificial turf called "Field Turf", not grass.
And New York's keeper was jittery and terrible. Maybe you missed the second goal, while you were off looking at "LA". It nutmegged him -- went between his legs. That's not fantastic. Neither is coming within an inch of handling the ball outside of the box, nor finding yourself lying on the ground with both the ball and an opposing striker behind you.
What is it that compels you to comment so vociferously on stuff you know absolutely nothing about?
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Will. Will. My fucking god just shut up. Or pay attention THEN comment. Or just sober the fuck up for a few days. Whatever it is, get the fuck rid of it. Christ, man.
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Actually, Fnarf, I read on a soccer site that Qwest switches out the turf for natural grass for the Sounders games. I might have been on crack at the time, so I'm not 100% if this is true.
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Sorry, I'm just so excited about our future win against LA that I keep saying that instead of NY ... it was all they were talking about on the radio before the game against NY ...
The streamer things probably added to the grass slippage.
Yeah, it's grass. Go smoke it, Fnarf.
The streamer things probably added to the grass slippage.
Yeah, it's grass. Go smoke it, Fnarf.
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No, it's field turf. It was a big deal when they announced the championship game here. First time on turf and some people aren't happy.
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They have switched out grass before for soccer games at Qwest, but not for MSL games; only for CONCACAF matches, which must be played by FIFA rules, which stipulate grass.
The Sounders played on Field Turf last night. If you were watching the game, you would have heard the announcers going on about at length.
You can also read about the turf, and players' reactions to it, here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/so…
Will, it's like you're running an organized campaign to make yourself look stupid. You're doing a heckuva job.
The Sounders played on Field Turf last night. If you were watching the game, you would have heard the announcers going on about at length.
You can also read about the turf, and players' reactions to it, here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/so…
Will, it's like you're running an organized campaign to make yourself look stupid. You're doing a heckuva job.
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Thirty-some-thousand fans in a stadium that holds sixty-some-thousand fans equals a sellout?
Riiiiiiiiiiiigghht.
Riiiiiiiiiiiigghht.
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They sold all the tickets that were offered, and then sold some more when they opened up sections. The upper decks were closed off for MLS. Every ticket that went for sale was sold; that is, indeed, a sellout.
They are not in competition with the Seahawks. They might, however, outdraw the Mariners on a per-game basis this year.
They are not in competition with the Seahawks. They might, however, outdraw the Mariners on a per-game basis this year.
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Will, even you should know when it's time to STFU. It's NY, it's field turf, and their keeper had a horrible game -- as did his teammates.
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30,000 empty seats say you're a delusional fuckwad, and calling it a sellout is a p.r. smokescreen you're swallowing hooklinesinker.
Kim Jong Il has an opening in the Ministry of Information for you.
Kim Jong Il has an opening in the Ministry of Information for you.
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@23: wow, going straight to the dictators to argue the point in an exceedingly minor disagreement. You're a real winner! You're right, soccer *must* be terrible and clearly, no one showed up to enjoy the game.
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@25, Where did I say soccer was terrible? I enjoy soccer. Have you been to a Premiership game? Have you watched Bayern play in Munich?
What I hate is bullshit.
What I hate is bullshit.
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@28: I apologize, then. It's hard to figure out which troll is just hating on soccer in general, or which troll is hating on those who are excited about supporting their local professional team as opposed to glory-hunting with a major European team instead.
(I have not been to see Bayern in Munich, although I've heard the Allianz is fantastic and I would love to see a game there someday. I have seen Hertha in Berlin, which is not a particularly good stadium for them, although I hope it's a little better now considering the season they're having.)
(I have not been to see Bayern in Munich, although I've heard the Allianz is fantastic and I would love to see a game there someday. I have seen Hertha in Berlin, which is not a particularly good stadium for them, although I hope it's a little better now considering the season they're having.)
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I've been to a Premiership game, cock. And bullshit is what you're retailing here. They sold all of the tickets there were. There are Premiership teams that couldn't draw 32-five if they wanted to; Hull City, Blackburn, Fulham, Bolton, Portsmouth, Stoke, Wigan, West Brom all hold less in their stadiums.
The Sounders are not Man United or Bayern Munich. That's not news, nor is it interesting. It is interesting that Bayern's last match, at Bochum, drew fewer fans than the Sounders did last night. And despite your feckless cavilling, it was a pretty exciting night of football.
The Sounders are not Man United or Bayern Munich. That's not news, nor is it interesting. It is interesting that Bayern's last match, at Bochum, drew fewer fans than the Sounders did last night. And despite your feckless cavilling, it was a pretty exciting night of football.
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@28 I would have gone had it not sold out. But it did sellout so I couldn't go. See how that works?
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Protip: nobody snarking soccer in blog comments is actually interested in changing their mind about it.
KC's evolution on the play-by-play call is going to be interesting. For his first run out on the radio feed, I thought he did all right. He's still got a bit of work to do on reading the game, but that's to be expected. He probably should find a better default verb for a player in possession than "handles" as soon as possible, though.
KC's evolution on the play-by-play call is going to be interesting. For his first run out on the radio feed, I thought he did all right. He's still got a bit of work to do on reading the game, but that's to be expected. He probably should find a better default verb for a player in possession than "handles" as soon as possible, though.
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I'm online searching for verification that Gregoire, holder of Season tickets, was booed by the opening game crowd. Source was credible, but not print - why wasn't this covered?
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@36 I was there, they did boo. Not universally, not Sarah-Palin-Hockey-Game booing but there was definitely a loud and noticeable subcurrent of booing under the applause.
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