Today's Dose is all about Soccer, I'm on a bit of a high still from last nights game!
Last night the Sounders played in front of a packed house of 4900 people at Starfire and needed OT to beat Houston. They are now in the Final of the US Open Cup against D.C. United on Sept 2nd in Washington D.C. (I feel a road trip) A quick note about the Final, it will be aired on Fox Soccer Channel at 4:30pm on Sept 2nd but maybe even a bigger note is that the winner of the game goes right into the CONCACAF Champions League which is a very prestigious tournament!
I have to give it to them, they never quit. Houston scored in the 31st minute and we really had controlled the flow and tempo of the game up until that point. There was a little miscommunication between defenders and the Houston forward Akinbiyi punched it in from 6 yards out.
The game continued to play out the same, sounders controlling most of the play (we did get a big lift when Zakuai and Alonso came on in the 65th minute) with about 15 minutes to play Houston started to show tired legs all around and started to pack 9 and 10 men behind the ball. Seattle really started to apply the pressure at this time and had many opportunities just miss. Finally in the 89th minute Le Toux knocked a ball in and Levequec touched it to Jaqua and he buried it far post.
The Sounders out shot Houston 26-7 and Zakuani really was a dominate force creating chance after chance for the Sounders. 5 minutes into the first half of over time Zakuani received the ball on the left side and beat his marker (yet again) and sent a cross into the middle, the ball rebounded off the defense and Stephen King was there to bury it for what turned out to be the winning goal. Late in the game Hurtado received his second yellow resulting in a red card and he will miss the final.
The officiating left a bad taste in most fans mouth once again, not sure if its the environment or the lack of experience but the Ref's have been really poor. This has been a recurring problem for this tournament and I hope it gets improved upon next year.
Here is todays soccer Dose.
1) Looks like Beckham came over and called the guy out first, dummy guy jumped on the field (Big No No) and now he is banned for 10 years
2) If your gonna stay out late with the boys and watch Soccer, I guess you better tell the wife?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/wires/07/21/2050.ap.soc.malaysia.soccer.stabbing.0280/index.html
3) You start to realize how much the rivalry between USA and Mexico has escalated when you
see something like this
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/111230-telemundo-only-to-air-us-mexico
4) What does it cost you to drink beer?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1201141/Muslim-woman-flogged-drinking-beer-nightclub.html
5) So if you need to take a Penalty Kick any time soon? you can learn a thing or two from this cat!
6) I want to live in Miami, Beach, babes, Soccer on the roof?
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1149343.html
7) Remember yesterday I had an article about Villareal winning 27-0 well here is the video!
8) Cool thing is? He's 12 years old and made his pro debut! Bad thing is? he can already flop with the best of them 6 rolls counted!
9) English Legends of the game, I always think it's cool to see the history of things and Soccer has a very unique one!
#5) http://www.epltalk.com/legends-of-english-football-no5-billy-wright/9480#more-9480
#4) http://www.epltalk.com/legends-of-english-football-no4-william-dixie-dean/9423
#3) http://www.epltalk.com/legends-of-english-football-no3-len-shackleton/9330
#2) http://www.epltalk.com/legends-of-english-football-2-steve-bloomer/9176
#1) http://www.epltalk.com/legends-of-english-football-1-sir-stanley-matthews/9148
10) The explanation about why Soccer players swap shirts after games!
http://www.epltalk.com/suspending-animosity-the-football-shirt-swap/9449
11) Imagine turning the lights off in a Stadium and then the field lights up?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/article746370.ece
12) Would you be willing to ride the lightning?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1201105/What-scream-Adrenaline-junkie-skates-860-metre-roller-coaster--just-60-seconds.html;jsessionid=1ED562BA0EAE7A4CC3DF1E6036D8544B
13) Blood and Guts was the call last night!
http://www.seattlepi.com/soccer/408343_sounders22.html
14) AC Milan is my Favorite team and now they have an American playing for them!
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/9836658/Onyewu-prepares-for-first-game-with-AC-Milan
15) Seattle's best Goal Scorer could be moving on to England.
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/9837558/Montero-claims-Cottagers-interest
16) It's funny when a team loses it seems they always bemoan the coulda, woulda, shoulda!
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=goal_seattle_advances_to&prov=goal&type=lgns
17) They are so good its unbelievable!
http://www.mls-rumors.net/2009/07/report-theyre-so-good-its-unbelievable.html
18) ESPN May be figuring out this Soccer thing a bit?
19) Would you pay $206 Million dollars for a player swap?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/sports/soccer/22iht-SOCCER.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
20) Chelsea vs. Inter highlights
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