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

Today of all days...

It's been almost 6 months since my last post in this space. Between getting married, buying a house and work, it's been near impossible to sit still much less to sit down and write. However, today of all days I wanted to say something. 

Last Saturday, my beloved Sounders FC dug themselves one hell of a hole. As it stands, we are down 3 goals to a gritty, championship caliber opponent with 90 minutes to play. Our heroes have quite the task ahead of them.

However, before we can get the three goals back, we only need one thing- the first one. Once that first goal goes in, all bets are off. All logic will shrivel by the wayside and doubt itself...after that first goal, our "chance" becomes attainable, realistic even.

After that first goal, (with all due respect to them) doubt will climb into the minds of the RSL players as quickly as the confidence will flow throughout the Sounders. The 36,000+ in attendance will become louder and louder...and will start to sense that maybe...just...maybe, we are on the precipice of something great.

One goal...that's the beginning. I'm not saying that one goal will guarantee victory. And no, I'm not saying anything truly logical here. But, I feel that one goal is all we truly need tonight. After one goal- all bets are off.

Go get 'em fellas. I'll be there doing my best to will you to victory tonight.