First Kick: Union v. Sounders Game Thread
by kyleshank on Mar 25, 2010 9:24 PM EDT
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Starting lineups released have been released!
Philadelphia Union starting lineup: (4-4-2)
First-ever starting lineup: Seitz; Harvey, Califf (Captain), Stahl, Myrie; Jacobson, Mwanga, Torres, Orozco; Le Toux, Moreno
Seattle Sounders starting lineup: (4-4-2)
GK Keller (C); Ds Scott, Marshall, Hurtado, Gonzalez; Ms Levesque, Evans, Alonso, Zakuani; Fs Ljungberg, Montero
Weather: 52 degrees, Light Rain
Final: Union 0 - Sounders 2
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4-4-2 formation. no surprise form. wonder if they will stagger D or Middies.
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I am looking forward to hearing Martin tyler call the world cup. Great job by espn getting him.
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 9:45 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Same with me. I could never get into MLS without a Philly team.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
I had adopted DC for awhile in the 90s. Feels so good to be wearing a soccer jersey with Philadelphia on it.
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Yeah, I tried that for about a year but I couldn’t stick with it. Much easier with a team to call our own now.
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by Travis Hughes on Mar 25, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
i might have to start a game by game feature on Califf’s hair style.
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commenting on sbnation is great, auto-refresh for massive win.
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Maybe the best innovation they’ve done here
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 9:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
do the sounders have a marching band? is this college football?
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I would like to see a dp here, but it has to the right guy. I think they were right not to sign a guy just to do it.
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 9:51 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Came right here from the Eagles blog.
I could never really get into soccer…probably because of the lack of a Philly team. Well, I’m going to watch tonight and see if I like it.
Oh, and the New York Red Bulls? They really advertise that blatantly?
Brent Celek > Chuck Norris
also in case you missed this: http://www.blackandredunited.com/2010/3/25/1389602/pu-joins-sbn-threatens-blog-war
black and red united is our enemy already.
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Our jerseys are just so sexy.
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GAME ON!
I hope Le Toux was able to offer some inside info on the Sounders.
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34 seconds and we have a yellow card.
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Union are like the Flyers of MLS
Refs and the league are clearly out to get them.
/never too early to start complaining
Took us 30 sec for out first yellow card!
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 9:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
How Philadelphian, right?
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by Travis Hughes on Mar 25, 2010 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
One of those nights where I need to settle down before writing it. Too pissed off now.
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by Travis Hughes on Mar 25, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
nice! way to spread it out and git something inside. corner kick!
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nice buildup and shot! good signs from the offense here.
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wow what a sloppy mistake from seattle right there on the throw out.
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Never had a MLS team that I was particularly close to before
but I’m hitching my wagon to the Union horse
let’s see…ref quick to call major fouls away from the action…check.
bs offside call… check
I’d say Philadelphia can call this team their own just a few mins in.
…and an early deficit. We’re rolling here!
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
and I forgot: weather affecting the action.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
what's the gametime?
I think espn360 might be a few minutes behind, no goal yet
by theBrouhaha on Mar 25, 2010 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoops, sorry. It’s 13:30 right now on ESPN2.
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
whew. Seattle blew that marvelous cross.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
it might be the distant camera
but the Union shorts look more like bare skin than anything else
the defense needs to keep the union in the game to have a chance.
and if my last name isn’t shank that was a terrible fluke on seattles part.
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Almost harder to not score there…
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
on replay, it was because he was tripped in the box.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Looked like there was actually a little contact that threw him off, but can’t whistle for a penalty there.
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
saw the same thing. not enough to draw a penalty but definitely contact.
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by Chris Haines on Mar 25, 2010 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed, was expecting us to have hardly any offense. definitely above expectations there.
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by Chris Haines on Mar 25, 2010 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Not smart from jacobsen there. He had time to take a touch before shooting there
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:15 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
they all have to be a little nervious to be the first ever. Imagine, your name will settle so many beer bets for the life of the franchise.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
yea i wonder how long that will last. at least our team isnt named after an energy drink.
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I like how our jerseys aren’t puke green
"NO HONOR"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
Absolutely, it just looks tacky with a giant advert on the front like that. I know it’s common in the MLS but it looks much better without them. It looks like they are playing the “XBOX 360s” and not the Sounders.
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That’s the way soccer is all over the world though. It’s only a matter of time before the union have a shirt sponsor.
Comcast maybe?
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh I know, still looks shitty though. :P As long as this trend never reaches the NHL, I will be fine with it I guess.
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I think it’s a fair trade to watch a game with no commercials
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
xfinity, I’d bet.
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by Travis Hughes on Mar 25, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
How awesome would Wawa or Tastykake be, though?
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by Travis Hughes on Mar 25, 2010 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a I <3 Wawa t-shirt. I could think of no better sponsor.
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I would definitely buy another jersey if Wawa was the sponsor.
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by Chris Haines on Mar 25, 2010 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
sounders fan
…and I’d buy a WaWa union jersey.
by jamesington on Mar 26, 2010 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
doesn't it kind of feel strange to say "our" about a team that's never played before
kind of cool though, as well
Question for Kyle (or someone who knows)...
…is Mwanga being shuttled off to midfield just temporary? Or is this a permanent move?
no idea. should be interesting to see if things are switched up at half.
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You just figure first game ever, away from home, and you put your #1 draft pick, a kid striker, in there to boss center mid? Curious is all.
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
you have precisely what to lose? It’s one game, it’s among the toughest environments to play, and you’re expected to lose. Why not toughen him a little, is all?
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I just got home from work, I see were down 1-0, but how do we look?
"NO HONOR"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
Actually, I’d say the union have controlled the play so far. Seattle is playing the counter attack game
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
the Union players hit each other harder, looked like.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Two yellow cards in the first half? I am so proud, it’s like they really are a Philadelphia team.
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broad street bullies meets soccer is what i was hoping for
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Hey, I’m a Blackburn fan too, so I’m on board.
(Sam Allardyce.)
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Loved Friedel and Damien Duff, and they were both Rovers when I went looking for a club team. Just stuck with him, even with no Americans now. Although Ryan Nelsen played here long enough to practically be an American.
Random, I know.
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I always think it’s interesting to hear
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
great block there, but we can’t keep giving them these runs
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Union is getting a lot of the ball, but Seattle is nasty on the counter attack
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah, those counter attacks they have are quick and nasty.
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by Chris Haines on Mar 25, 2010 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
the ball REALLY skips on this wet field turf.
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well, the field is designed for american football.
Damn, now Im going to have to say “american football” so much
"NO HONOR"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
why is the first game in march in seattle? terrible idea.
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It’s hard for me to hear the name “Torres” without throwing up a little in mouth. Its gonna be hard rooting for this guy even though I know he’s no relation to Fernando.
Most dangerous striker in the world
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Does the exact opposite for me. LFC and Fernando Torres are my absolute favorites!
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by Mitchell Green on Mar 26, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
that would definitely establish some home field identity for us
by theBrouhaha on Mar 25, 2010 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
They banned those for the World Cup right? Christ those things were annoying.
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Im not sure. I thought I read somewhere that they would be giving them out to South African fans at there matches.
I think it would be a reasonable compromise to allow them only at games with South Africa playing.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
I believe that was the final settlement, but I may be mis-remembering.
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by Chris Haines on Mar 25, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Hoping one of the youngsters is the one who gets the first goal.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
union has maintained good possession. they just can’t put it together in the redzone.
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team personality wise, I do like what I see here.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Really surprised and impressed with the possession and movement. If only the could get better shots and finish.
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Yeah, quality’s lacking a bit in the final third; you can see Seattle’s big edge there in the scoreline.
But they’ve been aggressive pressing when Seattle has possession, they’ve kept their shape, and they’ve had their share of possession.
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
So for the soccer newbies… Pretty cool to watch sports with no commercials huh?
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:32 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
my theory is that some say “soccer is boring” because of the lack of commercials.
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nothing could be farther from the truth!
by theBrouhaha on Mar 25, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Seattle’s lucky he was off. Nobody marking him.
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, jesus.
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I know you’re pissed at what Freddie just hammering Califf, but you’ve gotta keep your head about you. Especially when you’ve already got a yellow card.
Can’t blame the ref there. That was reckless and stupid.
It looked to me like there was a little jumping involved once the foul was committed
by theBrouhaha on Mar 25, 2010 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly
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by Chris Haines on Mar 25, 2010 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s bad news. 50 minutes on the road with 10 men? Scary
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:36 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
yep, that was really nice.
terrible positioning on D there, but a real nice goal
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by Chris Haines on Mar 25, 2010 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, another defender was near the line.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
At least it was a good game while the sides were even...
small consolation
If he ever shows up to a Union game, I’ve got $20 on him challenging Peter Nowak to a fight in a postgame.
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Mwanga? Pfft… Should have drafted Ricky Williams
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 10:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Am I the only one hearing “Lumbergh”?
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
Mmmmm yeah, that’s great, could you move over a bit to the left? yeeeah.
Oh, This is bound to be good
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by jello44 on Mar 25, 2010 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
they are looking a little gassed. lacking in communication between players but thats expected.
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Now we try to survive 15 minutes of Alexi Lalas. Brutal.
Or switch to the Tournament for half time. Yeah, I think I’ll do that.
no fun there either, Kentucky is just clamping down on Cornell.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, at least we know Calipari is holding Wall and Cousins to the same academic standards as their opponents tonight.
by PhillyFriar on Mar 25, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
egad, a 30-6 run to close out the first half. Ah well, whatever the result, Penn’s AD gets to be on the hot seat for letting Donahue go after Dunphy went to Temple.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
gotta get up for work tomorrow
best of luck with the second half
Every game is a big deal. Unless fans take this kind of stance, they’ll never improve.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m being a bit sarcastic here. We’re all pretty realistic that we’re pretty well set on watching how we’ll lose tonight. Tough venue, good opponent, bad weather.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Was only able to get watching around the 25th minute. I was happy to see us holding our own but the second goal is a real let-down. My eyes aren’t (yet) as tuned to soccer as they are to hockey, and I apologize if this was asked earlier, but should Seitz have had that first goal? Looked like on the few replays I’ve seen that he’s been right there. Was he partially screened?
will need to back and look. recording the game on dvr. thought it might be fun to transfer to computer and do some john madden telestrator on video from the game.
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Am I out of line demanding my friends’ reschedule their wedding so it doesn’t conflict with the U.S. vs. England World Cup match?
Yes. And you need to look into upgrading your mobile handheld devices.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I see nothing wrong with this. Then again, I did request that my friends move their wedding date since it aligns with the PSU-Alabama game at Penn State in 2011. It was either move the date or move the wedding to State College.
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
we are tripling the game thread comment size over the sounder blog. that may or may not mean all that much but we are winning.
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because we have a 2:1 posting special going on tonight. Either that or the basements are so wet in Seattle they can’t get down to their computers.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe we have more comments this first ever soccer game, then the sixers blog has for any game.
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"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
haha its kinda true. I check every once in a blue moon, and they get like 50 comments a game, from the people the run it. Not calling out the blog, its just the Philly is no where near a basketball town.
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"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
High school and college basketball is certainly very important here. NBA basketball isn’t, and it never has been.
by Ben Feldman on Mar 25, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
its just the Philly is no where near a basketball town.
With the way the media is around here, you’d think it was. They get way more coverage than the Flyers, sad really.
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I wonder sometimes if that isn’t on purpose. Snider wants the casual fan to see more Sixers, since they won’t go looking for info, and I think he also doesn’t want the Flyers to feel as though they’re under as much media pressure, etc. as maybe they should be in a large hockey market.
by Ben Feldman on Mar 25, 2010 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Snider was pissed at the Sixers because having two teams in the Wac meant that the Phantoms had to move. He made that staement before they left and he kinda seemed pissed, but he lives and dies by the Hockey teams.
"NO HONOR"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
And yet, people care about the Flyers. No offense to Sixers fans, but not many people in Philly care about them.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
yea. The people wont care till there is a superstar on the team and even then they will be towards the bottom.
Its hard to build a team in the NBA. You can’t have a limited talent pool with guaranteed contracts and a salary cap.
That is true, but if the sixers were good their ceiling is higher.
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i will eventually write my dissertation here on the philadelphia sports fan. in the large void between this and next game maybe ill attempt to explain it.
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those ads across the field are insanely distracting.
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haha, was just thinking this, his arms are really short
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by Chris Haines on Mar 25, 2010 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Previous to the foul he did some nice work in the corner shielding off the Seattle player.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
In MLS, can fans keep balls that leave play
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like pucks in hockey, or balls in baseball. I have no idea how the AFL worked
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"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
haha I just remember that was one of their selling points. Any ball that went into the stands could be kept.
and the last two minutes of the game would take a goddamned hour to play.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually once caught a ball at an afl game. The db got pissed and yelled at me.
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
did keller just score a goal for us? he stepped pretty deep past the line.
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ball’s gotta be all the way over, none of this pansy NFL “breaking the plane” garbage.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s definitely got better tackling form
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Myrie, you’re on the Philadelphia union not the eagles
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Didn’t the Union get 3 red cards in the last game vs FC Dallas?
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Yeah, but I kinda thought that was a fluke. Apparently not.
by Ben Feldman on Mar 25, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
yea i was just about to comment about that. he seems fit. able to track down the ball. has had a good touch and good movement.
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agree, but I’m a bit squeamish if he nets the first goal. Name is too furrin’ soundin’.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Who is the Unions best player? Fred maybe?
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for my entertainment value money, so far it’s Myrie.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Torres played well. There are definitely some good signs from this game.
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Yeah. Good pace, great energy, & seems to have a few ideas out there. Plus he seems to have no fear. It should be fun watching him develop
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m pretty sure the Sounders have good everything, haha.
by Ben Feldman on Mar 25, 2010 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, and the Sounders are looking a little tired, not catching up with a few passes in the offensive end.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Great, I fall in love with a player and within 10 minutes, he’s hurt.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
again, whos idea was it to have this first game in Seattle in March?
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Geez we’ve got a 17 year old out there now…
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah that was too bad. Really limited what they could do from there on out. They really had controlled the ball before that.
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
danny califf could be the next iverson based purely on tattoos.
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These Seattle boys sure do roll around a lot…
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:41 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
GOONS!!!!!!!
I love it
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"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
from the looks of things they better start practicing with 10 guys all the time.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously...
I think we’ve seen some positives with sone guys tonight… But the cards have to stop, they’re killers.
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
No, as has been said before I think there are definitely positives to take out of this despite the result.
by Ben Feldman on Mar 25, 2010 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah they’ve kept working this second half
by JasonB on Mar 25, 2010 11:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
also shows some bright adjustment at the half.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
seattle also played down to the union 10 men in the second half.
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califf doesnt do anything conventional. hes wearing a wedding ring on every finger.
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Not the worst way to start, all things considered. It sucks we have to wait so long to see the Union play again.
April 10th vs DC United. That gives me a shitload of time to fill. Expect creative posting.
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hopefully the 2 week break will be good for them. glad the schedule worked out that way.
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exactly but i think this will benefit the union. get that hard first game out of the way, adjust and work out more kinks.
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Hey, we didn't expect it to be easy, did we?
There are some positives to take out of tonight, certainly. One thing Nowak needs to do is to get on his guys to cut out the dumb challenges (I’m looking at you, Toni Stahl), but maybe it was just nerves.
Onward and upward, boys!
Stahl does deserve the b-slap of the game award. Nerves or no, his sendoff still means the Union still don’t really know what kind of team they have. There’s definitely a baseline aggressiveness, but it might be overstated given that they had to challenge so much defensively.
by Wet Luzinski on Mar 25, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, he really wasn’t holding back on the Union. I mean, they’re not going to win the MLS Cup, but he’s making it sound like the team’s going to go 0-30-0.
by Ben Feldman on Mar 26, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, not quite the way I would have hoped for it to go but not too bad.
Defense came unraveled and the offense just was not imposing enough.
Really impressed with Roger Torres and Alejandro Moreno.
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by Mitchell Green on Mar 26, 2010 12:00 AM EDT reply actions
Jack Mac looked good in the few minutes he saw as well.
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
Really unimpressed with the Costa Rican Myrie. He got turned inside out on the Sounders first goal. He was chasing the play the entire time and could not contain at all. Very frustrating.
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by Mitchell Green on Mar 26, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
thanks again for everyone who hung out during the game. it was much more fun with you all around.
i posted my recap here: http://www.brotherlygame.com/2010/3/26/1391030/philadelphia-union-lose-first-game
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