What do we love this week? The gold guy at Occupy Seattle, the Cinerama, feminist Ryan Gosling, probiotics, soccer, and splatter, to name a few. more ›

Is there any women's sports franchise that's tied to a men's sports franchise in Seattle that has yet to get screwed over by the guys? The Storm--the WNBA contingent of the Super Sonics, and arguably the most passionately-followed team in the city--are dangling on a finer thread than the Sonics themselves under owners who want nothing more than to move the whole franchise to Oklahoma City. more ›

Sometime this week it's going to be announced that Seattle's soccer team the Seattle Sounders will be entering the MLS. GOALSeattle says tomorrow. Our friend in Chicago who knows about these things says it'll be announced at MLS Cup, which isn't until November 18, so we'll discount that and say tomorrow. It seems pointless, by now, to argue whether or not it will be announced. The Sounders aren't selling 2008 season tickets, Paul Allen is involved, Qwest Field, although not a fan favorite as a MLS venue, is ready and willing. It's happening. Tomorrow. more ›

Both the Mariners and the Sounders are in second place in their respective divisions, and both played the teams ahead of them last night. more ›

National soccer correspondent Jason McDonald covered Saturday's Sounders home opener for Seattlest more ›

The Sounders "kick" (HA!) off their home schedule Saturday night, at Qwest Field, vs. the hated Portland Timbers. Why are they hated? We asked Sounders fan Eric Gilbertson to explain. more ›

When a Californian real estate developer announced this week that he was determined to bring a Major League Soccer team to the Pacific Northwest it was good news for some and bad news for others. Fans of the game in Seattle and Portland, where Michael Keston is proposing to set up the MLS expansion team, should welcome the chance at entry into the U.S.'s highest league. MLS in Seattle has always been a long-shot with the players we have (Paul Allen, Adrian Hanauer who co-owns the Seattle Sounders) either not interested in or not capable of bringing a team here. This new guy--despite being from out of town, despite being from California, despite being a real estate developer, despite his intentions of handing the team to his son to manage--might be the guy who can get an MLS team into Qwest Field. Good news for soccer fans. more ›

-"Runaway Train was the best song of the 90s." "You're fucking high, old man." more ›

Things are getting dire at work with regards to the World Cup. Seattlest isn't sure how many two-hour lunches it's proper to take over the course of a month, but we're quite sure we passed that number long ago. Today (deep breath) is an off day. A vacation, holiday, break, pause, a rest from leisure. There are no games today. The second round is over, and the semi-finals don't start until Friday. more ›

The Sounders played a home-and-home over the weekend with their hated rivals, the Portland Timbers. Often, rivalry games devolve into foul-fests, but Friday's game, at least, had a good tempo. Both teams screwed up unscrewupable scoring chances--though the goalkeepers had some pretty bold plays. The Sounders' Chris Eylander made five saves, three of them gasp-inducing, for his third shutout in a row. more ›

It's the time of year when Europe's soccer teams come across the Atlantic to warm up for the coming season by knocking a few of our teams around. Hey, as long as they're in town, might as well hold it at the stadium and sell a few thousand tickets to starved fans and have the annual go at the impenetrable nut that is the American soccer audience. more ›