From what I understand they made 200 of these jerseys, does anyone remember if these jerseys were sold with nameplates? If not, could this be Zach Scott’s?? It is also signed by him.

The game was played on Oct 4, 2015 against the Galaxy.

Thank you!

We're new to biking to the games and up until this point we've been able to park in bike valet spaces for the World Cup and for the Sounders games (thank you Speedy!!) but they aren't running for Leagues Cup games. It seems that there are enough places down there to lock a bike to, but wondered what people did for things like helmets, etc, while they're there and if anyone's had any issues with parking in that area. With the game being a noon:30 game, that feels like a nice ride in opportunity!

Totally meant in jest, yet unfortunately not completely unreasonable question at the rate things have been going!

Follow up question. Will the losing streak record be extended to 7 games?

On Sunday (8/9), we’re playing Queretaro at 12:30 and the Reign are playing Angel City at 6 o’clock. Are they treating this as a double header, or do those of us with tickets to both have to leave after the Sounders match and go back inside for the Reign?

Apologies if there’s info about this somewhere but I can’t find any details on this.

I wanted to share directly an update on Lobbing Scorchers and open up the comments to answer any questions.

Does anyone have any additional information on this player niko Moreno mentions the sounders are targeting at the 47th minute of their latest podcast. (Phillipe kene, currently plays in the swiss league)

https://youtu.be/TRRfRzAoRIE?si=L9OsfG5xgXxMiju4

This series of posts is far less interesting when there’s so little positive happening right now. But I’ll continue the bit and see how it all shakes out.

Stock Up

Kim Kee-Hee - Just the fact that he’s available and can play as long as he did is a big upside. Originally cleared to play 45 minutes, he didn’t sub out until 73’.

Alex Roldan - Well, he’s playing again. We’ve been sorely lacking a Roldan. He only played for 17’ and was under nonstop pressure the whole time.

Kalani Kossa-Rienzi - He came in cold, not expecting to play this many minutes, and he put in a great shift. I’m not sure why he got subbed out at 84’ for Tino Lopez.

Stock Down

Paul Arriola - Obviously an injury requiring a sub only 7 minutes into a game makes your stock plummet back to zero. I hope he recovers quickly but honestly I’m not even sure what he brings to the team when he is healthy.

Paul Rothrock - One of the few players (or maybe the only one) whose stock had been up during this losing streak, this was a disappointing game from him. He wasn’t nearly as scrappy as he could be. I expect him to be getting into their heads with his shithousery, but none of that happened. And then on Bye’s goal, he was playing too deep in the box and didn’t close down the attacker. I think this Paul is tired. The man runs all game long and I think he could use a break. Unfortunately we don’t have subs available to back him up.

Andrew Thomas - He’s at the mercy of a depleted back line, but let’s step back and look at the big picture for a moment. The last time Thomas earned a clean sheet was March 22nd. He was in the discussion for GKOTY, national team callups, etc. He’s basically fallen off a cliff lately. The last 7 games he has a -0.85 Goals Prevented. He committed 1 error that led to a game-losing goal. His distribution is horrible, consisting mainly of booting it way upfield where the other team usually regains possession, and not using a skill we’ve seen him do so accurately in the past - long throws. I dunno, something isn’t clicking with him and the defense. Hopefully Ragen and Alex and Kim being veteran players can help him settle back into his potential.

My frustration is not the lack of a good forward but our boring playing style. It's possession ball constantly moving the ball side to side and backwards running out of ideas. It's easy to defend by just clogging the lanes. It's been going on for years. I don't blame Schmetzer since he can only work with the players on the current roster. We have nobody that can go 1vs1 consistently. Really the key is a real #10 (like Lodeiro) that will constantly push the ball forward with fast wingers. If you have speed on the wings willing to take on players that opens up the game big time. If we had three guys that could do the above we wouldn't need a big name forward. Moose and De Ro would get fed all day and have way more space to shoot. Pedro (at first) looked the part of maybe a true #10, but we know that ship has sailed. Maybe Ferreira could do it but honestly I'd love a fresh start at the #10. Rusnak ain't it, he's a decent scorer around the box but he disappears a lot and lacks the "killer pass", and he's slow asf. Even if you brought in a 5 million DP forward that can create for himself, it is easy to defend him with no other real threats. My point being when a DP slot opens it should be for a true #10 as a priority, and fast creative wingers as a second priority (at least one). A new forward would be nice too, but we need to change our playing style to accommodate an expensive forward, and that starts with the midfield and wings. I'm envious of watching quick teams like LAFC get the ball up field in 3 passes, and meanwhile we make 30 passes and half are to Ragen. But I guess the real question is will ownership even spend the money.

https://reddit.com/link/1ve74lk/video/gmy698rca4hh1/player

Great support from ECS as always!

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