On the field

OK, most of you heard about it at the game but a little recap about being on the field.

The guys are a lot bigger and taller than I ever realized. Jaqua and Keller are really tall. The ECS is LOUD, especially in that south end goal. However they'll yell at anyone on the field. The ball is actually moving a lot faster than it looks from row V. Sigi actually yells during the game, however most of the time he is just watching or talking with Brian (the assistant head coach). There are a lot of folks that work to bring the games to us, from the truck guys (man that thing is quite a bunch of technology on wheels), to all the camera and sound folks, to the announcers, and all the people that support them. JP Dellacamera and John Harks (ESPN announcers) are actually really into the sport and were talking a lot about the game before hand and rather candidly (I was in the box for a little while). Our section is one of the better ones in terms of number of folks standing during a game, mid stadium is kind of sad (especially the west side, our side). There is a ton more I can write but those are the big standouts for the night.

While it was really cool to see things at field level and actual feel the crowd (each ooh and ahh and boo is felt for sure), the fact you can't wear your colors or yell was a bit weird for me. I think the place for me is in the stands in section 131!!

Here are some contraband photos I snapped while down there:

I would post something about the game but I am still just too upset. Sounds like Freddy wasn;t suppose to take the kick, he also saw nothing wrong with his little goalkeeper incident (got that from Jose's blog http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundersfcblog/2009702886_our_first_real_bit_of_inner_st.html?syndication=rss ). If you want to know how much that hurt for the playoffs...we went from an 85.3% chance of making it to a 68.2% chance accoring to http://www.sportsclubstats.com/USA/MLS.html. OUCH!

On another note, anyone have plans for the Houston game on Sunday? Should we try to gather at a local waterhole or something?

GO SOUNDERS!!