Sounders to Appear in Charity Match with Rapids
The Colorado Rapids announced today that they will be participating in a Charity Match with Sounders FC the week before First Kick.
The “Charity Shield” will be held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Friday, March 19th. Proceeds from the match will be forwarded to UNICEF earmarked for relief in Haiti.
thanks LAG
after the explosive sounders FC start, and the poor start of many other teams, it seemed like, while it would be premature to think we were going to win the league, well, we could count on the playoffs…. but then over the last 4–6 weeks that feeling started to slip away from a ‘we will make the playoffs’ to a ‘boy, we could throw this away.’
yesterday hopefully put a stop to that…. we put 4 points between colorado and us but in more of a surprise, the galaxy held houston.
houston is still 3 points ahead with a game in hand, but there was a point there where they didn’t look like they were going to drop another point. they play that game in hand on july 4th away to KC. should they fail to get a point there, we will be playing them on the 11th where a win would see us leapfrog them in the standings based upon goal differential.
funny how quick these things change
Seattle Sounders FC 3: :0 Colorado Rapids
Nate Jaqua celebrates one of his 2 goals (by Getty Images)
From Sounders FC…
SEATTLE- Nate Jaqua scored two goals and Fredy Montero scored the game’s first and assisted on the others as the Seattle Sounders FC posted a 3-0 win over the Colorado Rapids at Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field on Sunday afternoon.
Montero scored in his fourth consecutive game as the Sounders FC (6-3-7) extended their unbeaten streak to four games (2-0-2). The match attracted the largest crowd of the season, 32,526, and it was Seattle’s first shutout in 10 MLS games.
Colorado (5-3-6) had an eight-game unbeaten run ended. The Rapids trail Seattle by four points in the Western Conference and have two games in hand. Read more
much needed win against a close division rival
I wasn’t able to make this game. It was the anniversary for the wifey and I, and I just got back from picking up the kids from the grandparents and now I am sitting down to a DVR’d Sounders match.
I am going to try something new and blog while I watch (with a few paused moments to be able to catch up). Not trying to do a play by play, but merely write on the important moments of the match. And as I start off here, I am on about a 45 minute delay from the live match. Already, my phone has been getting many texts, so I am translate that into goals, I just don’t know who for yet.
US Open Cup Play-in: Sounders FC 1: :0 Colorado Rapids
Seattle defeated the Rapids on Tuesday night 1-0 to secure one of the 8 spots in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup that are reserved for MLS clubs.
Playing Colorado for the second time in four days, some new faces (and some familiar) saw playing time. Kasey Keller, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Nate Sturgis, and Sebastien LeToux all found themselves starting in the Play-in Match.
The game’s lone score came in the 61st minute and started on a long Sanna Nyassi throw-in to Roger Levesque who passed the ball on to Kevin Forrest’s head for the goal.
Official Scoring Read more
US Open Cup Match Information
Seattle Sounders FC are taking on the Colorado Rapids tonight in the final MLS Play-In Match of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Kickoff is slated for 7p from the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila.
For those who can’t make it, SoundersFC.com will be streaming and audiocast of the game. Thom Beuning will be calling the game with analysis by Pete Fewing.
ALSO, the official US Open Cup website will be providing a Live Blog of the match’s action.
4th draw in a row… but this is ok
Nate Jaqua (AP)
let me paint the picture.
i am at my parents. no dvr. dinner being served at 6:30pm, game time. a pain in the B 3 year old to my right, hungry crying 9 week old to the left (both of those kids mine)… no tv in sight while the game is going on. totally miss the first half…i am just dying.
between diaper changes, naughty chairs (not what you are thinking for those that don’t have kids), helping my mom with her computer problems etc, (mom, i don’t know what you mean when you say “the thingy just goes away when i click the doo dah!!!”) i didn’t get to concentrate on much of the second half either.
so my review is totally half baked, half assed and you should not give it any validity. but what i did see from the game…………….. let me say this. Read more
Colorado Rapids 2: :2 Seattle Sounders FC
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Fredy Montero Scores in the 17th Minute against Colorado (AP)
Sounders FC gained its fourth consecutive draw tonight in a 2-2 match on the road against the Colorado Rapids.
Seattle (4-2-4) went up 1-0 in the 17th minute as Fredy Montero rebounded his own miss to score his 4th goal on the 2009 campaign.
After Colin Clark and Conor Casey scored in the 25th and 47th minutes repectively, Nate Jaqua evened the game at 2 in the 76th minute off of an assist from Montero and James Riley.
Pete Vagenas started and played 70 minutes in his first action in Rave Green this season. Osvaldo Alonso started at center mid for the Sounders but sustained a strain to his right quadricep needing him to get pulled in the second minute.
The two clubs will meet again on Tuesday at Starfire in a Play-In Match for the US Open Cup. [Tickets]
Match 10: Sounders FC @ Colorado Rapids Preview
Sounders FC hit the road for the second consecutive week as they take their 4-2-3 (15pts) record to Colorado to take on the Rapids (3-2-3) at Dicks Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.
Both teams are riding a three-game unbeaten streak as both squads gained draws last week on the road; Seattle at Dallas and Colorado at New England.
The Sounders face another top goal scorer this week as they meet up with Conor Casey who is second in the Golden Boot competition with five goals in Colorado’s 8 matches. he will try to score on the goalkeeper with the leading goals against average in MLS is in the opposing net as Kasey Keller sports a .41 gaa. Read more
MLS Stadium Tour: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
Seattle hits the road for the second half of back-to-back away matches as they head to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, home of the Colorado Rapids.
