Seattle Sounders 2

Absolutely loved it. Opening game with 5000 plus fans and a team fired up to play. Considering season tickets now.

The habit of substituting fresh, energetic players too late in the game applies to both Sounders teams. Past 65 minutes, the change does not usually take effect. The back line was seriously depleted by the absence of Damian Lowe, a consistently excellent "wall". Aaron Long and Andres Correa did herculean duty. The strikers needed a boost in energy, accuracy, and aggression. Again, that would benefit from earlier substitutions. Unfortunately, there are few strikers left on S2. I think coaching choices were weak. The referee was inadequate, and he became worse as the game went on. "Self policing" has never worked. Accountability and public scrutiny must be instituted in the oligarchy of refereedom. As always, they played with their hearts on their sleeves. They deserved a better outcome, having dominated much of the game, until they were worn out.

My son and I had a great time, and loved the complex!

Lovely night at S2 game. They played well and were joyful and adept. Teamwork was nifty, even the new players. I did not like the brutality from several of the Arizona players, and thought the ref did a very poor job, worse in the first half, but he lost control of game early on. Referring has been largely grim for S and S2. It seriously undermines my enjoyment of the game when the mistakes on the part of the referee are obvious and dangerous. But the game was fun, except the injuries. TWO S2 players on stretchers!

Thoroughly enjoyed the game and the atmosphere, except for the obnoxiously over-amped PA announcer, who insisted on shouting into his mic, making his announcements not only too load, but often distorted beyond comprehension. Either tone it down or turn down the volume!

I was so glad to get to go to the Sounders Game @ Cheney Stadium w/ my kids on Mother's Day. I would not have known about it except that a friend who has Rainier Tickets told me. I have Sounders alerts usually, but did not see this advertised. It was not as costly for me, which was helpful becuz I am a single Mom w/ 4 teenagers. And we LOVE the Sounders! It is easy to get to Tacoma, we live in Bremerton. We had good seats. We like to be up a bit, so we can see the whole field better. There was not as much noise and hooting and hollering from the stands as we are used to @ the Sounders games. I think this was because there were not as many people due to it being Mothers Day and lack of advertising maybe. But there were flags and songs going on at the end of the filed. My freind commented that that was pretty cool to have those guys chanting and singing and waving the flags. And also that they spead out and made themselves "BIGGER" than their numbers. How come there wasn't music? Or did I miss that? Folks like Rock & Roll and upbeat music. And the scoreboard could have more info, names, numbers, trivia and such? We didn't see any Sounders merchandise, that was a bummer. I was hoping to get another Sounders Scarf. And I also would have liked a program so we knew who the players are. Of course we recognize our favorites, but we want to root for the up-and-comers as well! Will we come again for Sounders? Yes. I hope I get information sooner about upcoming Sounder events at Cheney Stadium, cuz it would be a bummer to miss a game!