Seattle Sounders – Playing for 90 https://playingfor90.com Soccer News for International Soccer, Football, and Futbol Teams and Leagues Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:22:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.4 Video: Lalas and Keller discuss Sounders FC, Clint Dempsey, MLS and USMNT https://playingfor90.com/2017/03/19/video-lalas-keller-discuss-sounders-fc-clint-dempsey-mls-usmnt/ https://playingfor90.com/2017/03/19/video-lalas-keller-discuss-sounders-fc-clint-dempsey-mls-usmnt/#respond Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:22:56 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=432890 Seattle Sounders FC prepares to host New York Red Bulls in a nationally televised match on Sunday to kickoff their 2017 Major League Soccer home schedule. In the edited videos below, Fox soccer analyst Alexi Lalas, and ESPN/Sounders FC broadcaster Kasey Keller sat down exclusively with me to discuss Seattle’s 2016 championship season, Clint Dempsey’s […]

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]]> https://playingfor90.com/2017/03/19/video-lalas-keller-discuss-sounders-fc-clint-dempsey-mls-usmnt/feed/ 0 Preseason training starts for Sounders FC: Stefan Frei and Will Bruin video interviews https://playingfor90.com/2017/01/26/preseason-training-starts-sounders-fc-stefan-frei-will-bruin-video-interviews/ https://playingfor90.com/2017/01/26/preseason-training-starts-sounders-fc-stefan-frei-will-bruin-video-interviews/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:27:24 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=429982 Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei and newly acquired forward Will Bruin joined the rest of their teammates for the club’s inaugural 2017 preseason training session on Tuesday. The newly crowned champions began preparations for the upcoming MLS season after winning the MLS Cup over Toronto FC on December 10, 2016. The Sounders have scheduled four training […]

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]]> https://playingfor90.com/2017/01/26/preseason-training-starts-sounders-fc-stefan-frei-will-bruin-video-interviews/feed/ 0 Jordan Morris and creating stardom https://playingfor90.com/2016/11/28/jordan-morris-creating-stardom/ https://playingfor90.com/2016/11/28/jordan-morris-creating-stardom/#respond Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:47:41 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=426724 Just over a year ago, Seattle Sounder striker was the subject of a firestorm of Twitter debate and soccer punditry in the United States media world.   Should the youngster, who had already made a handful of appearances with the USMNT while with the Stanford soccer team take his talents over to Europe or take the […]

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]]> https://playingfor90.com/2016/11/28/jordan-morris-creating-stardom/feed/ 0 Seattle Sounders FC: Three hopes, one fear https://playingfor90.com/2016/10/27/seattle-sounders-fc-three-hopes-one-fear/ https://playingfor90.com/2016/10/27/seattle-sounders-fc-three-hopes-one-fear/#respond Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:40:39 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=424445 The Seattle Sounders defied the odds. Now can they make the MLS Cup? Every team has a checklist at the beginning of the season, a series of goals that they are looking to achieve. Now having never been in the Seattle Sounders locker room yours truly is not sure what was actually on their checklist […]

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]]> https://playingfor90.com/2016/10/27/seattle-sounders-fc-three-hopes-one-fear/feed/ 0 Seattle Sounders made the right decision to shut down Clint Dempsey https://playingfor90.com/2016/09/28/seattle-sounders-made-right-decision-shut-clint-dempsey/ https://playingfor90.com/2016/09/28/seattle-sounders-made-right-decision-shut-clint-dempsey/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:32:19 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=420965 When it comes to a heart problem, Seattle was right to take no risk playing Clint Dempsey. Sports are often a place where being the toughest is a weekly competition among athletes. Willis Reed limping onto the court at Madison Square Garden, Ronnie Lott chopping his pinkie off, and countless other tales of playing through pain. […]

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]]> https://playingfor90.com/2016/09/28/seattle-sounders-made-right-decision-shut-clint-dempsey/feed/ 0 Nicolas Lodeiro is the Seattle Sounders’ savior https://playingfor90.com/2016/08/28/nicolas-lodeiro-seattle-sounders-savior/ https://playingfor90.com/2016/08/28/nicolas-lodeiro-seattle-sounders-savior/#respond Sun, 28 Aug 2016 16:49:53 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=418559 Nicolas Lodeiro has quickly proven his worth for MLS side Seattle Sounders as his arrival in the Pacific Northwest has given the squad an injection of life What a difference one player can make. When Nicolas Lodeiro arrived in Seattle on July 27th the Sounders had lost four of their last five and were in […]

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]]> https://playingfor90.com/2016/08/28/nicolas-lodeiro-seattle-sounders-savior/feed/ 0 The Seattle Sounders are missing Obafemi Martins https://playingfor90.com/2016/06/29/seattle-sounders-missing-obafemi-martins/ https://playingfor90.com/2016/06/29/seattle-sounders-missing-obafemi-martins/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:49:58 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=413641 The struggling to score Seattle Sounders are surely missing their old striker, Obafemi Martins. The Seattle Sounders are the lowest scoring team in the entire MLS. Let that marinate for a second. A team with Jordan Morris, Clint Dempsey, and an experienced supporting cast has the least amount of goals scored in Major League Soccer. […]

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]]> https://playingfor90.com/2016/06/29/seattle-sounders-missing-obafemi-martins/feed/ 0 Houston Dynamo: Late elementary lessons https://playingfor90.com/2016/04/13/houston-dynamo-late-elementary-lessons/ https://playingfor90.com/2016/04/13/houston-dynamo-late-elementary-lessons/#respond Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:13:30 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=409896 Much like in their MLS opening day draw against the New England Revolution, Sunday’s game had a fate all it’s own for the Houston Dynamo. Houston, for the second time this season, was incredibly close to closing out their match against the Seattle Sounders with three points before the match ended in a déjà vu experience […]

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]]> https://playingfor90.com/2016/04/13/houston-dynamo-late-elementary-lessons/feed/ 0 MLS: Jordan Morris and other top young prospects to watch https://playingfor90.com/2016/03/05/mls-jordan-morris-top-young-prospects-watch/ https://playingfor90.com/2016/03/05/mls-jordan-morris-top-young-prospects-watch/#respond Sat, 05 Mar 2016 21:17:14 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=407487 Seattle’s Jordan Morris will be just one of the talented young players looking to leave their mark in MLS in 2016. Much has been said about Major League Soccer being a league for aging international stars looking for one last paycheck before retirement. Last season’s signings of Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo by New York […]

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]]> https://playingfor90.com/2016/03/05/mls-jordan-morris-top-young-prospects-watch/feed/ 0 Is Sounders F Obafemi Martins headed to China? https://playingfor90.com/2016/02/12/is-sounders-f-obafemi-martins-headed-to-china/ https://playingfor90.com/2016/02/12/is-sounders-f-obafemi-martins-headed-to-china/#respond Sat, 13 Feb 2016 03:06:25 +0000 https://playingfor90.com/?p=406267 The Chinese Super League has its sights set on MLS star Obafemi Martins. Will the Seattle Sounders star leave the Pacific Northwest? The incredibly wealthy Chinese Super League has set its sights on another high-priced star. This time, it’s Seattle Sounders forward Obafemi Martins. Will MLS be forced to part ways with one of its […]

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