Last night...

Well, that sucked.
The Sounders put in a great performance last night only to fall short by 1 goal and were eliminated from the 2011 MLS Playoffs.  It's a hard pill to swallow since the team put dug themselves into such a deep hole leading up to the 2nd leg.  Who knew a Nick Grabavoy goal and a Tony Beltran save off the line would be the ultimate differences in this series?

I would like to say a sincere thank you to the entire Sounders FC organization.  I cannot imagine my season tickets being more worth the tremendous season that I got to experience first hand. 

Onwards and upwards though as it were.  Lots to do in a short offseason for the club:

- Re-sign Mauro Rosales
- Expansion draft protection list
- Fill 3rd DP slot (if not Rosales?)
- 2012 MLS Superdraft
- Prep for CCL Quarterfinals

My protected 11?
- Steve Zakuani
- Fredy Montero
- Alvaro Fernandez
- Mauro Rosales
- Osvaldo Alonso
- Jeff Parke
- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado
- Mike Fucito
- Sammy Ochoa
- Erik Friburg
- Roger Levesque