After eight goals, the latest Cascadia Cup battle between rivals Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers ends in a 4-4 draw. On Sunday afternoon, someone saw me in my Sounders jacket and asked me if we won yesterday. Without thinking I said “Yeah!” Then a heartbeat later, “Wait, no. We tied, …
On Friday, I caught the last few minutes of the Sounders training session out at Starfire. There’s not too much to say about it, other than there were a few Sounders Academy alums out there with them. Looking forward to tomorrow’s match against the Columbus Crew. Of course, I’ll be …
Sounders’ preseason is officially over. This week they began preparations for the first match of the season against Sporting KC. On Tuesday I went down to Starfire to catch one last training. It was the first time I got the chance to see them since they returned from their latest …
On Saturday the Sounders visited CenturyLink Field for the first time since November of last year. It was a cold and rainy morning, but a hundred or so new season ticket holders seemed to enjoy catching their first glimpse of the new team. There were a couple of 60 minute …
It was the last day before the Sounders head down to Arizona for some warm weather training. There wasn’t a lot of action to shoot, since much of the session was devoted to speed and jump tests (part of which took place somewhere else). Anyway, this is the last dose …
Today marked the first day of preseason for the Seattle Sounders’ 2014 MLS season. There were many new faces and of course several familiar ones as well. Here is a collection of photos from both the morning and afternoon sessions. (Click on any photo below to view the entire gallery)
Well it’s that time of year again. The time for everyone to do their “Best of 2013” blog posts. So here are my favorite photos from the Sounders’ 2013 MLS season (and a few from the Champions’ League). Of course, the Sounders weren’t the only matches that I got to …
It was a battle for first place in the MLS Western Conference. The Seattle Sounders came into the match just two points behind league-leading Real Salt Lake. Less than three minutes into the match, Obafemi Martins put the Sounders in front, and they never looked back. Lamar Neagle also added …
The Seattle Sounders went down a goal to Chicago Fire midway through the first half, but Lamar Neagle evened it up before halftime. It remained tied until shortly after Zach Scott subbed on. In the 89th minute, he sent a low driven cross into the box which Gonzalo Segares knocked …
The Seattle Sounders won again on Wednesday night against Chivas USA, by a score of 1-0. That makes it six wins in their last seven matches and they are now tied for second place in the West with LA Galaxy, with games still in hand. Follow @mikerussellfoto (Click on the …