Kasey Keller and Drew Carey are next.

Here is the airing schedule on FSN:

Kasey Keller

• Tue 1/13 6:00 PM: (debut)
• Tue 1/13 9:30 PM
• Wed 1/14 5:00 PM
• Fri 1/16 5:30 PM  
• Mon 1/19 2:30 PM
• Tue 1/20 2:00 PM
• Wed 1/21 9:30 PM
• Fri 1/23 6:00 PM  

• Fri 1/16 7:00 PM (debut)
• Fri 1/16 10:00 PM
• Mon 1/19 7:00 PM 
• Tue 1/20 5:30 PM
• Tue 1/20 10:00 PM
• Wed 1/21 5:00 PM
• Fri 1/23 7:30 PM 
• Fri 1/23 10:00 PM 

Note that at 5p on January 23rd, you can watch all four Sounders FC episodes starting with Henderson:

Fri 1/23 5:00 PM: Chris Henderson

Fri 1/23 5:30 PM: Sigi Schmid

Fri 1/23 6:00 PM: Kasey Keller

Fri 1/23 7:30 PM: Drew Carey

SOOOOOOO. my desire to blog was curbed quite a bit. but with that, the roof is going to be completed today, i have been catching up on my sleep, and i was able to get 15 minutes 1×1 time with drew last night before the members meeting. so there is a lot to talk about. i mean a lot.

as the first, err and only, person of the membership council, i threw around my dictatorship and demanded a meeting with drew. or, i sent an email to bart asking if they could slot me in anywhere… 6 – 6:15 was my time.

i am not a reporter, i am a fan. so i didn’t have any questions prepared. i know i know. lame. but he asked me how i got voted in. and then i talked to him about an idea that i had for inaugural season ticket holders which he really liked. in fact he brought it up to bart at the end of our chat but bart mentioned they already have something planned. he hinted to what it was but i am under sworn secrecy.

i can tell you that my idea was for them to develop a patch that noted the inaugural season ticket holder, that the fan can get put on the sleeve of a new sounders jersey. i liked it b/c that patch is literally a bit of a badge of honor, and i thought the sounders would like it b/c well, it actually encourages shirt sales which easily pays for the patch cost itself. either way, they already have a plan so it won’t be that.

back to drew. he was a very nice guy, totally someone that you can have a beer with and not feel like you are sitting next to a celebrity. and i mean that as a compliment. he was interested in hearing my thoughts, and was really easy to talk to. i had actually seen this video earlier in the day yesterday and talked to him about it. i get 15 minutes with a minority owner of our sounders and i bring up the price is right. nice work.

as for the membership meeting last night, there wasn’t a heck of a lot of new info. a few things of note.
- FSN is doing some partnership thingy that sounds a bit fluffy to me. i think of it as the mariners all access equivalent. there will be some interesting things i guess but whatever.
- we have sold 18,000 tickets now. that number was stuck on 17,000 for quite a while so i guess we put that down to the freddie effect for the most part.
- there was a bit of a Q/A with Nyassi and Le Toux which provided for the most entertaining part of the night. Nyassi is still learning english although he does very well, but he is very careful when choosing his words b/c clearly he wants to say it correctly. this made for a perfect response when asked who he is most excited to play against. me paraphrasing here “i look forward to playing against beckham of course, but also my brother. I have already called him and told him that when he comes to seattle for him to be prepared for us to kick his ass”. brilliant. he also had another nice quote that went something like “i want to play good football so you will be happy”. good on you nyassi. i know you are lightning quick and i hope you can score as well. i am quite sure we are going to get a lot good quotes from this kid.

the other thing of note is that they are going to name the members association and name the band. they will do this with a vote similar to how they named the team.

the options you have, along with the write in vote, are:

Members Association:
- Sounders FC Union
- Sounders FC Membership Association
- Sounders FC Alliance

Band:
- Sound Wave
- Sounders FC Band
- Green Machine

i haven’t made my mind up on the members association, but i really like “sound wave” for the band so that will get my vote. also, the band played again last night, and they sound really tight. i hope it sounds that good in the open air as it does in a room, but either way, the band is a nice touch.

alright, so that should be enough to make up for lost time. with the expansion draft coming up, and the promised coach within a month, there will be plenty to talk about.

FRIDAY!!!!

1. Drew brought up how we would Name the Association. Personally, I’m a fan of “Union” but I’m not too attached to it and could live with “Members Association” or “Alliance”. (However is we go with Option #2, please read my third point below)

2. Bart Wiley also mentioned something about the Association’s new logo but the Slide Presentation was all messed up. Well are you ready for it? It’s actually been underneath our noses in email, or at least I’m using some common sense here to assume this is it. I’m also assuming that the selected name will be at the top of the black circle…

REALLY? That’s it? The Sounders FC Logo with a big fat FSN logo in the middle of it for OUR Association logo? I don’t care if FSN is the new “Production Partner” and will provide us with “behind the scenes” videos and stories. The blatant “logo creep” is horrible and wreaks of blatant commercial sell-out where none is needed. Absolutely poor. But if FSN pays for my cable, I could live with it…

Will the Membership Council please get a new logo for the Members Association. ASAP.

3. In an effort started by the Grammar Police, can we also change the name to Members‘ Association??? Yes, it is being pedantic, but it is the association for the Members, so let’s add the apostrophe to denote possession!

OK, Membership Council… get going on these issues!

The night started with ECS singing The Bluest Skies over the female Emmcee. Followed by the recurring video chronicling the history of Sounders FC.

Gary Wright was first up…

• Wants Seattle to be the “Capital of Soccer in the US”
• Expansion Draft is next Wednesday
• Head Coach should be announced within a month
• Starfire is a first class training facility. Tyring to be the best facility not only in the Northwest, but in the Country
• Wants Sounders FC to play in the World Club Cup not just in the US

FSN will own the distribution rights for a variety of ancillary programming featuring Sounders FC, which include match replays and team shows, both on the network and via on-demand (VOD). FSN gains the exclusive right to replay Sounders FC matches from the time the game ends until the next Sounders FC match is played. FSN will also have the opportunity to produce and air a weekly Sounders FC show which will give Sounders FC fans a unique perspective on the club through the network’s exclusive access.

The LONE member of the Membership Council was introduced.

Drew said he would wear a Sounders FC lapel pin on The Price is Right.

He’s Wrong!

It’s possible that the person who asked the question mis-heard Harkes during the US National game, check out the comments below…

Come next year, we’ll make you happy

When he comes here next year, we’re gonna WHOOP his ass

To be honest, I don’t like it when it’s cold

Related Articles

• The Ballots
• We met with Drew Carey
• Our thoughts on the Members Association
• Membership Details (May ‘08)
• Prost Amerika’s First Ever Membership Meeting High on Feel-Good Factor
• Seattle Soccer Style’s Sounders FC Alliance? Members Association? Union? or ???

When: Thursday, November 20th
Where: West Club Lounge @ Qwest Field
Time: 6:30pm with doors opening at 6:00pm
Parking: free in the North Lot at Qwest Field

Drew Carey at the first Membership Association Meeting in May 2008

Drew Carey, Minority Owner and Chairman of the Seattle Sounders FC Membership Association was on World Soccer Daily today with Steve & Kenny. Listen to the 42 minute interview here.

Note, the file is 25MB and the clip is 1h 48m long.

Drew joins the mp3 at the 22minute mark. He discusses…

• Falling in love with the sport
• First trip to see Rangers-Celtic in Glasgow
• Thoughts on Beckham’s impact on American Soccer
• Recaps the story of how he got involved with Joe Roth
• Time spent in Barcelona for a travel show and the story of hearing how Barça can vote out their General Manager
• Can’t say what percentage of the team he owns
• Not at all involved in the day to day operations
• Explains the voting out of the General Manager. The Sounders Front Office will appoint the GM, but the fans can vote the GM out if the Membership Association can get 20% of the members to call for a vote
• Can’t confirm turning down Peter Vermes
• Will be #1 season ticket club in MLS
• Insinuated that there was never any traction in Thierry Henry coming to Sounders FC
• Likes the idea of relegation, but MLS would need to become more stable before it could happen (as well as MLS would need to buy the USL)
• Thinks Toronto FC is a model on how to manage and market a sports team
• Qwest Field turf won’t have the football lines on the pitch for the Sounders FC games
• Seahawks are not treating Sounders FC as renters or as a little brother- everything is on even footing- A true partnership
• Goal is to have the best youth academy in the country
• Should pay the players a living wage when the Collective Bargaining Agreement is up next year
• Thinks the Salary Cap should double, “and double quickly”
• His personal choice for a Designated Player would be Ronaldinho or Thierry Henry
• Doesn’t understand how Landon Donovan got the “pansy ass” label
• It would be a good move for Landon to head to Germany

List compiled from a various sources: Seattle Soccer Style, Seattle Seahawks Management

The quick details: