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Sketched March 9, 8:28 p.m. When the Sounders season kicks off Tuesday night against the LA Galaxy, Brougham End is the place to be at Qwest Field. I joined the frenzy here this week for a preseason game against Colorado, and the energy was already full-on, even though this was a friendly match. The Emerald…

Sketched March 9, 5:38 p.m. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you know that I was at last night’s Sounders game. I’ll be posting more sketches soon. In the meantime, meet fans Matt and Jennifer Johnson. Like me, they boarded the light rail at Westlake Station to go to the stadium. The…

[View larger] It’s been so long since I went to my last Barça game: almost ten years! I watched them defeat Italian team Fiorentina 4 to 2 in a qualifying UEFA Champions League match on Sept. 22, 1999. My American girlfriend at the time, now wife, and I sat in one of the rows farthest…

10:32 a.m. [View larger] The best team of the most popular sport in the world is in Seattle. FC Barcelona, aka Barça, is playing a friendly game against the Sounders FC on Wednesday as part of their summer tour in preparation for the Spanish soccer league, which starts at the end of the month…