7/18 Cardiff City - 7pm

English League Championship team

The Sounders square off with Welsh club, Cardiff City FC Bluebirds on July 18th at Qwest Field.

Don't miss an exciting match up against the English League Championship team preparing for a run at the English Premier League!

Tuesday night!

Seattle won the USL First Division Championship, last year in 2005.





[Edited 7/19/06 10:17am]

I can't wait, although I just watch the cheerleaders at the beginning and then peruse the box scores afterwards! Go Bluebirds! Score on their ass!

ah, bluebirds are in the championship.... no wonder i hadn't heard of them. i been following the premiership.


but still! are they going to air this on TV? i get the Fox Soccer Channel.....

fantasyislander said:

Cool, who do you support? Say it's Liverpool or I'll have to subject you to a barrage of intensely unpleasant emoticons for at least 14 minutes.

Fauxie said:

it's not liverpool.

Fauxie said:

What cheerleaders? They are not playing the Seahawks. Unless they want to be broken into pieces.

Seattle clash for the Bluebirds

Steve Tucker, Western Mail
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/

CARDIFF CITY have lined up a summer friendly at the spectacular home of one of American football's most famous teams - the Seattle Seahawks.

On July 18, the Bluebirds will face the Washington state city's soccer side, the Seattle Sounders, in the 67,000 capacity Qwest Stadium, a venue more used to gridiron than the round-ball game.

The Sounders are the current champions of the United Soccer League's First Division.

The friendly will kick off at 7pm local time.

The United Soccer League (USL), First Division Seattle Sounders won the 2005 Championship, their 3rd title since 1995.
And since their re-birth in 1994, the Sounders have made it to post-season play 11 of 12 years.

Yayyyyy Cymru am byth!!!!!




Do Wales proud now boys!

There is actually a player from England on the Seattle Team.
The Fans call him Dandy Danny Candy or something like that.



Name: Danny Jackson
Position: Defender
Weight: 185
Height: 6-0
Number: 4
Birthplace: Leeds, England
DOB: 10/20/1979
College: University of North Carolina


Bio: Sitting out the 2005 season with an ACL injury, Defender Danny Jackson looks to return to his 2004 form where he was a two time Team of the Week selection and voted by the fans as the Kells People's Choice Defender of the Year.

Born in England, Jackson played soccer in the Leeds United Youth Program. Jackson headed to the United States to play collegiate soccer at the University of North Carolina. As a Tarheel, Jackson was nominated for the All-South Team from 1998-2001. He was All-ACC and All-American in 2000 and 2001. Jackson was the team captain for three years including the 2001 season when the Tarheels won the NCAA Division I National Championship over Indiana University. In the 2001 National Tournament, Jackson was named Soccer American MVP, National Championship MVP and was voted to the Final Four All-Tournament Team.

Jackson played for the MLS Colorado Rapids in 2002. Joining the Seattle side in 2003, Jackson received Sounders Defender of the Year and A-League.com Defender of the Year honors and was an A-League First Team selection.



[Edited 7/19/06 11:47am]

I see the Minnesota Thunder aren't doing well.
[Edited 7/17/06 18:03pm]

CarrieMpls said:

This is the latest standings.
Montreal moved up and
Toronto, Minnesota move down.

Montreal was here and won on a late goal.

Fauxie said:

LIVERPOOL!!!!!

althom said:

Fauxie said:

althom said:

So who do you support?

Fauxie said:

Middlesborough

Tonight!

july said:

Match Result:
1-1

Cardiff City made an early goal in the 2nd minute
and Sounders equalizing in the 75th minute.

july said:

Sounders, Cardiff City tie
Galindo sees first action since injury against Chivas USA

By MATTHEW GASCHK
SPECIAL TO THE SEATTLE P-I

It was hard to tell who was more excited when the Sounders evened the score at 1-1 in the 71st minute of their friendly match with Cardiff City FC on Tuesday night at Qwest Field.

Was it Roger Levesque, who ended a 21-game scoreless streak with a diving header into the net? Or was it Maykel Galindo, who was warming up along the endline to play in his first game since May 7 and leaped onto Levesque's back in celebration after the goal?

Either way, both celebrated a triumphant return in the 1-1 tie with the Coca-Cola English League Championship team with 4,052 in attendance.

Levesque has seen his share of scoring chances this season, but had not been able to add to his total of 19 goals over the past two seasons with the Sounders. That changed with a rifled pass off the foot of Jake Sagare, who used his quick feet to maneuver past a Bluebirds defender on the right side of the penalty box. Levesque dove in front of Cardiff City goalkeeper Neil Alexander and thundered a header into the back of the net.

"That was a great goal. It was a great ball by Sagare -- just a textbook goal," Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer said. "Hopefully that gets Roger some momentum for his own scoring touch for these last games of the season."

Eight minutes later, Galindo entered the game for Levesque to get his first playing time since the ill-fated exhibition against Chivas USA in May.

In that match, Galindo broke his nose and orbital bone in a collision with former Sounders goalkeeper Preston Burpo while chasing down a leading pass. He was originally diagnosed with just a broken nose, but a CAT scan later that week revealed a fractured orbital bone that required surgery, causing him to miss 20 games.

"It's great for the team to have him back. It was an unfortunate way to start the year," Levesque said. "He's just going to make our team better. We'll see if we can make a playoff push."

As strong as the Sounders were in the second half, Cardiff City was equally strong in the first. With every ball bouncing their way and heralded Newcastle transfer Michael Chopra scoring within the games first four minutes, Seattle was fortunate to enter halftime with just a 1-0 deficit.

Paul Parry took the ball up the left side near the edge of the top of the box and sent a high pass across the middle, where Chopra hammered a header just over Chris Eylander's outreached hand in the corner of the net to give Cardiff City the 1-0 lead.

While that was the only goal of the game until Levesque's late heroics, it certainly wasn't Cardiff City's only offensive output. Chopra had another opportunity in the 11th minute, but skipped the ball across the ground into Eylander's chest. Another great chance in the 26th minute went for naught when Seattle defender Noah Merl stonewalled Stephen Thompson.

Seattle controlled the ball for most of the second half and Levesque started a string of four straight looks at the goal with a deflected shot in the 69th minute. Seconds later, Andrew Gregor fired a shot from 25 feet that Alexander knocked over the endline, then Danny Jackson sent a shot wide right.

Chopra and Galindo traded chances in stoppage time, but were unable to break the 1-1 tie.

The Sounders are the city's most successful sports franchise.
They have more titles than Seattle's MLB, NFL or NBA teams.




Titles & Trophies
National Conference Champion -1977 (NASL)
Top of the Table -1980 (NASL)
Western Division Champion -1980 (NASL)
Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup Champion -1981
Western Division Champion -1982 (NASL)
Europac Cup Winners -1982
Top of the Table -1994 (APSL)
League Champion - 1995 (APSL/A-League)
League Champion -1996 (APSL/A-League)
Pacific Division Champion -2000 (A-League)
Top of the Table -2002 (A-League)
Pacific Division Champion -2002 (A-League)
Pacific Division Champion -2003 (A-League)
Western Conference Champion - 2004 (A-League)
League Champion - 2005 (USL First Division)

july said:

I take that back. We do have Cheerleaders.
The Seattle Sounders "Sounderitas"

What is this sokker you Um'rikans are talking about? I think I like the sound of it.

senik said:

What is that?
[Edited 7/19/06 20:29pm]

I missed this thread!

Well done, Bluebirds. (Even though I know absolutely nothing about football ).


july *cough* Cardiff is in Wales, by the way, not England.

Did you enjoy the match?

luv4u said:

Where... How... What...?

You surprise me.