Fans attending the lunch are also invited to attend the Sounders FC training session that begins at 11 a.m.
Tables of 10 include eight guests, plus two Sounders FC personnel (players, coaches, or team executives). Each table costs $800 and individual tickets are available for $100.

To purchase a table please register online at www.SoundersFC.com or contact Megan West at meganw@seahawkssoundersfc.com or 425.203.8102.

Proceeds from the luncheon ticket sales and silent auction will benefit the five Sounders FC charity partners.
Tickets for the Community Shield are now on sale. The Community Shield features Sounders FC, the reigning U.S. Open Cup champion, and the MLS Cup champion Colorado Rapids on Wednesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. on the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field.

General Admission tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth (6-17). Children under the age of six are free. Tickets will be available at www.SoundersFC.com, by calling 877-MLS-GOAL, all Ticketmaster outlets and the Qwest Field Box office.

Sounders FC Fans Should Expect Construction Activity Around Qwest Field

RENTON. Wash. – Seattle Sounders FC fans will see significant construction activity as they arrive at Qwest Field for Saturday’s match vs. the Kansas City Wizards.  The match starts at 7:30 p.m.

Fans are encouraged to avoid South Royal Brougham Way unless they park in the Qwest Event Center Garage. Fans parking in the garage will have access by one lane only via South Royal Brougham Way and Fourth Avenue South.

Pedestrian access on South Royal Brougham Way will be open at all times though it may be limited to either the north or south sidewalk. Clearly marked pedestrian detours will be provided. Crews will stop all work at least two hours before games and events. Also, newly completed turn and through lanes at the intersection of First Avenue S. and Edgar Martinez Drive S. will help keep traffic moving.

Crews working for WSDOT contractor Kiewit Pacific Co. are building a new bridge over the railroad tracks on Royal Brougham Way. Bridge construction will require narrowing the street to one lane in each direction between Occidental Avenue S. and Fourth Avenue S. during major events and closing the street to through traffic at all other times until early spring 2010.

Fans are encouraged to plan ahead and may experience additional congestion and delays on streets near Qwest Field. Fans may also encounter longer walks to the facility due to parking restrictions and pedestrian detours.

Fans are encouraged to take these steps to arrive on time:

• Allow extra time.
• Carpool or use transit. Try parking downtown and taking the bus to the stadiums.
• Know before you go:
  1. Check the SR 519 Web site at www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr519/.
  2. For city streets – check real-time traffic, construction and closure info on the city’s new Traveler Information Web site at web5.seattle.gov/travlers.

What you can expect—

• Lane closures on S. Royal Brougham Way between Occidental Avenue S. and Fourth Avenue S. Access to the Qwest Field garage will be provided.
• A full closure and no parking on Third Avenue S. between the Atlantic Street overpass and S. Royal Brougham Way.
• Lane closures on Fourth Avenue S. near S. Royal Brougham Way (beginning in May).
• Lane closures and parking restrictions on First Avenue S. between Starbucks and the Spokane Street Viaduct.
• Fewer on-street parking spaces in SODO.

Thu 3/19 6p- New York Red Bulls at Seattle Sounders
Wed 6/17 8p- DC United at Seattle Sounders
Sat 7/18 12p- Chelsea FC at Seattle Sounders
Sat 7/25 12p- Chicago Fire at Seattle Sounders
Thu 8/20 7p- New England Revolution at Seattle Sounders
Sun 11/22 5:30p- MLS Cup in Seattle, Wash.

Press Release:

ESPN’s coverage of the 14th Major League Soccer season will kickoff with the live telecast of Seattle Sounders FC’s first match as the expansion club hosts 2008 MLS Cup finalist New York Red Bulls led by Juan Pablo Angel, Thursday, March 19 at 9 p.m. ET, from Qwest Field in Seattle, Wash., on ESPN2 (ESPN Deportes at 10 p.m. PT). ESPN’s lead MLS commentator team JP Dellacamera (play-by-play) and John Harkes (analyst) will call the match, joined in the studio by Rob Stone (host) and Alexi Lalas (analyst). The telecast will mark the debut of ESPN MLS Game of the Week, the network’s season-long presentation of the top professional soccer league in the U.S. Throughout the season, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio will combine to present live coverage of MLS matches, and ESPN360.com will simulcast the English language telecasts.

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• Represented the USA at four World Cups
• Three-time winner of USA Soccer Player of the Year
• USA’s all-time leader in wins
• Lacey native and All-American at the University of Portland

Update from the Press Event:

• No Financial details released
• Multi-Year Contract
• Designated Player spot not used
• Keller is being signed via MLS Allocation as Seattle had the #1 position
• Keller answered questions in 3 laguages

One example is the team’s Facebook Group- 1,000,000 Seattle Sounders FC Fans. Another is trying to organize where all of the Emerald City Supporters are going to sit behind the goal on the south end of Qwest Field.

Also, the Season Ticket Holders are entering their preferences on singing, standing, participation in organized soccer on the Ticket Registration Form so like-minded fans can sit together.

Prices for the season tickets start at $288. Season ticket prices per match are $16, $20, $24, $29 and $35.

How’s it going to work?

Press Release