11/11/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - United Soccer Leagues (USL) announced Wednesday significant changes that affect the Seattle Sounders in the 2005 season, including the renaming of the A-League and the substitution of a two-conference system for a single table format.
The two tiers of USL’s professional division will be officially referred to as the USL First Division and USL Second Division, eliminating the A-League name adopted by the then independent American Professional Soccer League in 1995.
11/10/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - The United Soccer Leagues announced Friday changes for the W-League 2005 season, most notably the addition of six new teams. The Seattle Sounders Women see little change in the Western Conference as the W-League continues to use overtime in regular season matches.
The W-League alignment for 2005 will again consist of three conferences. Both the Eastern and Central Conferences now consist of a two-division format and a single table conference for the Sounders Women in the West.
11/1/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - The Seattle Sounders released 2005 Holiday Packs today allowing fans to get into the holiday spirit with Sounders Soccer. Each of the two Holiday Packs includes four ticket vouchers for some of the best seats at Qwest Field plus a Sounders gift. Two different packages are available starting at $59 through December 15th.
Traditional Holiday Pack - $59
Four Reserve ticket vouchers + Choice of Gift, a $74 Value for $59 ($15 Savings)
Choice of Gifts Include (While Supplies Last):
1.) Sounders T-Shirt
2.) NIKE Equipment Bag
3.) 2004 Team Poster
10/26/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - Brian Ching, former Seattle Sounder forward, received the San Jose Earthquakes 2004 Honda Most Valuable Player and Budweiser Scoring Champion awards, the Earthquakes announced yesterday. It was Ching's second season with the club.
In his first full season with the Earthquakes, Ching lead the league in scoring with 12 goals and added four assists to lead the Earthquakes in scoring with 28 points. After earning MLS Player of the Week honors for a two goal performance against the Colorado Rapids on July 17th, Ching received his first selection to the MLS All-Star game.
10/20/2004
Want a free season ticket to the Sounders 2005 season? With the new "Refer a Friend Program", free season tickets are readily available. Here's how it works:
Renew your same number of seats from the 2004 season
Refer a friend whom we will call and offer our early bird special
Friend must purchase a minimum of two season tickets
You get a free season ticket for every pair your friend purchases.
Any questions, call Gary Boyle at 206 622.3415 ext 122.
10/5/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - The Seattle Sounders today announced ticketing options for the 2005 A-League season inside Qwest Field. The introduction of a new seating format highlights season ticket, ticket package, and season long Youth Pass opportunities.
The Sounders new seating format features two sections: Reserved ($17) and General Admission ($12). Reserved sections include 108, 109, 110 and 209. All remaining sections will be general admission seating.
9/27/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - The Seattle Sounders announced today 2004 Team and Fan awards. Team awards were selected by players and coaches and included statistical awards given to team leaders in goals scored, assists and minutes played. Fan awards were voted by Sounders match attendees. Earning two of the six annual team awards was goalkeeper Preston Burpo (pictured).
The Sounders 2004 leading goal scorer was forward Welton Melo with 12 goals. Two of Welton’s goals were critical goals in Game 2 of the playoff series against Portland that allowed the Sounders to advance to the Western Conference Championship.
9/18/2004
(MONTREAL, Que.) – the Seattle Sounders quest for a league title fell one victory short as they dropped a, 2-0, decision to the Montreal Impact in the A-League Championship game Saturday at Claude Robillard Sports Complex. It was the first A-League championship for the Impact since 1994. Seattle last won the league title in 1996, their last trip to the Finals before this season.
The Sounders played Montreal even through much of the first half. The letdown came in the 33rd minute. Impact defender Maurico Vincello was allowed to run with the ball through the middle of the field and get off a left-footed blast from 18 yards out. The ball curled inside the left post past the outstretched arms of the Sounders diving goalkeeper, Preston Burpo.
9/17/2004
The Seattle Sounders are playing for their third A-League Championship this Saturday, September 18th against the Montreal Impact at Montreal’s Claude Robillard Sports Complex. The match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports World beginning at 4pm. - Pictred: Sounders Captain Danny Jackson and Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer along with the Impacts Nick DeSantis and Mauro Biello.
The following four Pubs and Restaurants will be showing the Sounders match live on their BIG SCREENS. Grab your friends and head to Seattle to celebrate and support the Sounders as they wrap up the 2004 season. Don't forget kick off is at 4pm PST.
9/16/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - The Seattle Sounders will be forced to play the A-League Championship match without the team’s leading scorer Welton Melo. After reviewing an appeal by Sounder’s management, the A-League announced today that it is upholding the one-game suspension for Welton’s ejection on Sunday, September 12th in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals in Vancouver.
Welton, a Brazilian native, received his second yellow card of the match in the 72nd minute in a confusing scenario during a substitution in which the head official, Tiger Liu determined Welton was “delaying” the restart of the match.
“There is an injustice being levied on a young man whose language skills and legitimate confusion were construed as delay,” said Sounders General Manager Adrian Hanauer.
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