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Post by / on July 4, 2012 at 9:46 pm with The Sounders seemed generally OK with their scoreless draw tonight at Real Salt Lake. "We're happy with the result," coach Sigi Schmid said. "We're happy that we played to a shutout. That was one of the things that we wanted to concentrate on today.

The Sounders were nursing a lead deep into stoppage time, when Diego Fagundez split a pair of Seattle defenders to head home the heart-breaking equalizer about 15 seconds ahead of the final whistle. Not only did the Sounders' club-record winless streak grow to eight games, but so did their habit of giving up early goals.

Post by / on June 25, 2012 at 8:40 pm with The Sounders have arrived in the Bay Area for their U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal match against San Jose at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Post by / on June 24, 2012 at 1:08 am with The best rivalry in MLS plays out today in Portland. I'll be writing from Jeld-Wen Field around noon. But for now, here are the basics: SOUNDERS FC (7-4-4; 25 POINTS) AT PORTLAND TIMBERS (3-6-4; 13 POINTS) 2 p.m., Jeld-Wen Field, Portland.

Post by / on June 22, 2012 at 2:50 pm with This just in from the club: The Seattle Sounders FC signed defender Daniel Steres, the club announced today. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, terms were not disclosed. Additionally, the club parted ways with midfielder Christian Sivebaek.

After their 4-1 loss at Montreal last weekend, Sounder after Sounder said they were grateful for another game coming up quickly so they could make amends. Now that game is just hours away, and with it, the Sounders' chance to end a five-game winless streak.

Post by / on June 16, 2012 at 7:16 pm with The theme in the Sounders locker room tonight is that they can't wait for Wednesday. After a 4-1 loss in Montreal that Zach Scott called embarrassing, every Sounder I spoke to volunteers that they're eager to turn things around Wednesday when Sporting Kansas City visits CenturyLink Field.

Post by / on June 16, 2012 at 8:01 am with The Sounders welcome the Montreal Impact to MLS at 4:30 p.m. today in a match of recent expansion teams. When the Sounders came into the league in 2009, their 12-7-11 record and playoff appearance put them ahead of any expansion team except the Chicago Fire more than a decade earlier.

Post by / on June 15, 2012 at 1:45 pm with With Montreal's new Stade Saputo apparently going down to the wire before its public debut tomorrow, both the Impact and Sounders trained today at Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard. (That's where the USL Impact played.)

Post by / on June 15, 2012 at 1:33 pm with Sounders coach Sigi Schmid said today that surgery on David Estrada's broken foot went well yesterday, and that he is hopeful that Estrada will be back on the early edge of the previous 8-12 week prognosis.

Seattle Sounders FC and the Puget Sound soccer scene

Post by / on June 11, 2012 at 1:16 pm with The Sounders returned to training this morning after four days off. Coach Sigi Schmid gave this update on players who had been fighting injuries: "Obviously Leo (Gonzalez) participated today for the first time. Adam (Johansson) did more. It was good.

Post by on June 8, 2012 at 10:59 pm with Sounders U-23 2-0 Washington Crossfire Aodhan Quinn (photo by Chris Coulter, SoundersPhotos.com) SoundersU23.com - The Sounders U-23 kicked off their weekend double header with a strong showing as they took down the Washington Crossfire 2-0 Friday night at Franklin Pierce High School.

Post by / on June 1, 2012 at 5:38 pm with Introductions: First team coach Sigi Schmid gets - and acknowledges - a nice hand from the crowd as he walks across to the bench area. Lineups: For Seattle: GK Weber; D Seamon, Duran, Michael Gallagher, Jacob Beck; M Carrasco, Aaron Kovar, Sivebaek, Levesque, Zakuani; F Estrada.

Post by / on May 30, 2012 at 11:49 pm with Only half 16 MLS clubs that joined the U.S. Open Cup in the third round will stick around to be part of the fourth. Seven of the 14 MLS teams that played on Tuesday advanced.

Post by / on May 29, 2012 at 5:31 pm with Here's a ticket update provided by the Sounders as of 5 p.m. today, regarding tickets for their U.S. Open Cup match against Atlanta, which will be played at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Starfire Sports Stadium: Limited tickets are available.

Post by / on May 29, 2012 at 10:08 pm with The third round of the U.S. Open Cup got off to a fascinating start tonight as 14 MLS clubs joined the tournament in the third round, and half of them won't live to see the fourth round.

Post by / on May 27, 2012 at 11:19 am with Another interesting MLS match will be broadcast at 1:30 p.m. today on NBCSN, as San Jose visits Sporting Kansas City. As you can see, the Earthquakes open the day three points ahead of Seattle in the Western Conference standings.

Post by / on May 26, 2012 at 10:05 pm with Sounders FC midfielder Alex Caskey stepped onto the pitch in the 61st minute tonight with Seattle trailing by a goal. Seconds later, he did something about that, assisting David Estrada in the goal that pulled the Sounders even on their way to a 1-1 draw with Chivas USA at Home Depot Center.