Sounders vs. Houston Playoff Info

10am Houston time?  wtf?

Mike Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 9:28 am

Psst… the “PT” stands for Pacific Time!

That will be a fun day of drinking and watching a win to get to the next round.

oh yeah, that’s how it works….

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Wow, the league is really catering to the Sounders.  Sending Houston all the way to seattle on 4 days rest after playing 3 games in 8 days just to get Seattle on TV??? 

Are these times really PT?  10AM kickoff here in Houston is ridiculous.

Mike Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 10:27 am

“a 12p PT” is a 2p start in Houston.

Mark Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 10:52 am

It’s not just to get “Seattle on TV.”  It is how it has to be with the seeding and Qwest field’s schedule.

Sorry im an idiot. I still would prefer an evening game. Sucks to have the Texans playing a critical divisonal game at the same time.

Thanks guys!

I’m a little confused about Real Salt Lake since they will play in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, right?  Who do they end up playing in this first leg?  And if they go forward, how do they handle Conference Championship if it’s a team from the West who wins it? 

LJ Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 11:44 am

I’m guessing they play Columbus…

Any word on if they are opening up 300 level seats?  I saw that you guys mentioned if before.  However I didnt see 300 level  seating as an option on ticketmaster.

Umm… go get em NOW. They said they were avilable.

Yep- click here.

Just ask for best available, and they’ll be there, if they aren’t sold out.

I am excited.  We are one of the hottest teams right now (5-1-1 in the last 7) and we had a +2 differential against them.  If we could go up 2 goals thursday I will be very happy.  Can’t wait to get there.  Putting in lots of OT so I can make it.

let’s give the sounders the BEST home field crowd the mls has EVER seen!!! go sounders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Put pressure on the Sounders to open up the upper deck.  A sold out Qwest for a playoff game would be a massive statement that Seattle is SoccerTown USA.

Come on Seattle! Open up the entire stadium, I bet it would sell out.  The lower deck sold out in 30 mins! WTF!!

Mike Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 10:13 am

I wish I had the same feeling as you- but they added 3,000 seats on Saturday in the 300 level, and those are still available.

Danger Nut Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

I agree with Mike.  There are still fantastic seats available at the the club level as of right now.  I wanted a 67,000 sellout but it looks like the Sounders front office has acurately gauged the demand.

Kind of disappointing.  Especially considering all the wailing and gnashing of teeth all season regarding ticket availability.

At least we will never have worry about anyone whining about not being able to get Sounders tickets ever, ever again.