Sounders’ Mystery Match on March 11th

PORTLAND!!!

or vancouver

A usl team like Vancouver, or some U-20 team from Europe.

could this be some kind of test to see what the demand is for a unknown opponent? say like as a precursor to see if it is reasonable to host a CCL game at qwest?

WHO CARES!!!!   

is this game included for season tix holders? 

i do!

probably not.

I guess I need to state clearly that I’m excited to see the boys on the pitch before 3/25.  Who we play doesn’t matter in the bigger scheme, and since it’s being sold at $10 a ticket, I’ll assume it isn’t part of the STH package.

will sth get first dibs on our own seats?

With the pricing scheme, I’m going to bet that it is all GA with access to limited sections. Just a guess though.

I would expect a good showing by the supporter groups, so if you’ve ever wanted to pogo with ECS or chill with friends that happen to be in another section, complete GA would be perfect!

I know who it is… and everyone is going to want to be sure they make it to this match!

thumbs down! They give us meaningless pre-season exhibitions at Qwest, but not CCL or USOC. What planet are ownership/management living on!?

I know people want to complain about CCL or USOC in qwest, though I imagine the main reason this is in quest is to that they can “pratice” game day operations before the opener (and make some $$$ too).

Wonder what the chances are this will be televised?  Too bad it is midweek.

Tell me tell me tell me!!! Oh well… I guess I will see when I go to the match.

I don’t want to deal with Portland supporters here in Seattle.  Atleast Vancouver has class…

I agree, people are starving for some sort of action.  I can see this preseason game selling a lot of tickets.  By the time CCL or USOC comes around not as many people are willing to go to extra games.

Awesome!  But first the CBA needs to be taken care of.

Please let me forget that the CBA really dictates things above and beyond what the FO has setup…  At least I don’t have airline tickets…

Or  you could tell us…

You are annoying.

I’ll bet money it’s Portland! 

Hey that’s an imposter!

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Interesting. I sent my STH rep an e-mail asking for details and got a response that there is no match confirmed for that date… and the TM page is now pulled for that match.

It is Portland just announced on Sounders website

I have the avatar set up at home, but I mostly read this website at work. 

Brandon is right… check it out here. Just what Seattle needs, a bunch of Portland Timbers in town for a mid-week game.  There is a reason I moved away from there.

Do you actually think the atmosphere will be that good in a preseason game against Portland or do you guys think that because it is portland and a rival it will be a great atmosphere.

I see a few things happening:
A) A semi-large (semi because it is a weekday game) conglomerate of Timbers fans will come up to hope for their USL team beating our MLS team.
B) Large turn-out of Sounders supporters groups because they want to support the Sounders in the rivalry, not because they care about the outcome.
C) A smaller number other Sounder STH because it is a mid-week game and it doesn’t matter.
D) No play-time for star players (Fred, Freddy, Keller) because they don’t want them to get hurt because the game doesn’t matter.
E) Overall an above average atmosphere for a pre-season game because of the rivalry and because people want to watch soccer.