Another reality?

How was it neither team could find the back of the net?

Perhaps it's the water in the Qwest locker rooms. That couldn't be it as New England scored against us last week. Granted, it was a pathetic lil' wank of a shot, but it still went in.

Maybe it's the third place curse? Well, that could be a reasonable argument for both clubs, if we'd been in third place for a good long while now. We've been bouncing up and down the Western Conference standings for a while now.

This brings me back to the water at Qwest. We, the Sounders, can score on the road (2 at LA, one in Houston) but haven't scored a goal at Qwest since July 11 (vs. Houston). Six weeks without a home goal? And not for lack of opportunity. Perhaps we should ask Qwest to let the Sounders have one practice before the match on September 19 vs. Chivas so Sigi can properly instruct the lads on WHERE THE (EXPLETIVE) THE GOAL IS, as it must phase in and out the players realm of existence. And it only happens with the goals at Qwest because we haven't had this problem at Starfire.

And can someone please, please, please let Freddie Ljungberg know he doesn't need to open his mouth every time he realizes the officiating is bafflingly inconsistent. The rest of us don't.

I am going to go sob into my beer now.