Sounders Beat LA to Advance in Open Cup

unbeaten in electricity

unbeaten by sitting most of the starters…

just sayin

I hope the inspired play in USOC/friendlies/electricity helps Sigi get this mess of an MLS season sorted.

C’mon you Sounders!

IMG!!!!!!! My new job is working swings, so I am missing week night games. This just made my last break even better! At least there is hope for the sounders.

where’s bud…?
but in all seriousness, this just confirms my suspicion that the FO and sigi decided that a league championship is unattainable, and that the important trophies are the USOC and CCL…

One win and it is easy to forget the trend.  We need to stay on the FO to make improvements.  Otherwise, we’ll be treated to getting beaten by DC, PHL, etc forever.

Never forget the trend, celebrate the win and see the hope. The front office see’s whats’s happening, i want to give them the benefit, so we will see what happens with the roster this off season tell then we can only hope for another USOC title ^^ GO SOUNDERS!!!

To all the Jaqua haters from last year…

I missed his big head.

any chance at all the Semifinal will be held at Qwest? or atleast on TV? thank god this town loves soccer enough to show the online feed at bars.

Jaqua has started a trend with heading the ball into the net!!  First in Portland, then twice last night.  One of the main reasons for having a big guy up top.  It’s what we wanted last year… and it is finally clicking for him.  He’s looking really good!

@Gee

I’m fairly certain the venue is fixed at being held at Starfire.  It really is a great place to play these games.  Let’s just hope that the MLS version of the Sounders can finally get a win over Chivas.

If we’re fortunate enough to win against Chivas–I hope the M’s don’t muck-up our chance at hosting the final and retaining our Cup.

Sadly, the Semifinal Venue has already been announced as Starfire.

Do you think Sigi wanted to secure the win when he had Leo & Riley in at the midfield wings with Wahl, Parke, Ianni, and Scott on the back line to end the match?

no….sigi has just been playing them out of position all season because of injuries…

Unrelated question – does anyone know what is going on with our injuries?

Evans by the end of the month?  Same on Alonso?  What about Fucito, haven’t heard anything on that in weeks.   You got to feel for him – the great goal and then nothing. 

Evans told me last night that he’s hoping to be back in 2 weeks. When I replied “2 weeks!?!’ he smirked and said he was pushing it.

Fucito is getting better and just started some light jogging this week and may be able to be back in about a month.

A good win. The team as a whole needed that. Here’s to hoping it leads to many more wins.

And I really like our chances against Metapan, even our resereves.

USOC final is set for October 5.

Mariners last game is October 3. Assuming the M’s miss the play-offs.

I agree, Jaqua has started a new trend, scoring goals!

There were bars doing the online feed? 

I was a little bit of a Jaqua hater last year, but after reviewing the season, I changed my mind.  Now he is coming back to his old form I can see why we suffered this season without him.  Is it just me or should Montano be first team?  He and Jaqua and sanna are hard to deal with.  Add Zakuani and most teams might have real trouble. Then sub in Montero after Montano is spent and you might have a killer team. 

How come the feed was so bad?  I was on a very fast line and I know when it’s not my line that makes it stall and sputter,then there was the “Off The Air” displayed for some time.  I think the Timbers web feed was far better.

Unbeaten at Starfire?

Safe assumption, I’d say.

Yea, at the Kangaroo & Kiwi! It was was on a huge flat screen, but still kinda hard to tell what really was going on the whole time.

with the way the M’s season is going, Our game should take precedence, and i say that with all due respect to the M’s and as a huge baseball fan.

The timber feed was great just delayed 20 minutes real useful

the feed sucked

both feeds were utter shit… i cant believe that Kong isnt covering it… what do they have that is better to show? reruns of the andy griffith show or something?