Ich bin ein Seattler!
At the recent successful America Scores Seattle fundraising event at Kells, we took the opportunity to catch up with Adrian Hanauer to hear his views on the progress Sounders FC has made thus far. We'll have more of his candid and open views later but for now, we wanted to pass on something a little unique.
The Sounders General Manager, or the Sounders Geschäftsführer, as he will henceforth probably not be known, was happy to answer questions in German to our staff. Surprisingly at ease and fluent, he told us that Brian Schmetzer's German was in fact better than his and told us of his father's roots in Stuttgart, although Adrian himself is Seattle born and bred.
In the English part of the interview, Hanauer talks of things that didn't quite go as planned, if there are certain players whose great start makes him feel especially proud and why he didn't bother to gloat at the scepticism of the English tabloids when Freddie Ljungberg took the field.
Listen to him here
In playing our part in helping Sounders FC create a truly international franchise, Prost Amerika is proud to bring coverage of Sounders FC to a global audience on our Sounders International page which contains the match by match player reviews for Kasey Keller in German, and Jhon Hurtado, Fredy Montero and Osvaldo Alonso in Spanish. There are also sound files of Sigi Schmid in German, Osvaldo Alonso in Spanish and Seb Le Toux in French, all talking Sounders.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sounders GM Speaks German
Sounders General Manager Answers Questions in German Fluently
Ich bin ein Seattler!
At the recent successful America Scores Seattle fundraising event at Kells, we took the opportunity to catch up with Adrian Hanauer to hear his views on the progress Sounders FC has made thus far. We'll have more of his candid and open views later but for now, we wanted to pass on something a little unique.
The Sounders General Manager, or the Sounders Geschäftsführer, as he will henceforth probably not be known, was happy to answer questions in German to our staff. Surprisingly at ease and fluent, he told us that Brian Schmetzer's German was in fact better than his and told us of his father's roots in Stuttgart, although Adrian himself is Seattle born and bred.
In the English part of the interview, Hanauer talks of things that didn't quite go as planned, if there are certain players whose great start makes him feel especially proud and why he didn't bother to gloat at the scepticism of the English tabloids when Freddie Ljungberg took the field.
Listen to him here
In playing our part in helping Sounders FC create a truly international franchise, Prost Amerika is proud to bring coverage of Sounders FC to a global audience on our Sounders International page which contains the match by match player reviews for Kasey Keller in German, and Jhon Hurtado, Fredy Montero and Osvaldo Alonso in Spanish. There are also sound files of Sigi Schmid in German, Osvaldo Alonso in Spanish and Seb Le Toux in French, all talking Sounders.
Ich bin ein Seattler!
At the recent successful America Scores Seattle fundraising event at Kells, we took the opportunity to catch up with Adrian Hanauer to hear his views on the progress Sounders FC has made thus far. We'll have more of his candid and open views later but for now, we wanted to pass on something a little unique.
The Sounders General Manager, or the Sounders Geschäftsführer, as he will henceforth probably not be known, was happy to answer questions in German to our staff. Surprisingly at ease and fluent, he told us that Brian Schmetzer's German was in fact better than his and told us of his father's roots in Stuttgart, although Adrian himself is Seattle born and bred.
In the English part of the interview, Hanauer talks of things that didn't quite go as planned, if there are certain players whose great start makes him feel especially proud and why he didn't bother to gloat at the scepticism of the English tabloids when Freddie Ljungberg took the field.
Listen to him here
In playing our part in helping Sounders FC create a truly international franchise, Prost Amerika is proud to bring coverage of Sounders FC to a global audience on our Sounders International page which contains the match by match player reviews for Kasey Keller in German, and Jhon Hurtado, Fredy Montero and Osvaldo Alonso in Spanish. There are also sound files of Sigi Schmid in German, Osvaldo Alonso in Spanish and Seb Le Toux in French, all talking Sounders.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Champions Humbled by Sounders Victims
Robbie Findley made Salt Lake history by netting the club's first ever hat-tick in a 4-1 drubbing of Columbus Crew. The MLS Champions are now without a win in their first three games.
11,806 turned out at Rio Tinto Stadium, on a cold, wet Thursday night, probably not assisted by live television coverage. Robbie Findley, who had such a mediocre game in Seattle, scored three goals starting as early as the second minute. Although Jason Garey equalised for Columbus in the first half, Findley restored the lead on the half hour. Disappointingly for RSL, start midfielder Kyle Beckerman picked up another yellow card.
Just after the hour mark, Findley cut his slice of soccer history when a Movsisyan cross allowed him time and space to shoot past the helpless Will Hesmer. Beckerman netted the fourth in a match RSL dominated, outshooting their opponents 17 to 8.
US International Frankie Hejduk was missing for Columbus who provided more players for international sides than any other MLS club over the preceding weekend. For RSL, these three points open their account, but Columbus now have to head to Los Angeles on Sunday to play Chivas USA, boasting a 100% record after two wins.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
USA v Grenada in Seattle on July 4th
Canada and Jamaica to Kick off Gold Cup
CONCACAF Gold Cup Brings USA to Seattle on July 4th and Canada Kick off Tournament
April 2
In a press conference still going on, the draw was announced for the 2009 CONCACAF GOLD Cup. Qwest Field will host USA v Grenada and Haiti v Honduras on July 4th. The competition will kick odd at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles on 3 July when Canada and Jamaica meet followed by Costa Rica and El Salvador, and end with the final on July 26th at Giants Stadium.
Mexico will anchor Group C, which will begin in San Francisco on July 5 with Panama facing Guadeloupe and El Tri playing Nicaragua.
CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer will unveil the three four-team groups for the 2009 Gold Cup, the confederation’s showpiece event for men’s national teams that crowns the regional champion.
12 Teams in 13 Cities in 2009
The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ will be played in a record 13 different US cities, opening at The Home Depot Center in Los Angeles on 3 July and concluding with the championship match 26 July at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. The venues are Gillette Stadium, Boston (Foxborough, Massachusetts); Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia,; Dallas Cowboys New Stadium, Dallas (Arlington, Texas); Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, San Francisco (Oakland); Soldier Field, Chicago; Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (RFK), Washington; FIU Stadium, Miami; Qwest Field, Seattle; Columbus Crew Soccer News Topics Stadium, Columbus, Ohio; Reliant Stadium, Houston; Giants Stadium, New York (East Rutherford, New Jersey); University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix (Glendale, Arizona); and The Home Depot Center, Los Angeles (Carson, California).
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