Seattle Worthy Of Another Shot At Quality Soccer by Steve Kelley (Commentary | Seattle Times - August 22) When the Sounders came to town in 1974, Seattle was a kinder, much gentler sports town. The summer calendar was light and this quirky group consisting mostly of rogue, middle-of-the-rung Brits touched something in the city's sports heart.more details | go to article
Studio Exec In Soccer venture by Jeff Meisner (Article | Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - August 10) Seattle Sounders Managing Director Adrian Hanauer has teamed up with a well-known Los Angeles movie studio executive to try to bring Major League Soccer to Qwest Field.more details | go to article
Seattle At "Top Of List" For MLS Team In 2006 by José Miguel Romero (Analysis | Seattle Times - July 15) Yesterday was Salt Lake City's day to bask in the glow of having received a Major League Soccer expansion franchise. But Seattle is far from an afterthought, even though it did not get a team for next season. MLS commissioner Don Garber is already thinking ahead to further expansion of the 12-team league, and Seattle appears to be first in line to receive the 13th pro soccer franchise when MLS is ready to announce its two new 2006 franchises.more details | go to article
Seattle Group Plans For MLS In 2006 by José Miguel Romero (Analysis | Seattle Times - July 14) Major League Soccer was set to officially name Salt Lake City as the recipient of an expansion franchise at a news conference this morning. That means Seattle is out of the bidding for a team for 2005.more details | go to article
Seattle Loses Out On MLS Bid by Angelo Bruscas (Analysis | Seattle Post Intelligencer - July 13) Seattle apparently has lost out to a full-force Utah promotional blitz over the past two weeks that has persuaded Major League Soccer officials to award a 2005 expansion franchise to the Salt Lake City area instead of to the ownership group formed by the Seattle Sounders.more details | go to article
Sounders Await MLS Expansion Decision by Angelo Bruscas (Analysis | Seattle Post Intelligencer - July 8) Adrian Hanauer played in the World Series of Poker and just got back from a pretty good run in Las Vegas, where he finished second out of 150 players in a $436,500 no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament. Do not, however, ask the Sounders general manager to wager on whether Seattle will be awarded a Major League Soccer franchise this week for the 2005 season.more details | go to article
Hanauer Ready If MLS Wants Seattle In 2005 by José Miguel Romero (Analysis | Seattle Times - June 30) Adrian Hanauer appears to have his ownership group in place for when — or if — Major League Soccer awards an expansion franchise to Seattle. The only thing the Seattle Sounders general manager can do now is wait.more details | go to article
'Qwest Field' Approved by Angelo Bruscas (Analysis | Seattle Post Intelligencer - June 25) The logo still needs tweaking, and some board members have a nit to pick with the spelling, but Qwest Field officially replaces Seahawks Stadium in much more than name.more details | go to article
England's Rooney A Sight To Behold by Glenn Davis (Article | Houston Chronicle - June 24) Also: Steve Sampson was fired as the head coach of the Costa Rican national team; the Washington Freedom and the Boston Breakers tied 3-3 at the National Sports Center during the WUSA Soccer Festival on Saturday.more details | go to article
Major League Soccer Looking Closely At Seattle by Matt Gaschk (Analysis | Seattle Post Intelligencer - June 24) In the month leading to the Champions World match between Chelsea and Celtic on July 24 at Seahawks Stadium, the Sounders are in anticipation of another major announcement. In the next three weeks, Major League Soccer will announce the 12th team for the 2005 season.more details | go to article
Sounders Notebook: MLS Hopes Get Boost by Matt Gaschk (Analysis | Seattle Post Intelligencer - June 10) The purchase of Seahawks Stadium naming rights by Qwest may have a big impact on the Seattle Sounders and their pursuit of a Major League Soccer franchise. The majority owner and founder of Qwest Communications is Philip Anschutz, a Denver financier who owns five of the 10 existing MLS franchises and minority shares in the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and the NHL's Los Angeles Kings.more details | go to article
365 Q & A With Sounders Adrian Hanauer by Lars Lifrak (Analysis | Soccer365 - June 6) Seattle is one of four finalists for MLS expansion in 2005. With the final announcement of which city will have a new team next year apparently just a few weeks away, Soccer365’s Lars Lifrak caught up with Adrian Hanauer, G.M. of the A-League’s Seattle Sounders to talk about the possibilities of bringing a MLS team to the Northwest.more details | go to article
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