Seattle Sounders FC

Somehow, your Seattle Sounders have struggled their way into second place in a Western Conference in chaos. Three points on the road (and, perhaps equally important, a good performance) would go a long way towards securing a playoff spot and building momentum for the stretch run.

Match: Seattle Sounders FC at FC Dallas

Date: September 16, 2023

Time: 5:30 PM PDT

Actual Kickoff Time: 5:39 PM PDT

How to watch/listen:

• Stream: AppleTV (MLS Season Pass)
• Radio: 93.3 KJR FM (English)
• Radio: El Rey 1360 AM (Español)

Match Previews:

• [SaH] Sounders at FC Dallas: Preview
• [SaH] Sounder Strategy: Dallas burned by injuries
• [SaH] Three Questions: Sounders vs FC Dallas
• [Official] Three matchups to watch when the Sounders travel to FC Dallas on Saturday
• [Official] DALvSEA 101 Preview: All you need to know when the Sounders take on FC Dallas this Saturday
• [Official] Sounders eager to return to action with positive result over FC Dallas on Saturday
• [MLS] Match Page

Match thread links

• Sounder at Heart match thread

Lineups

Use this as your match thread!

Interesting roster move - Sounders and those who watch more Defiance than I do have been really bullish on his ceiling. Big vote of confidence for a 16 year old defender when we already have three quality CBs on the first team and others (eg Nouhou) who can do the job too, plus a backup (AB) with experience and a pretty good track record.

SaH coverage here: https://www.sounderatheart.com/2023/09/sounders-sign-17yo-centerback-to-homegrown-contract/

I've been working all day (missed last Wednesday, sorry - have been working late all week). So no fancy game thread. But:

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Here we go again...

Match: Seattle Sounders FC at Minnesota United FC

Date: August 27, 2023

Time: 1:30 PM PDT

Actual Kickoff Time: 1:55 PM PDT

How to watch/listen:

• Broadcast: Fox
• Stream: AppleTV (Free)
• Radio: 93.3 KJR FM (English)
• Radio: El Rey 1360 AM (Español)

Match Previews:

• [SaH] Sounders at Minnesota United: Preview
• [SaH] Sounder Strategy: Mix it up against Minnesota
• [Official] Three matchups to watch when the Sounders take on Minnesota United
• [MLS] MINvSEA 101 Preview: All you need to know when the Sounders visit the Loons on Sunday
• [MLS] Match Page

Match thread links

• Game day thread for all Leagues Cup matches today over on [email protected] - not yet posted
• Sounder at Heart match thread

Lineups

Use this as your match thread!

Nice piece with insights from Frei, and also from Schmetz on the curious case of the missing Josh Atencio.

I will say there's been a lot of talk about urgency for the past few months. It would be nice, though, to see some evidence that that translates to the pitch.

It's matchday!

Match: Seattle Sounders FC vs Atlanta United

Date: August 20, 2023

Time: 7:30 PM PDT

Actual Kickoff: 7:39 PM PST

How to watch/listen:

• Stream: AppleTV (MLS Season Pass)
• Radio: 93.3 KJR FM (English)
• Radio: El Rey 1360 AM (Español)

Match Previews:

• [SaH] Preview: Seattle Sounders vs Atlanta United
• [SaH] Three questions with Dirty South Soccer
• [SaH] Sounder Strategy: Seattle unites against Atlanta
• [Official] Sounders face Atlanta United in thrilling battle this weekend
• [Official] Three matchups to watch when the Sounders host Atlanta United
• [MLS] Match Page

Match thread links

• Game day thread for all matches today over on [email protected] - not yet posted
• Sounder at Heart match thread

Lineups

Use this as your match thread!

Hopefully lemmy.world will be stable enough to keep this going today (it's been much better over the past few weeks).

Let’s all do our part!

As much as I'd like to see him on the pitch, I am glad that they're being super cautious. Two concussions in short order is no joke. Let's let him get fully healthy so he can have a long career and life!

I was impressed with Rothrock in the USOC game and he showed well during his call-ups earlier. Glad to see him get a shot for the rest of the season, at least!

Seems unlikely, but I guess if the Sounders really want to open up the spot and there are no bidders - could we see something where they eat part of the $3.2M he's due next year and send him back to Universitario?

Say, if the Sounders have a lead on a new DP and need to open up a spot, but Raul finishes the season poorly and there aren't bidders to take on the full contract. Maybe they let him go for less than his full salary, buy out the rest?

Hopefully it's all moot and he comes back on a tear, scores buckets of goals and propels us through the playoffs.

I can watch LAFC lose all night long

TD;DR (Oshan's predictions)

• Lodeiro probably leaves
• Rusnak probably gets renegotiated to a max-TAM level player
• Ruidíaz may get bought out or traded; he wants an extension but that would be hard to imagine
• JP probably back
• Heber probably gone unless he scores a boatload of goals in the rest of the season
• Xavi probably leaves, either by having his option declined or by having it picked up and Sounders trading him
• Hopefully Frei stays on a team friendly contract with a small pay cut
• Cleveland may be headed elsewhere to let the other keepers in the pipeline get more time at lower cost
• Rowe and Fredy probably won't be back
• Sounders will probably listen to offers for Vargas, RBW, and Leyva.
• AB is probably gone given his age and so he can get playing time elsewhere, to free up minutes for some of the Defiance CBs
• CR7 will have a bounce back year after the injuries; JMo will be back to his excellent form, Atencio needs more minutes, and Chu will be in the last year of his contract and out to prove that he deserves a big new contract.
• biggest off-season priorities: new DP 10, new number 9 (maybe somebody younger to develop while Jordan starts up top for now)

What are your thoughts?

Details in the link - almost all the content will continue to be free and in front of a paywall, but they're asking for people to subscribe to make this a sustainable long-term venture.

There are different subscription tiers, which get you access to some additional merch, tickets to live events, etc. If you want to go beyond the free tier, access to all content, newsletters, etc. will be $2/mo or $19/year. They're hoping that most people will support at their $74/year level, if in their budget.

I immediately signed up for the $74/year tier. (Disclaimer: I have no relationship at all to SaH and am just a fan). I think that we are extraordinarily lucky to have this resource, as there's almost nothing like this for any other MLS team or most sports teams in general. The depth of the journalism, the insight of the commentary, and the quality of the writing are outstanding and have contributed in a major way to my love for the Sounders over the last decade.

The big man is coming back to the PNW!

Press release

Article in La Prensa (Panamá, in Spanish; translation below)

Panamanian defender Román Torres remains active in soccer, as he has been presented by the Tacoma Stars of the National Soccer Premier Soccer League in the United States.

"I am very happy to sign with the Tacoma Stars and be part of this beautiful family. See you soon," said Torres, who was part of the Panamanian national team in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Torres joins Tacoma from the Dallas Sidekicks, where he played seven games last season.

"We are talking about a player who has achieved a lot in his career, representing his country at the highest levels," said Nick Perera, who is the organization's manager.

"I am very excited to see the impact that Román will have on this Stars family, both on the field and in the locker room," added Perera.

The experienced player is known for playing six seasons in the MLS (Major League Soccer), with the Seattle Sounders and Inter Miami. Career

Torres won the title in the 2016 season when the Sounders defeated Toronto FC 5-4 in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw in regulation time. He also played for Chepo (Panama), San Francisco (Panama), Cortuluá (Colombia), La Equidad (Colombia), Atlético Junior (Colombia), Atlético Nacional (Colombia), Millonarios (Colombia), Cartaginés (Costa Rica), and Universitario (Panama).

Doing it as part of Kick Childhood Cancer

Hi everyone! We have hit the entirely arbitrary threshold of 100 subscribers*, so I figured a post was in order!

First, thanks to all of you for joining in on this experiment. I expect that we may see some more users as some of the Reddit-->Lemmy apps like Sync and Boost come on line too, and bring some users with them. I appreciate the posts and engagement from many of you. We've had a few good match threads, even if the matches have been... less than stellar. Give it a try and join us!

Second, please feel free to post! Many of us (me included) are habitual lurkers, especially on big forums like Reddit. Here, though, we want to hear your voices and perspective. This feels to me more like the old days of the internet, with BBS and forums driving real discussion instead of algorithm-driven clickbait. But it's only as good as the discussions themselves, and for discussion we need your thoughts and opinions. Consider commenting and posting, whenever something comes up.

Third, thanks to our nacent mod team, including [email protected] and [email protected]. There hasn't been much need to moderate so far, but please feel free to reach out to us with ideas or if any concerns come up.

Last, we probably all recognize that the stability of lemmy.world has been challenging as of late, due to the alpha stage of Lemmy and a series of DDOS/ other attacks. Being on the current-biggest Lemmy instance means that these downtimes may happen for now, as it seems to be a target for script kiddies. Most recently, this happened during the leagues cup game, disrupting our match thread. (Though it may have saved us from a pretty depressing discussion...) I know it's less than optimal, but hopefully it's just temporary and stability will improve over time. This thing called Lemmy is still young, after all.

Anyway, thanks again - and let's get posting!

EBFG, coys25

* I think that this doesn't count people on other instances, so who knows how many of us there really are!

Need a warm up before the Sounders? Join the match thread over at [email protected]! The game is streaming for free on YouTube.

Second year Ballard FC takes on the Flint City Bucks, four-time USL2 champions. Will be a great match!

It's matchday!

Match: Seattle Sounders FC vs Monterrey (Leagues Cup - Group Stage)

Date: July 30, 2023

Time: 6:00 PM PDT

How to watch/listen:

• Stream: Free on AppleTV; FS1; Unimás
• Radio: 93.3 KJR FM (English)
• Radio: El Rey 1360 AM (Español)

Match Previews:

• [SaH] Sounders v. Monterrey Rayados, Leagues Cup: Three Questions
• [SaH] Sounder Strategy: All or nothing against Monterrey
• [Official] MTYvSEA 101 Preview: All you need to know when the Sounders host Monterrey in Leagues Cup Group Stage on Sunday
• [MLS] Match page

Match thread links

• Game day thread for all Leagues Cup matches today over on [email protected] - not yet posted
• Sounder at Heart match thread

Lineups

Use this as your match thread!

A yone else here been a season ticket holder for a few years but getting burned out? I've only been to one game this year.

I would like to win my place, according to them I still have the coach's confidence, I'm still in Seattle's plans for the future, but in a situation like that you don't want to look elsewhere and play. Mentally we try to hold on, we hold on, but after a while it will go over the top and we will have to look elsewhere […] I am waiting for this transfer window to decide what I will do, we will see with the club but the situation for me is not good at all, maybe it is good for them, they have a fourth quality defender they can keep but for me, I cannot be this player who is just waiting. I'm clearly waiting for this transfer window to have a clear idea of my future, whether it's Seattle or elsewhere.

At some point in the match, Frei dislocated his pinkie. He apparently played through the injury and then he and goalkeeping coach Tommy Dutra basically just pushed it back into place after the game.

Roldan apparently started feeling [concussion] symptoms after going up for a 5th-minute goal kick and catching a forearm at the base of his neck. Immediately after the collision, Roldan showed some discomfort but nothing that seemed alarming from a distance, but the symptoms only worsened as the match wore on.

Schmetz:

“I don't have a lot,” Schmetzer opened his post-game comments with. “Other than to apologize to the fans that came from Seattle to watch us play. That was not close to our standard. We will try to correct that for our next game against Monterrey.

“RSL out-competed us, won second balls [and] our possession was not very good. We weren’t in sync offensively.”

“We’ll look at how we’re going to play against Monterrey [and] who’s going to play against Monterrey... We’ll get back up on the horse. There’s competitive guys that understand that we didn’t play up to our standard, and you’ll see a different team on Sunday.”