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Brad Evans and Eddie Johnson might be about to play back-to-back games at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.
SEATTLE — An announced crowd of 40,847 at CenturyLink Field got to cheer its national team and its local team Tuesday night, as Seattle Sounders FC forward Eddie Johnson scored in the United States’ 2-0 World Cup qualifying win against Panama.
SEATTLE — The U.S. men’s national soccer team will meet Panama in a World Cup qualifying match Tuesday night at CenturyLink Field.
Seattle — Sounders FC took a lead, lost a lead and then regained the lead on its way to a wild 3-2 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps before a crowd of 53,679 on Saturday at CenturyLink Field.
Seattle Sounders FC midfielder/defender Brad Evans — the newest hero of the U.S. national men’s soccer team — plans to be in the crowd of 55,000 or so watching his Major League Soccer club meet the Vancouver Whitecaps at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at CenturyLink Field.
After starting just two Major League Soccer matches last season, Seattle Sounders FC central midfielder Servando Carrasco has started six consecutive league games this season.
Seattle Sounders FC forward Obafemi Martins will be free to play against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday after an independent review panel Wednesday rescinded a red card issued against him in the game last weekend at Chivas USA.
Seattle Sounders FC went through five matches before getting its first win this Major League Soccer season, and the club suffered eliminations from the CONCACAF Champions League and U.S. Open Cup.
A burst of Seattle offense and a moment of Chivas USA ineptitude combined Saturday to give Seattle Sounders FC a 2-0 Major League Soccer win at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
A difficult week for Chivas USA could lead to a difficult weekend for Sounders FC, Seattle coach Sigi Schmid fears.
After four seasons of long runs through the U.S. Open Cup, Seattle Sounders FC was bounced from the 2013 tournament in its opening match Wednesday.
The Seattle Sounders traveled many miles — although not back in time — for their Wednesday match against the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
The Seattle Sounders catch a break this week in their eagerness to wash away the stain of one of the worst losses in franchise history: a 4-0 drubbing at Los Angeles on Sunday.
Arjen Robben found redemption at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Midfielder Robbie Rogers is about to become the first openly gay male to play in a major North American sports league – perhaps as soon as Sunday night against Seattle Sounders FC.