Let me give you a quick synopsis of my soccer experience. At age six, I played soccer for College Place (sounds professional I know) in the Edmonds area, but only actually played on the field because my dad was the coach. He liked to yell at refs and get thrown out of games which proved to be of no help whatsoever. By the age of 11, I retired from soccer. Or so I thought. I returned as a 14 year old to help the Villa/OLL combined supersquad take CYO glory only to be foiled by good players leaving our team to go play with better teams. I never understood and never forgave those players, especially Luis. Lastly, I scored a goal and had an assist in a P.E. championship match at Lower Woodland in high school. As you can see, I am quite an eficianado.
Luis asked me to write occasionally on his blog with seven readers so I decided to puruse the Sounders website for something to start me off. That is where I found Nub's Nuggets. Phenomenol stuff. Cliff McCrath, along with the ageless wonder known as Tony Ventrella, break down the week that is Sounders between games. While Cliff McCrath received a Golden Scarf (not to be confused with showers), won 597 matches and 5 championships as a coach, his nuggets of knowledge do not amaze me. Let's start with the quote of the week: "There is no devine right to scoring". Yes, soundersfc.com spelling divine wrong. Nice work. You had one quote to get right all week long and you blew it. Kind of like Freddie Ljungberg in the box. That's what she said. I digress.
The real nuggets involved these two tips for the Sounders this week. #1 - cross the ball so the keeper does not catch it. Incredible stuff. #2 - more precise passing, as in complete passes. Wow. I feel like we received some real wisdom here.
So as you all (the seven of you) prepare for this week's match with the Real Salt Lake Douchecopters, look for the Sounders to try and complete more passes and cross the ball better. This may lead to scoring. Amazing.
