It started going right shortly after the franchise was awarded, this was a different type of ownership group because they listened to the fans when they announced the name of the team. This was followed up with the signing of Schmit, Ljungberg and Keller.
The fans responded by buying 22,000 season tickets.
A good foundation, but as the national media kept reminding us we were an expansion team whose stadium will be filled with latte sipping soccer mums.
I think we kinda disproved those theories during the opening game against New York… The atmosphere was incredible and the win convincing.
There were some high points. We won the cup, we saw Barcelona come to town and put on a clinic, we showed we can come from behind to get points when it mattered and ended the year the way we started it, with three wins.
The team matured in front of us and it kept getting better and better. There were a few down moments, the game at San Jose was just atrocious, giving three goals up against DC at home was another. As a fan you suffer through these moments, they give
Tonight is the first playoff game. And it happens at home in a sold out stadium, under the lights on national TV, against a very good team that we’ve beaten twice this year already.
As a sounders supporter these are the nights that are important, win or loose this where our team history is written. This is why we buy season tickets.
A quick read through the ECS forum shows a lot of pumped up people. This is going to be fun, it’s going to be loud and I will be giving my full 90.