The Full 90...plus 3

Yes, that's right. Now that I've been to my first Sounders game, I can use terms like "full 90" and totally sound like I know what I'm talking about. Last night, Clint and I went to the game and cheered (on our feet, in the cold) for the full 90 minutes...plus an additional three for whatever reason (still don't fully understand the rules to soccer). We had a blast! I had gotten the tickets from Boeing. Every now and then an email will go out to the marketing group with giveaways. If you are interested, you send back your name to be entered in the drawing, and the winners are announced later that day. I've scored some pretty cool prizes this way...a smoked salmon gift basket full of all sorts of goodies, a Birth of the 787 Dreamliner book, an Apple Cup scarf, opera tickets, and now charter seats to the Sounders!

Qwest Field...err, the Clink

Being down by the stadium before the game and not having eaten yet, we of course got ourselves some street meat cream cheese hot dogs. So delicious!

like a kid in a candy store...
or a grown man at a hot dog stand

We got to our seats just as the game was starting and were impressed with how close we were! I've never been down close to the field at Qwest before, so that was a fun treat.

4th row!

Sitting in our amazing seats, thanks Boeing!

It turned out to be a great game. Sounders fans really get into it. They stand up the entire time, jump around, wave flags, and have all these different cheers like "go Sounders" "I'm Sounders till I die" and what I could have sworn was "pizz-a-ri-a, clap clap clap-clap-clap" (or maybe that's just what I wished they were saying). After two fights, three goals, and a guy being carried out on a stretcher (only to immediately run back into the game - we were confused) we ended up beating Santos Laguna 2-1!

Head butting it in for a goal!

ref handing out yellow cards after a fight broke out

Great game, Sounders!