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From Last Word on Soccer, by Daniel Sperry After coming back from the depths of the Western Conference table to start the 2016 summer, the Seattle Sounders sacked longtime manager, Sigi Schmid, got Nicolas Lodeiro, and then went on to dominate the rest of the season. They squeaked into the playoffs as the fourth team, […] READ MORE
From Last Word on Soccer, by Joe Hojnacki and Daniel Sperry With the list of players able to be selected in the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft, we decided to take a stab at which players Atlanta United and Minnesota United will take from current MLS rosters. The draft will be five rounds long with each […] READ MORE
From Last Word on Soccer, by Michael Walker The Seattle Sounders erupted for three goals in the second half to grab a convincing 3-0 victory over FC Dallas in the first leg of the Western Conference semifinals. Nelson Valdez scored for the second consecutive match and Nicolás Lodeiro netted two to give the Sounders the win. Seattle advanced to the Western Conference Semi-finals after […] READ MORE
The San Jose Earthquakes and the Seattle Sounders will face off in the first installment of the Heritage Cup in 2016. You may ask what the heritage cup is? Well, it’s kind of a rivalry, but not really. Labeling this a “derby match” is an extremely loose use of the term. Seattle and San Jose […] READ MORE
Daniel Sperry covers Sporting KC, and follows all Bay Area Sports. He is the father of an adorable daughter who will play as a number 10 for the USWNT in the future. He also writes news stories for the Church of the Nazarene.