TORONTO VS SEATTLE THIS SUNDAY - I'M GOING!

[jenni_blog]

I have tickets to see Toronto FC play Seattle Sounders this Sunday. I am excited about this on so many levels! First, Seattle is an expansion team, whose first year in the MLS (last year) was so successful that they made it to the semi-finals in the playoffs. Second, Seattle has a player named Fredy Montero, a Colombian striker whose career I have been following since he was 18 years old and playing in Colombia. (Everyone who knows me knows I ADORE Colombian football. It's wide open, attacking, and all teams usually play in a 4-2-2-2 formation. The players are technically gifted and fast.) Seattle also has Freddie Ljungberg, late of Arsenal, who has been the team's inspiration since he came on board. The two Freddies, as they are called, are Seattle's best, most exciting players. I can't wait to see them. Oh yes, and the team is partly owned by Drew Carey, the American comedian.

Anyway, some pics of Seattle vs Real Salt Lake from a couple of weeks ago. Seattle is in the green kit. Of note, Real Salt Lake won the MLS championship last year and also has some great players.





Freddie Ljungberg!



Fredy Montero!



Jhon Kennedy Hurtado is another Seattle player from Colombia.



Pat Noonan of Seattle vs Alvaro Saborio, one of my favourite Costa Rican players. He was recently with Bristol City in the Coca-Cola Championship in England.



Osvaldo Alonso is another really great Seattle player.



Here he is against Kyle Beckerman, a really good RSL defender.

Comments

[ayres-4.livejournal.com]

Ah, good! He was training at San Lorenzo when he was sort of "in between" clubs and then I read an interview with him a couple of weeks ago, about his brother's death (Mirko used to play for San Lorenzo) and he said that he'd signed with Toronto. I'm happy for him =)

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, I think you told me about Mirko Saric some time ago. It sounds very, very familiar. I hope Martin works out well. I had hoped for good things from Pablo Vitti last year...he started out doing great...he won the award for best player in the exhibition game against River Plate, but then he sort of faded away...I don't know what happened! Sometimes it's a coach-player thing. Who knows?

[ayres-4.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I probably did. He commited suicide ten years ago
http://ayres-4.livejournal.com/175826.html
Our youth team's locker room now carries his name
http://ayres-4.livejournal.com/176426.html
I hope Martin works out well too, the interview with him broke my heart.