Sounders Playoffs Gamethread

Though I imagine most of the commenters who would enjoy this thread are at the game. :(

Free would be nice.

Montero was clear through on goal if you passed it to him

It’s a clear red for Onstad

I’m assuming the officials didn’t see anything and didn’t know what else to do.

Are those flashing digital ads on the sidelines actually there, or is only on the TV?

It’s dragging Jaqua back into defence which is a bad plan

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We should be up by two or three

Is it just me, or does the ball bounce a LOT higher on this turf than it does on decent grass?

Pass faster dickheads

Beautiful

And a baffling booking.

I can tell it is him because my sharpness is turned up so high he is a big white dot.

I’m assuming no?

but probably deserved that time.

too many bad decisions when we get near the box

http://publicola.net/?p=17359

all I heard was november.

what?

Unanimous victory!

awful cross.

Having the ball wander off outside kills the momentum of the play :(

The Sounders dominated. Walking away with zero goals is a kick in the dick.

Surprise, surprise!

Whoever scores more at home goes on to the next round? Get a better system.

Observe what happens when possession comes back. It’s almost like clockwork. Square pass to each defender on a flat line with the opposition pressing closer and closer with each pass. The midfielders don’t do a good enough job opening up passing lanes by dropping back, and the only guy on that line with the capability to break out is Leo Gonzalez on the left. The pressure from the opposition becomes untenable and the ball is either played back to Keller or scrambled somewhere with no time. Gonzalez tries to fix it by running it out, but he crashes straight into the back of Zakwani half the time and gets shoved off the ball, and is then caught out of position.

Midfielders need to drop back for distribution (Evans and Alonso) or the defence needs to accept that they have a tonne of time on the ball and ping it long to a winger or forward. This way just isn’t working.

Houston should thank its lucky stars they still have a keeper, because “99 times out of 100 that is a red card”

“Salazar, who disallowed an apparent Seattle goal by calling a foul up the field in the 77th minute, was asked after the game why he cautioned both players and explained that Onstad was given a yellow card for “game disrepute” and Montero for “faking injury.”"

This is when there is availible $10 parking 100 feet away.

Pat Onstad:
“On the incident with Fredy Montero: “To be honest I just gave him a super light bump and he went down like he normally does. He rolled around a few times. If it would have been Nate Jaqua, he would have brushed his shoulder like a fly was buzzing him. That is Fredy, and as soon as I bumped him I told myself that was the wrong guy to bump. I got what I deserved and the referee thought he embellished it a little bit.”"

opposing players just pushed him away from the ball.

http://web.mlsnet.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7103829

Better view than I expected, would rather sit there any day over some of the corner sections near the field.

I would like to propose a moratorium on American journalists calling soccer “the beautiful game”. I’m tired of most cliches but that one especially is well past its shelf life, Steve Kelley.