Change.org is now the home of a petition asking that Major League Soccer “evaluate” the performance of referee Ricardo Salazar. The petition went up sometime after Salazar pulled out a red card for the Sounders’ Zach Scott in Wednesday night’s game against Real Salt Lake. Continue reading Sounders Fans Sign Petition for MLS to “Evaluate” Ref Salazar
Those late ‘80s Lakers/Sonics matchups may be the best comparison to the Sounders/Galaxy rivalry. Like those Lakers teams, the Galaxy are studded with stars. The supreme stud: David Beckham, one of the best-known people on Earth. The Galaxy also have Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane, who’ve both captained their respective national teams and are well-known to soccer fans worldwide.
The Sounders are a good team. But who the hell are they? Continue reading Could Soccer Be the Sport Seattle Finally “Beats L.A.” In?
Inspired by countless Geico commercials, the Woodland Park Zoo is starting their youngsters on a regimen of soccer training, in hopes that they will earn athletic scholarships. According to a zoo news release, nine pre-college animals will begin training this Tuesday. Continue reading Woodland Park Zoo to Train Animals in Soccer (Photo Gallery)
You could watch 100 soccer games and not see a goal like the one Roger “The ‘Stache” Levesque scored yesterday. And, in fact, the goal came in the Sounders’ 100th game, and one of their most thrilling.
It started boringly enough: Under pressure from Sounders forward Fredy Montero, New York Red Bulls defender Jan Gunnar Solli passed the ball back to goalie Greg Sutton. Continue reading Sounders Score on Epic Goalie Fail
For some comparison, the minimum salary in Major League Baseball is $414,000. The minimum NFL salary is $325,000. Five Sounders will make just $32,604 in 2011. Roger Levesque, who has scored some of the most exciting goals in the Sounders’ short history, is due just $44,000 this year. Osvaldo Alonso, one of MLS’ top midfielders, will get $140,000. Continue reading Do You Make More Than a Seattle Sounder?
