Richard Swanson Hincha de Seattle Sounders FC: Nuestro Pesame [SockaZone]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57584569/richard-swanson-seattle-man-dribbling-soccer-ball-to-brazil-killed-by-pickup-truck-in-oregon/

http://www.telemundochicago.com/content-center/Atropellado-mientras-pateaba-un-balon-207544961.html

NUESTRO PESAME PARA LA FAMILIA DE RICHARD SWANSON. INCREIBLE QUE A ESTAS ALTURAS SEPP BLATTER DE LA FIFA HABLA DE POCO INTERES DE LOS EEUU EN FUTBOL.

Chivas USA Notes (1-2 loss to Seattle Sounders, Qwest Field, Seattle, WA., 10/15/10) [CD Chivas USA]

Chivas USA Notes (1-2 loss to Seattle Sounders, Qwest Field, Seattle, WA., 10/15/10)

·         Chivas USA fell for the first time in league play at Qwest Field on Friday night by a score of 2-1 against the Seattle Sounders in front of a sellout crowd of 36,356 fans in Seattle, WA.

·         The Red-and-White (8-16-4) had not lost or conceded a goal in league play against the Sounders before tonight’s match until Seattle’s Steve Zakuani scored at the 9th minute of play. Chivas USA was the only MLS team that the Sounders (14-9-6) had not defeated during the regular season until tonight.

·         Chivas USA went down in the scoreboard early in the match when the Red-and-White defenders couldn’t clear the ball outside the box and Seattle’s Parke passed it to Zakuani, who got in between a handful of defenders and dribbled Zach Thornton to put it into the net for the first goal of the match at the 9th minute. The Sounders kept attacking and encountered the second goal very soon when Freddy Montero set the ball to Zakuani, who cut it inside to Osvaldo Alonso, and the Seattle midfielder knocked it to Thornton’s far post at the 25th minute for the decisive goal.

·         The Red-and-White’s only goal came very late in the match at the 92nd minute when Rodolfo Espinoza sent in a cross from the right hand side to Jesus Padilla, who won the header and scored just a minute before the final whistle. It was Padilla’s sixth goal of the season.

·         Chivas USA was without forward Alan Gordon, who is serving a two game suspension, and Justin Braun, who is recuperating from a concussion suffered last week. Giancarlo Maldonado started the match and put the ball inside the net in the 60th minute but the play was ruled offside.

·         The Red-and-White remains with 28 points and with a record of 8-16-4 in the Western Conference, eliminated from Playoff contention. The team has two matches left in the season, first on the road against the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday and the last game of the season against the Chicago Fire on October 23 on Fan Appreciation Night.

·         Chivas USA Head Coach Martín Vásquez, on tonight’s match: “‎If go down 2-0 early in the game, playing here it’s going to be difficult. We tried mainly in the second half to get a goal but the goal for us came too late.” A full audio recap from Vásquez, as well as quotes from Michael Lahoud and Jesus Padilla can be found on Dentro del Rebaño, the official bilingual blog of Chivas USA.

·         The Red-and-White will travel to Los Angeles on Saturday and will take Sunday off. Chivas USA will resume training on Monday at 10:00 a.m. PT on Field 6 at The Home Depot Center before traveling on Tuesday to San Jose for the match against the Earthquakes on Wednesday.

·         Last home game: Chivas USA will celebrate Fan Appreciation Night for the final MLS game of 2010 on Saturday, October 23 at 8:00 p.m. PT at The Home Depot Center. For more information, or for tickets to the match, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.

Chivas USA (8-16-4) 1:2 Seattle (14-9-6)

October 15, 2010 – Qwest Field

 

Scoring Summary: 

SEA — Steve Zakuani 10 (Jeff Parke 1) 9

SEA — Osvaldo Alonso 1 (Steve Zakuani 6, Fredy Montero 10) 25

CHV — Jesus Padilla 6 (Rodolfo Espinoza 3) 92+

 

 

Chivas USA — Zach Thornton, Mariano Trujillo, Michael Umana, Ante Jazic, Jonathan Bornstein, Rodolfo Espinoza, Michael Lahoud, Paulo Nagamura, Jorge Flores, Jesus Padilla, Giancarlo Maldonado (Sal Zizzo 76).

 

Substitutes Not Used: Carlos Borja, Justin Braun, Yamith Cuesta, Osael Romero, Ben Zemanski, Kevin Guppy.

 

TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Jorge Flores 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (4 tied with 1); FOULS: 5 (Michael Lahoud 2, Michael Umana 2); OFFSIDES: 2 (Giancarlo Maldonado 1, Jesus Padilla 1); CORNER KICKS: 5 (Giancarlo Maldonado 4); SAVES: 1 (Zach Thornton 1)

 

Seattle Sounders — Kasey Keller, James Riley, Jeff Parke, Patrick Ianni (Tyrone Marshall 51), Leo Gonzalez, Sanna Nyassi (Alvaro Fernandez 60), Osvaldo Alonso, Nathan Sturgis, Steve Zakuani, Fredy Montero (Nate Jaqua 87), Blaise Nkufo.

 

Substitutes Not Used: Michael Fucito, Roger Levesque, Tyson Wahl, Terry Boss.

 

TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Fredy Montero 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Steve Zakuani 2); FOULS: 13 (Leo Gonzalez 3, Tyrone Marshall 3); OFFSIDES: 4 (Blaise Nkufo 2); CORNER KICKS: 5 (Nathan Sturgis 5); SAVES: 3 (Kasey Keller 3)

 

 

Misconduct Summary:

CHV — Paulo Nagamura (caution; Dissent) 26

SEA — Steve Zakuani (caution; Delaying a Restart) 59

SEA — Fredy Montero (caution; Reckless Foul) 84

 

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Referee’s Assistants: -Craig Lowry; C.J. Morgante

4th Official: Yader Reyes

Attendance: 36,356

Time of Game: 1:52

Weather: Clear-and-50-degrees

 

All Statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial

Monterrey 3-2 Seattle Sounders Liga de Campeones CONCACAF 22-IX-2010

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/futbol/commentary?id=308767&league=CONCACAF.CHAMPIONS

Monterrey faced the Seattle Sounders FC in the Estadio Tecnologico located in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The result was an exciting game with a historical moment. The referee was Marlon Alfonso Mejia.

The first half was dominated by the Sounders as they had the posession of the ball and field. They appeared consisent with Sergio Perez scoring the first goal at 27 minutes followed by Michael Fucito within the end of the first half.

Sergio Perez scored with a direct kick while Michael Fucio scored with an assist from Nate Jaqua. The second goal was the result of a foul which lead to a yellow card being issued to Jesus Arellano of Monterrey.

Zach Scott of the Sounders received one early for anti sporting activity. It appeared that the Seattle Sounders FC was going to convert into being the first MLS club from the USA in winning a game inside Mexican Territory.

It was not the case since Monterrey started the second half of the game emboldened and strengthened with a positive attitude and the support of its home stadium.

Seattle srated to weaken in response to the onslaught with Monterrey and Mike Seamon receives another yellow card for the Sounders. They started playing in a disorganized manner and Monterrey took advantage of the situation and played a superior football.

Jesus Di Nigris scored the first goal for Monterrey with a direct kick within 72 minutes and then proceeded to assist Humberto Suazo in an electrifying equalizer with another direct kick.

The crowd went wild as the people celebrated the equalizer. They started to celebrate when Luis Perez scored a third goal for Monterrey as a result of a penalty.

The penalty was based on Terry Boss of the Sounders fouling towards Humberto Suazo of Monterrey.Monterrey continued forward without looking back.

The team (Monterrey) was looking great and refreshed. While the game was in their favor, Neri Cardozo received a yellow card for an infarction in football while Jesus Arellano received a red card and an expulsion for using force against Alvaro Fernandez.

The red and yellow cards were an inconvenience for Monterrey but it did not deter them from winning another game against the Sounders,

Monterrey 3-2 Seattle Sounders FC

Estadio Tecnologico Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Most valued player was Jesus De Nigris for his famous hattrick that surprised everyone and heloed Monterrey come from behind in a victory.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/471094-monterrey-comes-from-behind-to-defeat-seattle-sounders-in-exciting-concacaf-game

OSAEL ROMERO, DE CHIVAS USA, ES CONVOCADO POR LA SELECCIÓN SALVADOREÑA [CD CHIVAS USA]

OSAEL ROMERO, DE CHIVAS USA, ES CONVOCADO POR LA SELECCIÓN SALVADOREÑA
 
El mediocampista rojiblanco se unirá a la selección salvadoreña para sus compromisos ante Honduras el 4 de septiembre en Los Ángeles y el 7 de septiembre en Washington D.C. ante Guatemala
 
CARSON, Calif. (Lunes, 30 de agosto, 2010) – El mediocampista salvadoreño de Chivas USA, Osael Romero, fue convocado por el seleccionado de su país para los dos encuentros amistosos que disputarán ante Honduras el próximo 4 de septiembre en el Coliseo de Los Ángeles, y ante Guatemala el próximo 7 de septiembre en el RFK Stadium de Washington, D.C.  Debido a estos compromisos, Romero se perderá el encuentro ante los Rapids de Colorado el 4 de septiembre en Dick’s Sporting Goods Park en Denver, CO.
 
Romero fue convocado por el entrenador de El Salvador José Luis Rugamas y se integrará con el resto de la plantilla salvadoreña el martes, 2 de septiembre, en Los Ángeles y regresará con el conjunto rojiblanco el miércoles, 8 de septiembre, de cara al enfrentamiento del 10 de septiembre ante la Revolución de Nueva Inglaterra.
 
Después de vencer al D.C. United el domingo por la noche, Chivas USA enfrentará a los Sounders de Seattle FC en la Semifinal de la Copa Abierta de los Estados Unidos el miércoles en Tukwila, Washington, a las 7:30 p.m. PT en un cotejo que será transmitido en línea en SoundersFC.com.  Chivas USA regresa a casa el próximo viernes, 10 de septiembre, ante Nueva Inglaterra y luego enfrentará a las Chivas de Guadalajara en partido amistoso que se celebrará en el PETCO Park de San Diego el martes, 14 de septiembre, a las 8:00 p.m.. Para más información, o para comprar boletos, favor de llamar a 1-877-CHIVAS-1 o visitar cdchivasusa.com. 
 
cdchivasusa.com

Marathon 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC

The Seattle Sounders FC lost to Marathon in the CONCACAF Champions League, after they began the game with a goal by Roger Levesque within the first 17 minutes.

Freddy Montero took advantage of an error by one of the Marathon defenders to pass the ball to Roger Levesque, who made a right foot kick into the left side of the net.

The Sounders then started to feel relaxed during the game which was a mistake.

Orvin Paz of Marathon took advantage of an opening in the goal post to score an equalizer with a right foot kick into the left edge corner in 27 minutes.

Nicolas Cardozo applied the final nail to the hopes of the Seattle Sounders by scoring the second goal for Marathon on the basis of a penalty.

Marathon appeared dominant at home at their stadium, Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. They were consistent and united throughout the match.

The Seattle Sounders appeared to be clueless as to what was happening and were disorganized in defense and passing the ball.

The end result saw Marathon receive three points in Group C of the CONCACAF Champions League. Monterrey received the same points in the same group.

The Sounders ended their nine game winning streak with their first loss outside of the MLS. 

The most valued player of the game was Orvin Paz for his equalizer.

From an article I wrote for Bleacher Report

Freddy Montero: Jugador del Mes Futbol MLS Julio 2010 [Univision Futbol]

Mis felicitaciones para Freddy Montero por ser Jugador del Mes de Julio 2010.

http://futbol.univision.com/estados-unidos/mls/article/2010-08-05/freddy-montero-del-seattle-sounders

Seattle Sounders Avanza En La Liga De Campeones CONCACAF [Univision Futbol.com]

http://futbol.univision.com/concacaf-campeones/article/2010-08-04/concacaf-seattle-vs-metapan

Freddy Montero and the Seattle Sounders FC

The Seattle Sounders started their history as the latest franchise in Major League Soccer with the acquisition of Freddy Montero in 2009. The MLS which are the initials of the Major League Soccer has never been the same. The history of Football Soccer in the United States of America was witness to the first game between the Seattle Sounders and a more experienced New York Red Bulls.

It appeared that the Red Bulls underestimated the Seattle Sounders and Freddy Montero. It was a mistake that was to cost the team dearly as Freddy Montero scored the first two goals of the inaugural MLS Game in Seattle. He then proceeded to hammer a nail in the coffin of New York as the Sounders defeated it 3 to 0.

The Football Soccer world in the United States of America has been celebrating Freddy Montero as if he was the latest fad. It is time for another tribute to Football Soccer great that is starting his career. Freddy Montero is a forward for the Seattle Sounders who is currently on loan from the Colombian Club Deportivo Cali.

Freddy Montero was born on the 26^th of July 1987 in Campos De La Cruz, Colombia. His full name is Freddy Henkyer Montero Mu~noz and he started his career with Deportivo Cali at the age of thirteen. His expertise and discipline earned him a contract with Deportivo Cali after only one tryout.

During his career with Deportivo Cali, Freddy Montero participated in victories over the National Colombian youth team and an equalized game against Juventus FC of Italy. Actually, the victory was against the youth team of Juventus FC.

His career with Deportivo Cali was twenty goals within thirty eight appearances. He was also loaned out to Atletico Huila. During his time with Atletico Huila, he scored twenty two goals in twenty seven appearances. Freddy Montero was also a top scorer in the Copa Mustang for Atletico Huila before returning to Deportivo Cali.

Copa Mustang is a competition of the Colombian National Team with a rich history of its own in the world of Football Soccer.

It should be remembered that before signing with the Seattle Sounders, Freddy Montero received his first cap for Colombia during its game against Panama in the year 2007.

Before Freddy Montero became famous for giving the Seattle Sounders their first victory as an MLS Franchise in an inaugural game, he managed to score nine goals within nine games of the MLS Preseason.

Freddy Montero is the future of Football Soccer and is deserving of his success. My best wishes to him and the Seattle Sounders FC.