With a family history of high achievement, WR Dante Pettis is comfortable playing a big role as Washington pursues its ambitions for conference and national championships.
Author: Andrew Harvey
Andrew Harvey
A lifelong student of soccer whose passion for it outstrips his ability, Harvey is happy to return to the Cascadian mecca of The Beautiful Game. A Seattle native, Harvey was lured into the field of sports media by the high salaries and fast cars that are all too commonplace for sportswriters. As a student at Carleton (MN.) College, he worked as a writer, broadcaster and producer for the sports information department. Harvey graduated from Carleton magna cum laude in history and theatre in 2015. Harvey also worked for the North American Soccer League’s Minnesota United FC, contributing to televised broadcasts from the control room. After completing an internship with Sportspress Northwest, he covers the Sounders and UW men’s basketball as well as contributing coverage on the Seahawks and Mariners.
Brian Schmetzer will be the new full-time head coach of the Seattle Sounders, the second man to ever hold the position after Sigi Schmid was dismissed in July, midway through his eighth season with the club.
Lineup limitations, listless defense and a bevy of turnovers meant that the Washington Huskies nearly blew an exhibition game against Western Washington.
Nelson Valdez scored another game-winner, and Nicolas Lodeiro torched FC Dallas’s back line fort two more as Seattle seized the initiative in the Western Conference semifinals with a 3-0 win Sunday night.
The Sounders face FC Dallas at home Sunday, aware that they have made defensive blunders in the previous post-season against the Supporters’ Shield champs.
Sporting Kansa City coach Peter Vermes raged that Nelson Valdez was offisde when he struck the game-winner in the 88th minute. But it didn’t change the 1-0 decision that advances the Sounders.
The Sounders have a chance to exploit their rally to a home-field advantage for a first-round knockout game by spoiling the playoffs for the team that twice beat them, including the game that ousted Sigi Schmid.
The Sounders won when they had to, scrapping past Real Salt Lake 2-1 in a sloppy match Sunday that nevertheless earned them the No. 4 seed in the West playoffs against Sporting Kansas City.
A win against Real Salt Lake at home Sunday would cap a remarkable turnaround by the Sounders and interim coach Brian Schmetzer, who is eyeing the full-time coaching job for next season.
Washington’s ground game is much more than just the Huskies’ breakout star of a year ago. Myles Gaskin is joined by Lavon Coleman and Jovon Dotson to make what is the Pac-12’s most dominant backfield.