What You Need to Know: Sports Edition, October 14
Oregon trounced the Huskies (again), the Seahawks won a unexpectedly close game, the Sounders’ fall continued. Continue reading What You Need to Know: Sports Edition, October 14
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What You Need to Know: Sports Edition, October 7
Headline: The Huskies and Seahawks both lost heartbreakers, and the Sounders got obliterated. Executive Summary: The Huskies and Seahawks both … Continue reading What You Need to Know: Sports Edition, October 7
The Sounders Are a Mac, The Mariners Are a PC
The Seattle Sounders debuted four seasons ago with a marketing strategy that should seem very familiar. The Sounders targeted hip, young fans. The strategy is that if “the cool kids,” as Sounders’ top executive Adrian Hanauer calls them, go to Sounders games, families will want to follow. The Mariners, who feature fun-for-all-ages schtick like dancing groundskeepers, directly target families.
The Sounders market like Apple, the Mariners market like Microsoft. Continue reading The Sounders Are a Mac, The Mariners Are a PC
Sounders Play “Biggest Game Ever” Tonight–Will Anyone Be There?
Tonight the Sounders play their first game of the season, the first leg of the team’s CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal against Mexican team Santos Laguna. Everyone from Q13 to the Sounders organization itself contends that this is a key game in franchise history. Yet it seems likely to be played at a half-empty Century Link Field. Continue reading Sounders Play “Biggest Game Ever” Tonight–Will Anyone Be There?
Woodland Park Zoo to Train Animals in Soccer (Photo Gallery)
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)
Seattle’s Best Sports Rivalry Ever Starts Saturday
This rivalry isn’t exactly new (it even has its own Wikipedia page), but was ignored by the average fan when the Timbers and Sounders were playing in U.S. Soccer’s second division. Now, with both teams in MLS, and both drawing sellout crowds, the excitement is back. Continue reading Seattle’s Best Sports Rivalry Ever Starts Saturday
Do You Make More Than a Seattle Sounder?
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?