I watched this one from the safety of my TV room, but found plenty to enjoy in the Sounders 2-1 opening leg Champions League quarterfinal victory over Santos Lagunas
- The new look Sounders look pretty good. Even the Miami Vice Super Cyan jerseys looked better than I thought they would. The club played a very fluid, confident game. Great link-up play, movement off the ball, and a competent defense, aside from the narcolepsy on the Gomez goal
- Naming Mauro Rosales team captain was second best decision after pulling out the checkbook to resign the Argentine.
- Santos was not a light weight by any means. They were overrun in the first 20 minutes but progressively played their way into the game. A couple of times they were able to string together
- ...sadly, they too often resorted to diving and more bad acting than an Adam Sandler film festival
- Fredy Montero looked Shagadelic in his new do. Fortunately, his play was much more attractive. I thought he looked lively and intelligent throughout the game. He showed more consistency and commitment than I've seen from him for an entire match.
- Montero's ball for the first goal was a thing of beauty. Also, David Estrada acquitted himself nicely in the match. Aside from the opening goal, he was very active and caused the Santosian defense plenty of trouble.
- Is it me, or does Brad Evans look a lot sharper?
- It's too early to make pronouncements on Gspurning as he didn't have a tremendous amount to do, but he looked a capable replacement for Kasey Keller. Certainly, he seems to read the game well and is an avid distributor. Looking forward to seeing more of what he can do for us.
- Sounds like some ex-Sounder is continuing his goodwill tour of the end of his career
On 6 September 2011, Ljungberg signed for Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse.[49] He left the club by mutual consent on 14 February 2012.[50]
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