Sounders

I wrote a story for Wednesday’s paper on how the Sounders, who crumbled under adversity at the end of last year, are thriving in tough situations this season. The piece included a chart that I wanted to share here. As you can see, the two wins after conceding the first goal are already tied for…

Here are some other MLS power rankings from ESPN.com, SI.com, MLSsoccer.com and Soccer America. The Sounders generally show up anywhere from No. 4-6, which the range you’ll find them below:

The second episode of Seattle Soccer Talk, the new weekly radio show hosted by Mike Gastineau, aired Tuesday. The guests were Sounders FC assistant coach Brian Schmetzer, Washington Post journalist Steven Goff, and also yours truly.

We appeared in that order on the show, chatting the Sounders and U.S. national team among other topics. You can listen to the podcast below:

Even if not active for the first team, Sounders FC’s Tristan Bowen had an eventful weekend in his hometown of Los Angeles. The newcomer got to meet up with his family, including big brother Travis, a former Sounders trialist playing with the Galaxy’s USL PRO team; the two shared a big hug in the tunnel…

The latest episode of MLSsoccer.com’s Instant Replay is out, and it starts with some debatable calls from the Sounders-Chivas USA game. First off, host Simon Borg had no issue with the penalty kick given to the hosts (on a tackle by Osvaldo Alonso on Leandro Barrera) and also agreed with a red card given to…

Some Twitter jousting between Sounders FC homegrown player DeAndre Yedlin and Colorado Rapids homegrown player Shane O’Neill before the Super Bowl eventually led to a bet on the big game that could be resolved this week. First: some context. It all started when O’Neill sent this tweet of Broncos support on Jan. 31 to Yedlin,…

The Clint Dempsey-Obafemi Martins partnership has seemingly been talked about ad nauseam the past several weeks, and that connection came up big again Saturday as Dempsey set up a lovely Martins’ winner in Seattle’s 2-1 comeback against Chivas USA. The 81st-minute winner is up for MLS Goal of the Week, an award Dempsey claimed last week…

The Sounders got a weekend sweep against Chivas USA as the reserves followed the first team with a 3-2 road win Sunday. Seattle’s goals came from Tristan Bowen (acquired in an offseason trade with the Goats), Chad Barrett and an own goal. Midfielder Andy Rose was able to play about 60 minutes having missed the past…

The Western Conference standings could look better for a Sounders FC fan, but not much. Seattle, a little more than 20 percent into the season, is tied with Real Salt Lake on points but would have the tiebreaker on most wins. Rival Portland, on the other hand, sits eighth out of nine teams amid a…

Here are some quotes and stats from Sounders FC’s 2-1 road win at Chivas USA, a second-straight comeback triumph away from home. A lot of quotes focused on the impressive road-trip and being on the receiving end of a team-record 26 fouls.