100 Things Sounders Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know) - Softcover

Baker, Geoff

 
9781629375670: 100 Things Sounders Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1629375675 ISBN 13: 9781629375670
Verlag: Triumph Books, 2018

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Even the most die-hard Seattle Sounders fans don't know everything about their beloved club. Whether you were around for the USL days or were drawn in more recently by the team's incredible 2016 comeback, these are the 100 things all fans need to know. Award-winning sportswriter Geoff Baker has collected every essential piece of Sounders knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom.

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Geoff Baker is a sports enterprise and investigative reporter who covers the Sounders for The Seattle Times. A native of Montreal, Quebec, Baker has won three National Newspaper Awards in Canada, and his work has also garnered multiple Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) awards.

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100 Things Sounders Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By Geoff Baker

Triumph Books LLC

Copyright © 2018 Geoff Baker
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-62937-567-0

Contents

Introduction, 
1. Roman Torres Has a Championship at His Feet, 
2. A Hollywood Beginning, 
3. Sounders Play First MLS Game, 
4. Fredy Montero Becomes First Sounders Star, 
5. Clint Dempsey Comes Home, 
6. Never Over Until the Final Whistle, 
7. What's in a Name?, 
8. DeAndre Yedlin Raised by His Grandparents, 
9. Chad Marshall Solidifies the Back Line, 
10. Born in 1974, 
11. Alan Hinton Becomes Mr. Soccer in Pacific Northwest, 
12. Stand with ECS Members at a Game, 
13. Sounders Win Consecutive A-League Titles, 
14. From Walmart to a New Life, 
15. Sounders Lose 1977 and 1982 Soccer Bowls, 
16. Garth Lagerwey Changes Team's Approach, 
17. Sounders Make It to Champions League Semifinal, 
18. Stefan Frei Makes "The Save", 
19. The Greatest Sounders Game Ever, 
20. Talk to Players at Practice, 
21. A Red Card Wedding with No Bouquet, 
22. Brian Schmetzer: Four Decades of Work Ethic from Player to Coach, 
23. Getting It Done, 
24. Native Son Returns, 
25. Sounders Win First Supporters' Shield, 
26. The Most Memorable Sounders Tifos, 
27. Sigi Schmid Fired, 
28. Chris Henderson Goes from Youth Phenom to Top Executive, 
29. Lodeiro Backs Up Big Money with Big Results, 
30. From Dancing Bear to a Muted Celebration, 
31. Eddie Johnson Tells Sounders, "Pay Me!", 
32. Fredy Montero Rape Allegation, 
33. March to the Match, 
34. Clint Dempsey Sidelined by Irregular Heartbeat, 
35. The Unofficial Team Historian, 
36. Stefan Frei Resurrects Career, 
37. New Attendance Record on Opening Day at Kingdome, 
38. Twitter Feud Turns Foul, 
39. An Ownership Stake for Fans, 
40. Make Your Own Tifo, 
41. The Science of Winning, 
42. Timing Is Everything, 
43. Teenager Cristian Roldan Says, "No Thanks!", 
44. Listen to a Sounders Podcast, 
45. How Adrian Hanauer Rode a Hot Stock to an MLS Franchise, 
46. 48 Seconds and a Tree Chop, 
47. Joevin Jones Follows in Father's Footsteps, 
48. From Gun-Toting Militia to the MLS Cup, 
49. Sounders Win Multiple USL Titles, 
50. Dempsey Dominates a Rivalry, 
51. Jordan Morris Comes Home with Honors, 
52. Freddie Ljungberg Arrives from Arsenal, 
53. Barcelona Seeing Red, 
54. Inside the Emerald City Supporters, 
55. Catch a Game or Pregame at a Local Pub, 
56. Blaise Nkufo Records First Sounders Hat Trick, 
57. Can't Stop Wondo, 
58. Clint Dempsey Scores Fastest Goal in Sounders History, 
59. Fan Protest Reverses League Policy on Championship Stars, 
60. Homegrown Gems, 
61. Seattle Hosts MLS Cup Championship Game, 
62. Sounders Rout FC Dallas for Biggest Margin of Victory, 
63. For Drew Carey, the Price Was Right, 
64. Stefan Frei Becomes a U.S. Citizen, 
65. Attend a Sounders2 Game, 
66. Obafemi Martins Bolts to China, 
67. Sounders Play First Friendlies Against Two World Powerhouses, 
68. DeAndre Yedlin Heads Overseas, 
69. Sounders Give Up Fastest Three Goals in Team History, 
70. Sounders-Timbers Rivalry, 
71. Sounders Score Fastest Three Goals, 
72. Doctor in the House, 
73. Soccer Royalty Serves Up Humbling Lesson, 
74. Sounders Draw All-Time Largest Crowd, 
75. The Memorial Stadium Years, 
76. Buy Pitchside Seats, 
77. Ljungberg First Sounders Player Named to MLS Best XI, 
78. Stalking the L.A. Galaxy, 
79. Sounders Get Championship Rings, 
80. Carry a Team and a Tune, 
81. Sounders Suffer Biggest Defeat, 
82. Alliance Council Votes to Retain Hanauer, 
83. Send Your Child to a Sounders Camp, 
84. The Mission of Gorilla FC, 
85. Steve Zakuani Draft and Injury, 
86. The Starfire Training Facility, 
87. Sounders Take the Lead on LGBT Rights, 
88. The Golden Scarf Tradition, 
89. Go to a Road Game, 
90. Rare Violence Between Sounders and Timbers Fans, 
91. Leerdam Solidifies a Second Title Shot, 
92. U.S. Open Cup Dynasty, 
93. A Sounder at Heart, 
94. Soccer's Rare Marching Band, 
95. A Favor Returned, 
96. The Best of Beginnings, 
97. Getting Their Man, 
98. Brad Evans Becomes Mr. Versatility, 
99. Mr. Sounder Finds a Home, 
100. Brad Evans Finds Penalty Kick Perfection,


CHAPTER 1

Roman Torres Has a Championship at His Feet

Roman Torres was the most unlikely pick to score a championship-winning goal in MLS history. But on a frigid December 2016 night in Toronto, with neither the Sounders nor the hometown Reds able to score in regulation or overtime, it came down to Torres on penalty kicks.

The hulking defender from Panama, captain of that country's national team, had appeared in only 13 regular season games over two seasons with the Sounders. He'd torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee only weeks after coming over from Colombian side Millonarios midway through 2015, ending his season and limiting his play the following year. But his game picked up late in 2016, helping the Sounders make the playoffs and advance through each round with a rock-tight defensive strategy to offset a weakened attack.

That strategy held up in the championship match, with the Sounders keeping things scoreless despite failing to register a single shot on goal in regulation play or overtime. Torres was a monster throughout the match, outmuscling Toronto star Jozy Altidore throughout and limiting him and Sebastian Giovinco to a handful of opportunities. Like all others on the field, Torres was exhausted by the end. But after the teams made it through five rounds of penalty kicks tied 3 — 3, Justin Morrow hit the crossbar during the second sudden death round and opened the door for Torres and the Sounders to steal a title.

The Sounders hadn't used Torres among their first five shooters when penalty kicks began. Then, as the sudden death segment began, he didn't know whether he'd be called upon.

"All of a sudden, I see them signaling over 'two-five,'" he said. "And I go 'Really? Two-five? Number twenty- five? Okay.'"

Torres had yet to score a single MLS goal. But growing up in Panama, he'd played as a forward on his youth team.

Playing professionally in Colombia, he'd scored 44 goals over parts of 11 seasons. In the semifinals of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, he'd scored the opening goal on a header.

But he'd need to use his feet this time, as Toronto keeper Clint Irwin stared back at him from 12 yards away.

"I had no idea where I was going to shoot," Torres said. "I was just saying, 'God, you're going to tell me where to put this ball and it's going to go where it goes.' And it did and thank goodness for that."

Once his shot hit the back of the net, Torres let flow a tide of emotion. His teammates stormed the field to greet him, champions at last.

For Torres, it capped a long journey that began in Panama City. Torres was just three when the U.S. invasion to overthrow dictator Manuel Noriega occurred. Though Torres was too young to remember much, he sensed things gradually improving in his Central American country. By age 15, he was still playing as a striker, far bigger and taller than most boys his age. He attended a national U-17 tryout camp with about 200 to 300 other teens, looking to qualify. At one point, the coaches began...

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Verlag
Triumph Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1629375675
ISBN 13 
9781629375670
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