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    MATCH REPORT: Sounders vs Chicago

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    Sounders played a hard fought match against an undefeated Fire side in Chicago tonight earning 1 point with a draw. The Fire struck first in the 68th minute with a nice Blanco pass to Marco Pappa who slipped it by Keller. Tyrone Marshall provided SSFC with a 74th minute GTG in the form of a left-footed flick to the far post coming from a Ljungberg corner. Montero was sent off with a red in the 49th minute for throwing an elbow. LeToux will most likely get the start next week at home vs the Galaxy.

    Tonight saw a lot of firsts for SSFC:

    • First draw for MLS Sounders
    • First goal by Tyrone Marshall as a Sounder
    • First Sounder goal from a set piece this year
    • First MLS goal scored on Kasey Keller
    • First MLS red card for Fredy Montero
    • First MLS assist for Freddie Ljungberg
    Side note about our kits...

    Our kits looked absolutely terrible on TV tonight! The all green is especially bad. The players blend in with the pitch making it difficult to watch. It looked like the Fire was playing against a bunch of blue socks. Our Rave Green is a very unique color, and I like-but we desperately need white shorts (see photo below).

    Questions...
    • Does LeToux get the start up front next week? How will he do?
    • Is Montero's amazing success early in the season ending up to be a bad thing?
    • Do the Sounders need to invest in new TV commentators (I know it wasn't Kevin tonight-but still)?

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    14 comments so far:

    I hope Le Toux gets the start up front next week. I think he can do some amazing thing up front. It will be interesting to see if the Le Toux/Ljungberg combination works better than the Montero/Ljungberg. I think it will because Montero and Ljungberg tend to occupy the same space on the pitch. If Le Toux gets the spot I hope he takes advantage of the opportunity.

    I like the kit, very unique, I don't know about you but I really like Christmas Pitch, with a red team vs a green team.

    Le Toux's engine is what won us the corner, which gave us the chance to tie it up. Nobody on our team has his ferocity, or passion for the team. He never gives up. To see him in the Open Cup game toying with RSL was great to see again, he is not a winger, he should do well up front, I wouldn't be surprised to see Levesque come on early in the second half for Jaqua if things aren't going well. This will be better than the curtain call substitutions he's been given.

    Oh, and about the commentators, I can't hear them because the ECS is too loud in the Bar :), but I would like them to put up a graphic each time somebody get's a card, that first one in the 56 second happened so quick nobody knew what was happening.

    If nothing else, Le Toux inserted for Montero will answer whether our offensive slump at the beginning of several recent games is due to Montero or to a gameplan that emphasizes ball control and less direct attacking when we're on the road. Montero doesn't seem to connect well with Jagua or Ljungberg. At times, his excellent dribbling skills lead him to hang on to the ball too long when two or three defenders are closing in; at other times his one touch passes are going to space where his teammates could have run, but didn't.

    Did anyone else notice that while the Fire was consistently attacking down the wings and generally providing dangerous service into the middle, Seattle couldn't get a ball down the wings in the first half for love nor money, much less get off a decent cross?

    I agree with you on color change, thinking white shirts.
    I thought Cliff McGrath was good on color commentary. He was honest and informative about Blanco, and Sounders stinking up the first half. He also predicted Sigi's second half changes. Stevie Z has no beef, because he failed to track back often enough. Two months and still not fit?
    I hope Ljungberg and LeToux start up front.

    Hey, maybe if the green camouflages us they won't see what hit 'em. :-)

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