Togo Team Attacked

The club managers in Europe (especially in England) have already been complaining about the African Cup of Nations, but today's events surely add fuel to the fire. The Togo national soccer team was attacked by gunmen in Angola a few days ahead of their opening match against Ghana. The bus driver was killed and at least nine others were injured.

For those of you wondering how this may effect this summer's World Cup, you can read Steve Zakuani's reaction here.

And since we're on the topic of violence surrounding football, check out this article from Mexico. I wouldn't want to play with that ball!

Zakuani On FSN

I thought it was cool to see a MLS player being interviewed during the halftime of a basketball game. Granted it's only the UW Men's Basketball team, but it's the closest thing Seattle has to the NBA. You can catch up with Zakuani's off-season here.

Rookie Life: Zakuani & Pontius

Rookie Life Season In Review

A good recap of the main rookie players.

Rookie Life: Push For The Playoffs

Since G-Rant is slacking on the Rookie Life tip I figured I'd throw it up here for him. That's OK G-Rant, I haven't posted much since Friday. My bad. Oh yeah, here's the video.

It's still painful watching that Zakuani miss against Houston. Two points could prove huge down the stretch.

You Can Save A Life

Last Tuesday the Sounders held a bone marrow drive at the urging of Tyrone Marshall. The effort was to support RSL and Jamaican international, Andy Williams and his wife Marcia. She has been battling leukemia and this was Seattle's chance to help find a bone marrow donor for her. The first stop was checking in and getting paperwork.

Station 2 was filling out a lot of paperwork since you are on the donor list until you're 60 years old.

Zakuani and Riley filling out the donor applications.

After swabbing the inside of your mouth with some really long Q-tips, you moved on to station 4...autographs with the Sounders. The first hour and a half had Marshall, Le Toux, Vagenas, Graham and Jaqua.

Taylor Graham told me that halfway through the event new players were coming. So naturally I stuck around and came back at the midway point. On my way back in I ran into Steve Zakuani outside. We briefly chatted and went on in.

Since I had already completed the donor process I was able to head straight to the autograph table. I want to give a shout out to Marshall and Le Toux for sticking around the whole time. James Riley signing my scarf.

As Zach Scott signed my scarf, I told him about our buddy, Ty, and his, "I used to play with that guy. He's a good player" comments. We had a good laugh about it and we both realized that we had played against each other in a semi-pro indoor league.

Defender and California native, Tyson Wahl.

The first ever Superdraft pick for the Sounders, Steve Zakuani.

Rookie Life - Cup Success

This goes out to G-Rant since he's the "Rookie Life" guy. For more on the series you can check out it out here.



The most impressive part of this video was the Steve Zakuani highlight.

Zak Attack

Can Steve Zakuani spearhead the attack for the Sounders? With no Brad Evans, no Zach Scott, and no Freddie Ljungberg, Seattle may rely on the speed and attacking prowess of their rookie winger. With a Colorado team that has yet to be beaten at home and looking to exploit Seattle's gaps due to key injuries, this may not be the night Sigi's boys try to ride the Z Train. What do you guys think? Can Z work the Rapids as he did against Dallas? Will it all be for nothing if his supporting cast can't finish? Or does this have all the ingredients of another frustrating tie MLS fans have been forced to choke down. If you ask me, Seattle looks to be underdogs in this one.