The Return of Zorro!!!

What do y'all think? Top of the West by July? Calls for Craig Waibel to win the Nobel Prize?

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Your Job

• Pick a score line
• Note the winner
• Pick the scorers (y’all ya gotta call which Roldan)
• You have to pick other teams scorers

My Job

• Donate $10 to the winners charity + $10 more for a Cascadia rival

Extra Rules

• No repeats
• 0-0 score lines must specify a Sounders player that is subbed out and their replacement

Bad Example

2-1 Roldan Brace

(which Roldan, missing opposing scorer)

Good Example

3-0 Morris x2, Cristian x1

Working from NYC for a few weeks - planning to stay up late and watch the match on my computer, but wondering if there are any bars (especially in lower manhattan / fidi) that show MLS (or even have the Apple MLS package).

Google-fu finds some soccer friendly bars, but most seem to be geared towards PL.

Own goals don’t count.

Last match, No one scored because we wanted to rest players instead. Leo Chu got hurt, and we went home sad.

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Pretty helpful for context.

Hi guys, I was lucky enough to be in town on business for a home game. I'm staying near downtown about 1.5 miles away. I was reading its not safe to walk through Pioneer Square or around Chinatown at night. Just wanted to clarify as I was planning to walk there and back for tomorrow's game. Also is there a stadium march by the supporters? I'd love to see it

edit: thanks for all the replies!

MLS have been adding a lot of safe standing areas to stadiums and it helps the atmosphere and I am just wondering what your thoughts on this are. (I have asked the Atlanta United Discord the same question and they like the idea.)

He looked to be the most dangerous player on the field against RSL which is insane considering he just got moved up. I remember the announcers were saying perhaps we should keep him at the defiance to develop more but I disagree. Honestly I preferred how he looked out left over Morris and Chu, he was taking people on and creating chances(Morris doesn't seem to take anyone on anymore and Chu was losing the ball when he did). A bit selfish near the end of the game but the team was creating nothing so it's tough to blame him. Absolutely deserves to be in the first team.

He might not be performing as well as we hoped, but that injury looked bad and I’m worried that a season ending injury will drastically stunt his development.

Join me in sending good vibes and let’s hope his recovery isn’t too long.

Just heard from someone who’s close to the club that they laid off a decent number of people in their sales/customer service team. I hope my rep is still there I really liked him.

If Rusnak had buried this chance.

No injury on the following play, ahead in RSL with a chance to truly sit back and play for the counter with Chu and Georgi on either side. The attack stays balanced with a fast threat on either wing and Moose as a target.

We just needed to be able to score one normal chance…

Chris Henderson was the Sounders technical director and head of scouting from 2008 -> 2021, when he left to become chief soccer officer and sporting director at Inter Miami. Since then, they've loaded up their team with top tier (albeit old) talent and are currently sitting top of the table in the East and top of the Supporters Shield standings.

Since then we have essentially done fuck all. We replaced Lagerway with Waibel who has not brought in any meaningful talent aside from PDLV who hasnt played much yet. Our roster has gotten older and our tactics have become stale. Hendo was a brilliant scout who found players like Mauro Rosales, Ruidiaz, Lodeiro, etc. I felt it at the time and it feels like it now, that when Hendo left we lost a huge element of our front office which was responsible for so much of our success.

Does anyone else get this feeling? I love Schmetzer for what he's done for this club, but he can only do so much with an older, mediocre roster. He also I dont think has the tactical brilliance to be able to make necessary changes to suit the roster we do have. The front office seems inept, making mistake after mistake from choosing incredibly unpopular kit sponsors to screwing up season ticket holder gifts to choosing the wrong people to scout and manage our staff. Is the problem Hanauer?

If we’d had an even decent start, I get running out the kids midweek away.

But we didn’t. And yet, we run out one of the worst line ups I’ve seen this year. We conceded before the game began.

And then we put Rothrock on for Chu. And then Cristian for JP (not Leyva). And then I turned it off.

Unconscionable to throw a game away. Ever. Let alone now.

Sounders lose 0 - 2

#FT: Real Salt Lake 2-0 Seattle Sounders FC

Venue: America First Field

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LINE-UPS

Real Salt Lake

Gavin Beavers, Brayan Vera, Justen Glad, Andrew Brody (Alexandros Katranis), Philip Quinton, Matt Crooks (Maikel Chang), Braian Ojeda (Nelson Palacio), Emeka Eneli, Cristian Arango (Anderson Julio), Diego Luna (Fidel Barajas), Andres Gomez.

Subs: Bryan Oviedo, Bertin Jacquesson, Zac MacMath, Derrick Silva.

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Seattle Sounders FC

Stefan Frei, Jonathan Bell, Jackson Ragen (Yeimar Gómez), Cody Baker (Reed Baker-Whiting), Sota Kitahara, Albert Rusnák (Jordan Morris), Daniel Leyva, João Paulo (Cristian Roldan), Daniel Musovski, Léo Chú (Paul Rothrock), Georgi Minoungou.

Subs: Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, Andy Thomas, Alex Roldan, Dylan Teves.

MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

90'+2' Fidel Barajas (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.

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Not where I am sitting but where I am watching us bring home 3!!!!

Sounders need to bunker until RSL pushes numbers forward, then hit RSL on the break. Deploy Roldan at CAM and Leyva & JP in the double pivot. Both those two can hit the line breaking pass or the switch. Speed up top with Chu, Morris, Rothrock/Teves up front.

If Sounders get a goal, they can do a line change for the possession guys (i.e. Rusnak) and try to suffocate the rest of the game.

Full back positioning will be key. Also, Bell needs to have a good game defensively.

Let’s go Sounders!!!

Rules Refresher

Your Job

• Pick a score line
• Note the winner
• Pick the scorers (y’all ya gotta call which Roldan)
• You have to pick other teams scorers

My Job

• Donate $10 $20 to the winners charity

Extra Rules

• No repeats
• No 0-0 score lines

Bad Example

2-1 Roldan Brace

(which Roldan, missing opposing scorer)

Good Example

3-0 Morris x2, Cristian x1

Salary set aside as I imagine there are Garber bucks mechanisms for the remainder of the year which could be used if needed.

Own goals don’t count.

Last match, Cristian Roldan and Raul Ruidiaz both scored a goal to send Portland to the basement, where they belong. Expect plenty of rotation in this midweek game.

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https://twitter.com/JeremiahOshan/status/1790504857029517686

Injury Report:

Atencio - Out

Nathan - Out

Nouhou - Out

Rodrigues - Out

de la Vega - Questionable

Yeimar - Questionable

Ruidiaz - Questionable

Vargas - Questionable