8/2/2004
(Edmonton, AB) - The Seattle Sounders defeated the Edmonton FC Monday night 2-1 to wrap up their two-game Canadian road trip.
Ben Somoza scored his first goal of the 2004 season in the 18th minute. He volleyed a Sean Michael Callahan cross past a diving Nic Stankov. The goal came in the 18th minute of play.
Stankov hauled down Jonathan Bolanos inside the 18-yard box just shy of the 30th minute. The Sounders were awarded a penalty kick and Welton delivered a high right footed shot that smashed off the crossbar and down into the goal for the 2-0 Sounders lead.
Edmonton jumped on the board late in the half when Sean Fraser drove the ball deep into the Sounders end. His right footed crossed whipped into the 18 where Kurt Bosch headed home the lone Edmonton strike.
Sounders keeper Preston Burpo made several key saves in both halves of play to keep Edmonton at bay.
8/1/2004
(Calgary, AB) - - In a must win situation the Seattle Sounders could not get past the Calgary Mustangs as they fell 3-0 at McMahon Stadium in Calgary on Sunday afternoon. Missing several starters plus the two-goal deficit at the end of the first half was too much for the Sounders to overcome on the road.
The Mustangs scored their first goal in the 12th minute and never looked back. The Mustangs had two unassisted goals in the first half one in the 12th minute by midfielder Damir Jesic, the other on a break-a-way by midfielder Mesut Mert.
7/31/2004
(Burnaby, B.C.) - The Seattle Sounders Women fell 1-0 to the Vancouver Whitecaps Women in W-League playoff action Saturday night at Swangard Stadium.
In a tense playoff encounter, the Whitecaps Women overcame the Seattle Sounders 1-0, to win the Western Conference Championship before their largest crowd of the season, 3,886, and advance to the W-League "Final Four" tournament next weekend in Ottawa.
Predictably, it was Vancouver's Martina Franko who was the difference, as she scored her 19th goal of the season and eighth game-winner, late in the first half. Ashley McGhee's corner kick from the left in first half-injury time was headed in powerfully by Franko.
Erin McLeod made eight saves to record her seventh shutout of the season. The win was Vancouver's 12th in a row, establishing a new team record.
Both goalkeepers were in fine form. Seattle's Meghan Miller made a brilliant one-handed stop to push a deflected shot from Amy Apps at the 24th minute wide of the top right corner. Then at the 42nd she was at full stretch to push a low drive from Amber Allen past the post.
7/30/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - The United Soccer Leagues today announced the All-W-League team, selected by general managers and head coaches. Sounders Women midfielder Michelle French, who led the W-League in assists, received All-League honors after her first season in the league.
French, a Kent, Wash. native, played nearly 1,200 minutes scoring three goals with her 13 assists for 19 points. French finished just two points behind the Sounders Women point leader, forward Brenda Mueller. French started all but one match this season; she missed one game while at a Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) festival on June 25th.
7/29/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - The Seattle Sounders hit the road for their final multi-game road trip of the season when they travel to Alberta, Canada to face the Calgary Mustangs and Edmonton FC to kick off the final month of the regular season.
In a tight Western Conference playoff race, the Sounders currently possess the fourth playoff spot, five points behind the third place Minnesota Thunder and just one point ahead of the Milwaukee Wave United, who have two games in hand.
7/29/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - The United Soccer League announced the W-League All-Conference teams today honoring 33 of the leagues top performing players. Three Sounders Women players, forward Brenda Mueller (pictured), midfielder Michelle French and defender Katie Miyake, were selected to the All-Western Conference team.
Each of the Sounders Women selected to the All-Western Conference team received Team of the Week honors throughout the season.
At the age of 38, Mueller led the team in points (21) and goals scored (10).
7/28/2004
(Seattle, Wash) - - The United Soccer League released Team of the Week honors today for Week #15. Scoring three goals in two games, forward Roger Levesque was selected as the A-League’s Player of the Week. Midfielder Jonathan Bolaños and goalkeeper Preston Burpo also made the league’s Team of the Week for their performances in the Sounders four-point weekend.
Now tied with Welton as the Sounders leading scorer, Levesque scored three key goals in two critical games for the Sounders over the weekend. Levesque scored both goals in a 2-0 win in Portland over the Timbers on July 24th and scored a goal in a 2-2 draw with the Milwaukee Wave United on July 25th.
7/27/2004
(Seattle, Wash) - - The Seattle Sounders Women finished their regular season on Sunday 11-2-1, 34 pts, second in the Western Conference to the Vancouver Whitecaps Women. Seattle travels to Swangard Stadium in Vancouver on July 31st for the W-League Western Conference Championship. The winner then proceeds to the W-League Final Four in Ottawa, August 7th –8th.
The unbeaten Whitecaps Women host the Sounders Women for the second consecutive play off game in a repeat match of last year’s Western Conference Championship game.
7/27/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - Supporters of the Seattle Sounders today announced the results of an online survey for a Sounders all-time team at www.soundercentral.com. The 11 members of the all-time team included three current Sounders; defenders Scott Jenkins and Danny Jackson as well as midfielder Jason Farrell.
The all-time Sounders squad is a mix of old North American Soccer League (NASL) and A-League players.
7/26/2004
(Seattle, Wash.) - - Despite the Seattle Sounders 2-0 victory over the Portland Timbers on July 24th in Portland, the Sounders will finish third in the 2004 Cascadia Cup standings.
Even with two Cascadia Cup matches remaining on their schedule, the Sounders, with just four Cascadia Cup points, cannot catch the Cascadia Cup winner, the Vancouver Whitecaps with 13 points.
The Cascadia Cup is a fan-based cup, organized and funded by supporter groups of the Seattle Sounders, Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps. The Cascadia Cup was based upon head-to-head matches between these three Northwest teams.
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