Sounders FC Home Finale

David Falk, the Seattle Soccer Examiner posted this video from Saturday night. The bummer of the evening was that FC Dallas and Jeff Cunningham didn't make it into the post season. But the Charlie Davies tribute was unreal. It's at the 2:02 mark.

Fredy Montero Speaks English (sort of)

Last Sunday's Sounders FC Weekly had the first ever english interview with Fredy Montero.


Then, a few days later Matt Gaschk had the opportunity to interview Montero in english.

Crossbar Challenge

Sounders FC have been posting a couple of videos showing the lighter side of practice.

Episode one.


Episode 2
Check out Montero's strike. I'd love to see him use that against Blanco and the Fire.

Last Tuesday Part 2

After going to the Sounders FC Bone Marrow drive, I had to head down to Starfire to get the paperwork for my team in the Beach Blast 3v3 tournament. In a surprise to all of us, the 3 Amigos showed up to welcome us and sign autographs.

The 3 Amigos, Alonso, Montero and Hurtado.

Getting my scarf signed by the 3 Amigos.

I happened to notice that Leo Gonzalez, the Sounders new Costa Rican left back was still hanging out at Starfire.

Obviously I had the guy sign my scarf. I ended up with 12 signatures in one day, and the realization that I really need to learn Spanish.

The MLS All Star Game (Everton's away and Fredy's Boots)

Don't forget to watch tonight's MLS All Star game at 9:30 ET/6:30 PT on ESPN2/ESPN360 from Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy Utah. The MLS All Stars will be facing off against U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard and the rest of his Everton squad. A few MLS players will be wearing their own personalized boots for the occasion, including the shoe shown below belonging to a certain Fredy Montero. You can now personalize your own boots at Mi Adidas. I could see White Kix breaking the bank for Stuart Holden's new kicks. Nike has been doing this for years so it's nice to see Adidas catching up

I'm also interested in seeing if Everton wears their new away kits. They probably won't be, but now is as good as time as any to drop these pics I've been sitting on of the clubs new softer away image. Seriously? I can imagine wearing pink while defending your home grounds... but wearing pink away trying to steal points? I can hear the taunts now.

Defender Patrick Ianni scored on a bicycle kick during the first minute of the second half, and the Seattle Sounders rallied for a 2-1 win over MLS-leading Houston Dynamo on Saturday.
Ianni’s winning goal—his first of the season—started with a corner kick from the right-wing side. Freddie Ljungberg drove the ball into the box, where Steve Zakuani headed it down to Ianni. With the ball on his right foot, Ianni bicycled it over goalkeeper Pat Onstad from the right side of the 6-yard box.
Brad Davis’ third goal of the season gave the Dynamo (9-4-4) the lead in the 12th minute.
Fredy Montero extended his goal streak to five games for Seattle (7-3-7) with his ninth of the year, tying it in the 31st minute. The ball was kicked out of the net by Dynamo defender Mike Chabala, but it was ruled to have crossed the goal line before Chabala got his foot on it.
The Dynamo, who were missing leading scorers Bran Ching (five goals) and Stuart Holden (four) to the U.S. Gold Cup, lost for the second time in three games.
Seattle was without head coach Sigi Schmid, who was in California attending his son’s wedding.