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Here's a link to our story in the Monday paper that takes a look at a timeline of major (and less major) decisions facing Sounders FC in their run-up to their first game in 2009.
However, of everything in there, it's this quote from FC general manager Adrian Hanauer that should get fans most excited: "... We expect to feel a competititve team from Day One. I will certainly feel that I have underperformed if we don't have an extremely competitive team from Day One."
That won't be easy. MLS has a history of fielding terrible expansion teams -- Salt Lake has never been any good, Toronto finished last in 2007, San Jose is off to a 1-3-1 start now. So, Sounders FC will be trying to buck the trend.
Still, Hanauer didn't seem to just be saying things. He seems to believe it. Like everyone else I've spoken to in the organization, who all seem to believe that this is going to be a first-class organization on the field and off.
