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Sounders And Portland to Play Charity Match

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Sounders FC announced today details for the club’s inaugural “Community Shield” match, which will take place on Thursday, March 11 at 6 p.m. on the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field. The Sounders FC will face the Portland Timbers of the USL in the pre-season training match. The match comes eight days before a similar... »

Sounders Fan Groups Gear Up for 2010

Monday, February 8, 2010
Sounders Fan Groups Gear Up for 2010

With the season less than seven weeks away, the plethora of organised Sounders fan clubs have been getting ready to give the side their full 90 in 2010. In this special feature, Prost Amerika looks at the various groups that have sprung up and talked to their leaders about what they learned in... »

Nate Jaqua Sent Home from Sounders FC Training Camp

Sunday, February 7, 2010
Nate Jaqua Sent Home from Sounders FC Training Camp

Sounders continued training today, with injuries sidelining Ljungberg, Boss, Jacqua, and Johnson. According to the Sounders press release: Sunday marked the first 11v11 scrimmage of the Arizona leg of training camp. And after a scoreless first half, the squad made primarily of reserves and trialists exploded for three goals to come away with... »

The David Estrada Interview Part 2

Sunday, February 7, 2010
The David Estrada Interview Part 2

Prost Amerika and La Raza have agreed to exchange content across language barriers in order to provide both sets of readers with the best football coverage available and in the hope we can bring the communities closer. We will be supplying our articles to La Raza for their use in Spanish and they... »

And Now For Something Rally Different

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Special to Prost Amerika by Joseph Armand With 5 weeks to go until the start of the Allsvenskan Season, Swedes are emerging from their winter hibernation looking for sporting events to tide them over until Kalmar kick off the Swedish League against Gothenburg. It looks like they have struck lucky with the return of Rally... »

Sounders Day Four Training Report

Saturday, February 6, 2010
Sounders Day Four Training Report

Day Four of Sounders FC training was heavier and more intense than the previous day. Here’s how Sounders FC reported it to the press. “Sigi Schmid maintained a high level of competition in Day Four of training camp in Casa Grande, Arizona. But there were no goals on the field as the team played... »

Interest in Sounders Reaches Fever Pitch Weeks Before Sounders Reach Pitch

Saturday, February 6, 2010
Interest in Sounders Reaches Fever Pitch Weeks Before Sounders Reach Pitch

We rarely post stories about ourselves so we’re going to claim this story is about you and in a way, it is. It is just under seven weeks before Sounders FC kick off their second season in MLS. Once there were fears that the honeymoon would wear off after season one. Then the season... »

Mini Update from Sounders Training

Friday, February 5, 2010
Mini Update from Sounders Training

From the Press Office: “Grande Sports World in Casa Grande, Arizona. Day Three of the second phase of Sounders FC training camp saw a lightened load in the conditioning realm, but that didn’t keep things from getting competitive. The team was split into nine groups of three and played a spirited, close-quarters, nine-man passing game.... »

Roma Half Way to Italian Cup Final

Friday, February 5, 2010
Roma Half Way to Italian Cup Final

The identity of the participants in the Italian Cup Final became a little clearer last night. After Inter Milan’s narrow 1-0 home win over Fiorentina in the first leg in their semi final, Roma and Udinese met last night in the first leg of the other. The result was twice as clear with Roma... »

Sounders Arizona Training Update

Thursday, February 4, 2010
Sounders Arizona Training Update

Sounders FC took their first full day at their Arizona training facility today. Details provided by Sounders FC press office. On their first day of training at Grande Sports World in Casa Grande, Arizona, the team had a 5:30 am departure from their facilities and left for their three-hour flight to Phoenix at 7:30 am.... »

Brad Evans Gets Asked Back by USA

Thursday, February 4, 2010
Brad Evans Gets Asked Back by USA

Sounders FC’s Brad Evans is among the 23 players called in by USA coach Bob Bradley to a 23 man training camp in Carson, CA on February 10th. Evans, 24, will join the national team following the Sounders FC training game with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on February 11 in Casa Grande, Ariz. He... »

Sigi: We Have Some Tough Stretches

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Sigi Schmid responded to the publication of the Sounders regular season schedule this afternoon, pointing out perhaps the only slightly uncomfortable thing about a generally welcomed schedule. “Sometimes you have some rough patches and you have patches that you are happy with in terms of your time between games. Obviously playing away at Dallas on... »

Sounders FC 2010 Schedule Here

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sounders FC 2010 Schedule Here

The MLS revealed the full schedule today and Sounders fans now know their team’s calendar. A home game with New York Red Bulls has been added to the early calendar, and Sounders will face them before their first road trip, the already announced April 10th visit to Salt Lake. Like last season, Sounders FC’s calendar is... »

MLS Schedule Released

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
MLS Schedule Released

Sounders Face Early Red Bulls Test The MLS revealed the remainder of its 2009 Calendar today. After opening their home season against Philadelphia Union on March 25th, the next tie will be on April 3th against New York. Philadelphia Union’s first ever home game will be against DC United on April 10th. Sounders FC Schedule The full MLS... »

MLS Schedule Revealed Today

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
MLS Schedule Revealed Today

Whether the season will actually start or not, nobody knows. But the 2010 MLS calendar takes one further step forward today when the 2010 schedule is announced. Read the Full MLS Schedule Read the Full Seattle Sounders Schedule So far, we already know that Sounders will entertain new club Philadelphia Union on March 25th, and... »

Schmid Expects 35% More of Zakuani

Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Schmid Expects 35% More of Zakuani

No Sounders fan needs to be reminded how talented young Steve Zakuani is. On several occasions, fans were given glimpses of his exceptional ability, mostly out on the left wing where he gave opposing left backs a torrid time. When it was good, it was very good. But it wasn’t consistent, and that... »

Sounders Head South Before Spain

Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Sounders Head South Before Spain

Sounders FC will get their first taste of outside competition in 2010 when they head south to Arizona later today. Warmer weather is sure as preseason training enters the second phase later this week in the South West. The team has wrapped-up the first segment Tuesday morning, before traveling to Grande Sports World... »

Sigi Speaks out on Scarce Swede

Monday, February 1, 2010
Sigi Speaks out on Scarce Swede

You have to feel a little sorry for Sigi Schmid. Today he had to deal with a smörgåsbord (how often do we get to use that) of questions about a matter that really isn’t all that important, an experienced player only putting in 52 days of pre-season training as opposed to 59. People have... »


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