A Woman's Voice - Part Two

In a regular feature on Prost Amerika, we will attempt to redress the gender balance in Seattle’s soccer journalistic community. Prost Amerika will search the Pacific Northwest for the best women writers to bring you their views and articles on all things affecting soccer, both here and internationally. Kara McDermott spent the 2008 season, working in the media relations department of the USL Seattle Sounders. There she obtained a unique insight into how a soccer club runs behind the scenes and will be a regular contributor to “A Woman’s Voice”. In the introductory article, Kara introduced this feature by explaining what “A Woman’s Voice” will be about and why it is important for fans of both genders to read what women have to say. In her second article Kara talks about match day and the conflicting emotions that surrounded her experience on the big day. Kara McDermott Relives Her Big Day: Marching, Men and Montero New Era - New Role It has been two years since I attended a Sounders match as a fan. I spent the last season interning in the front office and am fairly certain that besides the amazing experience I had tailing around the Sounders for their last season in the USL, I also shaved off a few years of my life forcing myself not to cheer in the press box whenever we scored. Thus, March 19th was a personal inauguration for me, as well as a historic first meeting on the pitch for our lads. The day before the opener I graduated from UW, the day after was my birthday. I’ll probably lose the diploma and throw away the birthday cards, but I plan on eccentrically displaying my scarf for the rest of my life. It was presented to me by my fellow season ticket holder, and partner in crime (in this case first degree ogling of male soccer players), Audrey Gervasi. I stroked it between my hands and admired the thickness, the greenness, and the words “Inaugural Season Ticket Holder” woven above the fringe. Whole Article