Should you happen to be on a computer and not out in this sunshine, my weekly Sounders FC chat is live
Likely to stagger the lineups over the two-games-in-three-nights road trip. S2 played in Tulsa Thursday and face OKC Saturday. Not a lot of recovery time
This has been a recurring question, and one I wish I had a better answer to. Last I checked, there has still be no official decision made from the club on the full-stadium games. I can't imagine the construction precludes them from, say, 95-percent stadium games if they so desired.
From what I've been told, though, the club does traditionally take their time in announcing those dates. And that the full stadium games have usually been pushed later in the season when the weather is more predictable
Glad to be here. I think for the time being, it's Remick's spot to lose. But given the young defender's bouts of inconsistency last season, it's always nice to have a veteran there waiting in the wings
It sure has been a banner year-and-a-half for the Seattle soccer community. Composed finish from Morris, and also good to see Yedlin finally break into a Tottenham squad in EPL action
Colorado's four goals were certainly a fluke, given that it hadn't netted a single tally in more than 10 hours of game action beforehand. Its ability to pick up points was less so. The Rapids
have barely been watchable this year, but they've allowed just two goals -- the best mark in MLS
As with all instances like this, I think that self policing from the crowd around those doing the shouting goes a long way
More support for the forwards. No Sounder but Obafemi Martins and Clint Dempsey has scored yet this season, and both Lamar Neagle and Marco Pappa have been spoken frankly about needing to be more productive. Seattle needs more help from its current wingers or add some reinforcements from the outside
I'd gotten that impression from fans, too
Well that photo-op was pure coincidence, as Queretaro just happened to be in town at the same time. Ronaldinho has been a pipe dream for the league as a whole for quite some time now, and the longer it goes, the less likely it is to be realized. Barcelona-era-Ronaldinho was one of my personal favorite players growing up, so I'd love to see him in MLS. But those rumors have long since edged into believe-it-when-I-see-it territory
Morris doubled down yesterday in our phone conversation that he's committed to staying at Stanford for his junior season. I don't see that changing
No problem at all. And while I think it's remote, I do think a straight jump to Europe is a possibility. The more visibility on these types of stages, obviously, the more likely he is to show up on another club's radar
In general, I'm not a fan of situations in which one team does all the leg work to bring a player to MLS only for another to swoop -- see: Jones, Jermaine. It's an unfortunate side effect of the single-entity structure. I prefer van der Vaart as a centrally-based creator, anyway
I will be there in New York myself, actually. I'm very much looking forward to my first Yankee Stadium trip. NYCFC has already begun crashing back to earth after its hot start, which is to be expected. Orlando City looks to be a playoff competitor from start to finish -- especially in this Eastern Conference. That was a dominant performance in Portland last weekend
Alright, folks, questions are slowing down so I'm going to wrap this up. Get out and enjoy your weekend, and follow along live with me during the Sounders' road match at Colorado tomorrow evening
