It’s déjà vu all over again. Last Saturday, Sounders FC faced Vancouver Whitecaps FC at BC Place in the third and final regular season matchup with the Rave Green topping the Supporters’ Shield leaders 3-0 en route to claiming its first Cascadia Cup trophy since 2011. Now, on Wednesday night the two regional rivals square off in the Group Stage of the 2015-2016 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League. With a win, the Sounders would advance to the Knockout Round for the third time in club history.
Ahead of Seattle’s second match in five days, here’s the latest news on the club:
- Q13 FOX’s Weekly Wrap includes a look at some of the players’ body art.
- Geekwire explained how the Sounders sports science staff is able to separate noise from signal.
- Matt Pentz of The Seattle Times wrote a piece on the club’s tribute to injured teammate, Román Torres.
- Don Ruiz of The News Tribune broke down the “series of duels” between the two sides over the past week.
- Adam Harvey of Sportspress NW recapped the club’s second Cascadia Cup victory as an MLS franchise.
- Jeremiah Oshan of Sounder at Heart published a post on the special significance of Osvaldo Alonso’s announcement that he will soon be reunited with his father.
- Joe.co.uk shared a post of an impressive team goal that ended in Gonzalo Pineda’s finish.
- Will Parchman of SoundersFC.com recapped how the newcomers clicked at the right time for the Rave Green.
