Emmett O'Connell's Page

Not unlike Drew Carey, Ken Camp is a LA Galaxy supporter (actually a southern California native as well) who is learning to love all things Sounders. Ken and I will be at Ballyhoos this Thursday at 8p. watching Galaxy v. Chivas USA. Ken will be wearing his David Beckham jersey and I'll be wearing a Chivas of Guadalajara jersey, just to give Ken some grief. You should co… Continue

With the talk last year of the US possibly playing the Catalonian National Team and all of the locals coming back talk for the new Sounders FC, it seemed interesting to put together a player pool and starting line-up for a Cascadian National Soccer Team. Cascadia in this case refers to players from Idaho, Alaska, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Here's more information on the… Continue

USOpenCup.com will have a live blog here. And, you can watch the action live here. Also worth reading: Kansas City Wizards Heckling Tips If the Sounders make it through tonight, and I think they will, the next possible home game will be against FC Dallas on August 12 at Qwest. If FC Dallas loses and the Sounders win,… Continue

Not sure if anyone else noticed this, but on Concacaf's Youtube page, they're posting entire games. So far, they have both the continental fustal and womens U-20 championships up. I'm pretty soccer starved, unless its on basic cable or the internet, I'm out of luck. This this little treasure trove of free soccer is pretty cool to me. Here's the first half of the US vs. Trinidad and Tobago in the 2008 Womens U20 tournement. Second half is also… Continue

Went out to get the paper this morning and found this on the front porch. Weeeeee! Actually, probably could have had it earlier, but I screwed up my order and had to talk with a team store rep to get it worked out. They didn't tell me that my order was screwed up until Tuesday, whic… Continue