Update from Seattle

Filed under: Expansion Team, MLS

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-17,000 Season Tickets sold so far, 63 Corporate Suites reserved, $20 million sponsorship with Microsoft.

-Next month begins open tryouts, to be filmed for a Joe Roth produced reality show, concluding with a final tryout to be shown live on February 1st following the Super Bowl. Viewers will be able to select the three finalists.

-Today’s Seattle Times is reporting the Sounders are close to announcing the signing of Swedish midfielder and sometime model, Freddie Ljungberg as their Designated Player.

-Perhaps the Sounders are benefiting from the NBA dropping the ball in the city…

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Added on Saturday, October 25th, 2008 by FC Uptown

1 Comment

  1. Posted by: Krista on Oct 25, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Of course the city I just moved from gets a damn MLS club and now Freddie may join them? I really hate myself right now.

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