Managing quite nicely without coach Sigi Schmid, sitting out a one-game suspension for intemperate remarks, the Sounders closed out their home season Sunday night at the Clink with a 3-1 triumph over Dallas FC that eliminated the Texans from the playoff race. The Sounders are assured of playing Real Salt Lake in the first round,
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Eddie Johnson, Adam Johansson and Mario Martinez return to the Sounders from World Cup qualifying duty against Dallas, which is pursuing the fifth and final West playoff spot.
Even against what was believed to be a cupcake defense, the Washington Huskies can’t work up an appetite for offense. Quarterback Keith Price had two interceptions and a lost a fumble as he ran scared behind his semi-helpless blockers, leaving the Huskies no counter-punch for Arizona’s quick-strike attack that produced the UW’s most disappointing loss
Washington QB Keith Price is up against a defense he can throw against in Arizona, but the revived Huskies defense is up against trouble in Tucson.
Not satisfied with merely beating the Seahawks, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh began a campaign Friday to win the rematch by whining publicly and to the league office about what he believes are illegal tactics by Seahawks cornerbacks Brandon Browner and Richard Sherman. “I wouldn’t use the words, ‘locked up,’” Harbaugh told CSNBayArea.com in San Francisco
Major League Soccer Friday fined and suspended Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid for the “inappropriate comments” he made during halftime of Seattle’s 0-0 draw with Real Salt Lake at CenturyLink Field Wednesday night. The league docked Schmid $2,000 and ordered him to sit out Sunday’s match at the Clink with FC Dallas.
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Playing the NFL’s best defense on the road will be the toughest test yet for QB Russell Wilson, who has to deal with the 49ers after an embarrassing 26-3 loss to the Giants.
For the final 45 minutes of Wednesday night’s Seattle-Real Salt Lake match at CenturyLink Field, the question was whether the Sounders could prevail despite playing a man down. Forced into that situation in the 30th minute when Zach Scott received the second of two yellow cards, an automatic ejection, the Sounders didn’t win, but they
Seattle entrepreneur Bob Walsh, who directed efforts that led to successful Seattle bids for three NCAA Final Fours (1984, 1989, 1995) and the 1990 Goodwill Games, will launch a five-part series, “Conversations With Bob Walsh and Friends” Oct. 25 at Seattle Central Community College. The series includes dinner, speakers and question-and-answer sessions with Walsh and