Tonight is the franchise premier of the newest Major League Soccer team - Seattle Sounders FC. I bought season tickets about a year ago and have been looking forward to this for a long time. The games will be played on the X-Box Pitch at Qwest Field (where the Seahawks play). Beautiful Drew Carey is a minority owner in the team and has led the development of the fanbase and the marketing campaign. One of his ideas was to have a marching band, so now they have one. They are leading a big procession of fans through downtown and into the stadium before kickoff, so I'm going to be a part of that. I never thought I'd have something so precious in my life as participating in a Drew Carey-led parade. Carey has also set the team up European style where the ticket holders get to vote on management and stuff like that.
Seattle Sounders FC homepage
Video of Drew Carey talking to CNN about the team
Gameday: Sounders vs. New York Red Bulls
This is also the season opener for MLS, so it will be on the Deuce in HD. A little unfortunate to be scheduled against March Madness, but it's sold out anyway.
The Sounders' "Beckham" is Freddie Ljungberg. He is the "designated player", meaning they can pay the shit out of him without affecting the salary cap. I think he's getting $7M this year. Anyway, the story is pretty similar to Beckham's: captain of his national team (Sweden), huge star in the English Premier League (Arsenal), underwear model and just slightly over the hill at 32. I predict he will be an A-list celebrity this time next year.
Lastly, to ensure an awesome atmosphere in the stadium, Carey had the idea of making the tickets for the opener actually be Sounders scarves, so everyone will have them. Mine came with my season tix. Look for me on TV - I sit at about the 35, 12 rows up on the side of the field where the Sounders shoot on goal in the 2nd half.
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Sweet, unexpected 3-0 victory. Drew Carey bumped into me when he was cutting through the crowd.
ReplyDeleteWhy you so love drew carry? Is he even slightly good? I remember his show being god awful.
ReplyDeleteI like Drew Carey. His show was OK -- I found it inherently funny that everyone on the show was constantly drinking beer in every episode. And I've seen him on standup and doing roasts and shit and he's pretty funny. He just seems exceedingly normal.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't see Lumbergh becoming A-list. He's no Beckham in the lady-killing looks department.
Drew Carey:
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libertarian
just "regular dude" nice
huge booster for US soccer; travels around with the national team drumming up support and being a sideline photog
also, I actually did used to kind of like his show. I just like to look at him. I wish he would get into politics.
He seems mainly good as a dude who likes good things. I never thought he was funny. Best thing about his show was the supporting cast.
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