Seattle Sounders

There are plenty of promising players in Major League Soccer, and many of proven quality too. Despite Europe’s negative perception of the United States’ flagship football league there is a good deal of talent currently plying its trade Stateside. Many …

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Is the MLS the most balanced football league in the world? Why does the Galaxy insist on building teams around a single player? Will Seattle recover their grove? All this and more in our MLS weekly review.

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As FC Dallas fight for their life in an empty Pizza Hut Park and DC United swim frantically upstream in their search for a new stadium, one Major League Soccer franchise has taken the league by storm this season, seemingly …

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Our last column, inspired at 2AM, carefully selected winners for MLS season openers. Some were slightly off, and today we discuss why these results went topsy and what to expect down the road. 1) NY Red Bulls @ Seattle Sounders …

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You had to believe MLS commissioner Don Garber was grinning from ear to ear as he surveyed the sea of green and blue blanketing the lower bowl of Seattle’s Qwest Field for Thursday’s inaugural match between the newly minted Seattle …

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I’ll be brutally honest: this was probably one of the worst NYRB performances I’ve ever seen. No heart and no real interest from the first whistle. Three-nil was a flattering scoreline – it should probably have been four or five. …

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The MLS season opens with fireworks Thursday night for the Seattle Sounders inaugural game at Qwest field against New York Red Bulls. The Seattle Sounders management did everything right to create a model club, including stealing 2008 MLS Cup Champion …

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A picture says a thousand words, a video says more. Debate even flared at the Washington Post about the skirt controversy. Arena recharges Galaxy roster to fly with or without Beckham Whether David Beckham stays or goes, the LA Galaxy …

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Sounders FC will hold open tryouts in three Washington cities next month, and the tryouts will be taped for TV with the one player who survives the cuts awarded a roster spot on the Major League Soccer team in 2009. …

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Freddie Ljungberg has become the latest big-name player to move to Major League Soccer after signing to play for the Seattle Sounders. The 31-year-old former Arsenal and Sweden star has made a two-year commitment to the MLS newcomers in a …

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