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I had a little email interview today with MLS president Mark Abbott for a story I'm doing to kick off game week in our Sunday paper.
Here's a part where he talks about the coming season, with Sounders FC joining the league.
“We’re excited about the upcoming season with the addition of Seattle to the league and many exciting players,” Abbott said. “Like Toronto and other new MLS markets such as Houston and Salt Lake, we see a loyal following developing in Seattle. Each of these passionate new markets individually raises the collective energy level of our national fan base.
“While we have many talented new international players coming into MLS in 2009 such as (Seattle's) Freddie Ljungberg and Fredy Montero, MLS remains a league built on American players,” he continued. “I grew up watching the Minnesota Kicks in the NASL and my heroes were international stars such as Ace Ntsoelengoe and Alan Merrick. Now, many of the best players in MLS - - top scorers like Landon Donovan and Taylor Twellman - - are American. We’ve also seen many significant U.S. national team players return to MLS in the last year after playing in Europe, including 2006 World Cup team members Brian McBride, Josh Wolff, Eddie Lewis, Kasey Keller and Bobby Convey.”
I'm covering the Pac-10 men's basketball tournament at Staples Center in LA.
Yesterday one of the fans in the UW section was wearing a rave green Sounders jersey. He's back today in a sort of dark-and-rave long-sleeve top.
One of the things that this means, btw, is that I've seen more Sounders gear on this trip than Galaxy and Chivas combined.
Seattle Sounders FC announced today that Fredy Montero and Jhon Kennedy Hurtado are each now under contact, have officially been added to the roster and are eligible to play the Sounders FC season opener March 19 against the New York Red Bulls.
Montero had returned to South America this week to clear up some contractual issues there. However, the Sounders report that he arrived back in Seattle this afternoon.
