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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Seattle area just showed we are a top market for soccer in the country at the World Cup. The low-spending Sounders, in a league of Messi and Son, are still top 3 in league streaming viewership and attendance. The owner’s biggest idea is moving to a 25k seat stadium in a Renton business park.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I like what I’m seeing from Caden Clark. His off ball runs have been persistent and good.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No, Adrian. Bad changes suck. Moving the club to a small suburban stadium sucks, and the fanbase doesn’t want it. I’m not interested in becoming the Renton Business Park Sounders.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tonight is as much of a must-win game as the Sounders will have until (if) they face mathematical elimination. At home, vs a conference opponent in free fall missing 10 guys, with the annual business meeting in 3 days. Win, or the conversation becomes extremely awkward this week.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Just in case the FO’s decision to punt all year on the winger position needed to be more thoroughly exposed, here you go.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is a really important summary of the Sounders’ current front office struggle. Hanauer’s refusal to let the people he’s hired work within a set budget means the team is functionally being locked out of the international transfer market. That’s simply not sustainable.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Sounders in 2025 had their highest-scoring, most fun offense in their last decade on the backs of a dynamic and deep winger corps. They declined one (Kent), sold another (Georgi), and lost Pedro to two long-term injuries. And then didn’t replace any of them. Nuts.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A warm body to compete with Seb Gomez I guess. Maybe they get lucky and he shows more than that.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Progress for the Sounders. They desperately need a LW signing, but Joveljic immediately helps. Defensively, it’s going to be tough with Yeimar and Ragen both out. And Jordan Morris played, didn’t get hurt, and didn’t get put on the left side. Progress.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Sounders stopped the bleeding in two ways tonight. That’s a good day

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

On the plus side, the Sounders signed a 27-year-old striker. On the negative side, they extended their declining #10 through age 34. In the new salary cap, that might be a good trade-off. Let’s see if they can fix their biggest hole at winger and go outside the league to cap this window.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The Sounders field a starting lineup with a combined salary of $1.8 million, the salary of a single max-TAM player in 2026. Congrats, Adrian! You did it! You found the most efficient roster-spend starting 11! Come collect your prize.

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Mike Standish @mikestandish.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What makes Sounders discourse so pointless and confounding is that any argument leads to the same conclusion: there is one way to fix this and it’s to spend money on good players. Unfortunately there is only one person who needs to hear this argument and he doesn’t seem interested.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Adrian apparently hates losing, but unfortunately he hates losing a lot less than he hates using his money to try to win.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The transfer window has been open for over a month by the way.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Through a mix of procrastination and bad luck, the Sounders are at the point where all three of their DPs under contract really shouldn’t be DPs anymore. ~7 of their top 10 salaries are imbalanced relative to health and production. This team is on the path toward a full tear down and rebuild.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I dunno man, I think a TAM signing or two might actually help the team more than the veteran backup goalkeeper having a good showing as the squad is eliminated in the Leagues Cup group stage.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Stu Hawkins with a crazy trivela that should have been an assist to DeRo

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Well, that was a spririted match between Tacoma Defiance and Chivas. Though lacking quality, the development side played with real energy. Unrelated, you know what would be great? The Seattle Sounders signing some new adult players so that they didn’t look dead on their feet half the time.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Tacoma Defiance leads Chivas!!!

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Can they sign a winger now please? Better late than never?

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

GOAL is reporting that the Sounders’ competition for Tengstedt is Trabzonspor and PAOK Saloniki. www.goal.com/en/news/surp...

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Surplus Feyenoord player allowed to leave and has already spoken to several clubs | Goal.com

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The FO has been aiming at these just-out-of-budget level players for several summers now, and has come up empty each time. But they can't afford another miss this year.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Sounders fans: we miss the old days Sounders: we hear you! Here’s what playing in Mexico as an MLS team looked like in 2012!

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Justin Birnbaum @justbirny.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hugh Weber, the Seattle Sounders’ and Seattle Reign’s president of business operations, is leaving the organization to become the CEO of the Edmonton Oilers. More from me and Scott Soshnick at @sportico.bsky.social: www.sportico.com/personalitie...

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Seattle Sounders, Reign Exec Weber Named Edmonton Oilers CEO

Hugh Weber has held a slew of executive roles across the NBA, NHL and other associated businesses.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Old players $500 New players $0 Rent $800 Barge $3,000,000 Real Estate $500,000,000 Staff $300 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my soccer team is dying

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Forward wouldn’t be my top position to target unless they can move Morris or Moose, but it’s nice to see them at least thinking about an international TAM-level signing. In ~1500 minutes in Serie A in the ‘24-‘25 season, his numbers don’t pop, but 🤷‍♂️

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Robbie Keane after scoring a goal:

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The craziest part about this is the Sounders had been REALLY good at adding high-quality foreign talent. There’s no competitive reason why it makes sense to just quit doing that. It’s not as if their hit rate on domestic additions has been better.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The reason that “spending doesn’t correlate to wins” has always been a fatuous statement for the Sounders is that while it is true for MLS in general, it’s never been true for the Sounders. This team’s success has always been built on significant, targeted spending from Dempsey to Lodeiro to Raul.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It’s not Waibel’s style, but he should think about publicly shaming ownership for lack of resources like Garth did back in 2018 to get Adrian to pony up some money to buy Ruidiaz. Maybe Adrian fires him. But if you’re going to get fired by the fans in a few months anyway, why not?

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This lineup has very “US Open Cup Round of 16” vibes to it, but outside of Ferreira (who the fitness staff seemingly doesn’t trust to play a 3-game week) there aren’t many options. Also, Nouhou being captain is bizarre.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Maybe the issue with the Sounders’ trajectory is that they no longer have a clear organizational goal. For years it was “win our first MLS Cup.” Then “win CCL and be the best team in North America.” Now the only articulable goal seems to be “run a productive enough academy to be competitive.”

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Nouhou captaining a 3-1 collapse after captaining the worst 5-1 collapse in the 50 year history of the Sounders-Timbers rivalry has many people asking- is it time to rethink Nouhou as captain?

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I hope this stretch isn’t the end for Schmetzer, because while he’s had his struggles, I think this is mostly on an aging and neglected roster.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Sounders in 2017 added two core pieces to their roster in Svensson and Kim as the CSL was melting down. There could be similar opportunities to add from the Saudi league in the near future… if the FO is willing to shop internationally anymore.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Man’s about to go chew out Tino Lopez and Snyder Brunell for not playing up to their $90k salaries.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If the Sounders 10 years ago had that performance, there would be big, public consequences. If that game was 5 years ago, there would still be changes and club statements. Today? I don’t know if ownership will do anything of note. And that’s why I don’t have confidence in this ownership anymore.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If they could find a way to capture Portland’s inferiority complex and refine it into fuel, I’m pretty sure they could power the entire west coast of the US.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My dog as 10,000 explosions shake the ground last night- totally unfazed, napping peacefully, requesting belly rubs. My dog this afternoon as a fly buzzes around him as he naps: totally shook, shaking in the corner, fight or flight.

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NIL Youngboy @dimmadome.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The USMNT suddenly turned into one of the most complete team in international soccer as soon as we divided the game into four quarters. You connect the dots.

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Jeremiah Oshan @jeremiah.sounderatheart.com · 19/06/2026

Look at these drone shots. Look at this atmosphere. You’re telling me you want to leave it for Renton?!? GTFO.

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Wake up, Seattle, it’s game day 🇺🇸

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Old Furbo AI message: “Your dog is standing on the ceiling.” New Furbo AI message: “Unbelievable! Your dog just SPRINTED into the room to investigate that mysterious object with an inquisitive sniff! SLAY QUEEN!”

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Folarin Balogun is so cool

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AP @interpearsonal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Miguel Almiron has been rehearsing this 3-0 down at half speech a lot with Atlanta, so you know he is ready to inspire.

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