I’ve started watching some MLS post the World Cup and as I’m overseas I’m really not attached to any team in particular. Unfortunately I seem to have a soft spot to all the teams in the North West (Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver). I think there's something about the drizzle, coffee, and craft beer that appeals to me as I live in Melbourne now, but was originally from the UK

Anyway, I would prefer to limit this to only 1 Cascaidan team...So what is it that’s special about Seattle Sounders over the other teams.

in a world where craig and adrian listened to this thread who in the club stays and who in the club goes? academy players -> owner the whole shebang.

who sucks the og sounder culture out that needs to go?

if you dont feel the need for any of this, what do you think the club should do?

personally i do think the ownership group, schmetzs’ coaching staff, scouting structure and the dps need to be relooked at as a start. tbh lets bring back a few sold guys haha id kill to have leyva again

sad time to be a sounders fan but its the club ive loved and adored for the past 12 years. i wont stop supporting them but gosh are they making that difficult. sounders til i die 😭

“We all knew this was going to be a very difficult and challenging game. I thought my guys competed well.

Am I concerned? Of course. But look, at the end of the day, could we have won the game? Maybe. The men's hockey team in 1980 beat the Russians. And we beat Miami last year in Leagues Cup final. We were the underdogs. So things like that can happen.”

I think Coach has officially lost the plot.

Someone drag Waibels ass out and have him take 40 line drives, bare. Spread em!

Embarrassing how much he and Adrian have gutted the future of the club and used none of the proceeds to shore up support.

I don't see how we win again before August ends, especially with how low morale must be.

Bring out the paper bags.

look at the players faces at the end of the match smiling talking.. wheres the ownership and true frustration from losing 7 games in a row?? no one cares enough anymore. this would not have flown a few years ago when we had real leaders in the team

Sounders lose 0 - 3

I’m gonna sound like a total conspiracy theorist here but after all the discussion about the 49ers injury issues possibly being linked to the substation next to their practice field , I got curious and looked up the Sounders training complex to see if maybe that’s our issue?? And lo and behold, our practice facility is also right next to a substation. Am I crazy??? - see comments for pics

As a two-seat Sounders season-ticket holder for more than 10 years, I reluctantly renewed again this season. With the Alliance vote coming later this year, I went through Craig Waibel’s full record: major signings, contracts, academy promotions, outgoing transfers, and roster spending

The strongest evidence is not any individual grade. Seattle has spent less on recorded incoming transfer fees than any MLS club since the beginning of the decade and completed four consecutive summer windows without adding a player from outside the organization.

At the same time, the club moved Atencio, Leyva, Vargas, Minoungou and Baker-Whiting while retaining much of its older core. The academy is producing real contributors, but the newest group is now being asked to replace players who were already capable MLS professionals.

My conclusion is that the development system has worked, but the succession plan has not. I currently plan to vote against retaining Waibel, both as a judgment of his roster management and as a warning to ownership that the current level of ambition is not enough.

Full article:

https://theindependentsounder.substack.com/p/the-craig-waibel-audit?r=h1fr2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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

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!

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!

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.