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Join me at 7 p.m. tonight for a live chat during Sounders FC’s game at Mexico’s Tigres UANL in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal.

FOX Soccer, a premium cable channel (401, 618 in HD), will carry the broadcast. There will be no radio coverage.

I’ll also post lineups below when they become available.

Sounders FC lineup: GK Michael Gspurning, D Zach Scott, D Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, D Djimi Traore (team debut), D Leo Gonzalez, M Alex Caskey, M Osvaldo Alonso, M Brad Evans, M Mario Martinez, F Mauro Rosales, F Eddie Johnson

Sounders FC bench: GK Marcus Hahnemann, D Marc Burch, D DeAndre Yedlin, M Servando Carrasco, M Andy Rose, M Lamar Neagle, F Sammy Ochoa

Tigres UANL lineup: GK Enrique Palos, D Israel Jimenez, D Juninho, D Hugo Ayala, D Jorge Torres Nilo, M Carlos Salcido, M Jose Francisco Torres, M Elias Hernandez, M Alberto Acosta, M Lucas Lobos, F Luis Garcia.

Tigres UANL bench: GK Aaron Fernandez, M Manuel Viniegra, F Alan Pulido, D Jose Arturo Rivas, M Jesus Duenas, M Damian Alvarez, Veron

Here are some other notes from the team:

Weather: Partly cloudy and 61-degrees. SE wind at 6 mph.

Referee: Jeffrey Solis (Costa Rica)
Assistants: Osvaldo Luna; Javier Rojas Sanchez
4th Official: Ricardo Cerdas

Stadium: Estadio Universitario, Monterrey

Attendance: 35,000 expected (stadium holds around 41,000)

Sounders FC will debut its 2013 secondary kit, Cascade Shale. Tigres will wear gold with blue.