For a team only two years old there have been quite a number of big moments. The opening night against New York was special, last seasons 3-0 demolition of Colorado impressive, last week in Columbus…
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Tonight at Quest…
Tonight Columbus meets the Sounders in the 97th US Open Cup final. Both teams are looking for their second Open Cup win, the Crew won in 2002, and of course the Sounders won last year…
Seattle 3 – Toronto 2
On one of those warm Saturdays that make the fall in Seattle so worthwhile Seattle took on Toronto FC. Toronto are one of the teams on the outside looking in on the playoff race. Sounders…
It’s almost play-off time again!!!
I missed Saturdays win over Chicago, but it sounded like a fun game with Montero scoring the winner in injury time. This was a huge game for both sides, and not because of Freddie’s return,…
Another competition, another good result
The momentum is building and with 10 points out of the last 12 available in the league this looks a lot like the team we expected to see at the beginning of the year. First…
Thanks Freddie, it’s been fun
If you have any interest in what led to the excesses of the NASL it’s worth looking for “Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos” written by Gavin Newsham. It goes into this in some detail and is a good read. In short the lunatics were running the asylum, and in the case of the NY Cosmos running it with other people’s money with little accountability.
Colorado Sunday, Metapan tomorrow…
Ultimately I think Seattle should be able to use their speed, fitness (Metapan are about to start their season) and tactical discipline to move into the knock out stages where some big games await. This is when the real fun should begin.
Now it’s the US teams turn…
I’m leaving the rotting corpse of the England team where it lay and turning my attention to the US team and what happened there.
A fun way to spend a Sunday.
Big day for live sport yesterday. It started with the first real, all day long Alpine stage on the Tour De France. There is something just awe inspiring about cyclists doing 20KPH along steep alpine…