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A flu-like illness caused star forward Fredy Montero to stay behind as Seattle Sounders FC flew today to Toronto for their Saturday afternoon game there.
A club spokesman said it remains possibile that Montero could join the club Friday if his condition improves.
Two-time defending champion USA will play a first-round match of the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup on Saturday, July 4, at Qwest Field.
The U.S. will face Grenada at 6 p.m. in the second match of the Gold Cup double header, following the 4p.m. opener between Haiti and Honduras at 4 p.m.
Tickets go on sale to the general public April 17.
Qwest is one of 13 venues to host Gold Cup games this year.
I guess that's the unspoken question in the Fredy Montero feature I wrote today for The News Tribune.
But feels a little more appropriate to speak it now, after watching Jozy Altidore's hat trick in leading the US National Team to its 3-0 World Cup-qualifying win over Trinidad & Tobago last night.
Altidore started his professional career with the New York Red Bulls of MLS -- imagine adding his presence to Sounders' opening night -- but was sold to Villareal of La Liga for $10 million, and this season his is on loan to Xerez in the Spanish second division.
MLS president Don Garber makes the case that the belief/fear that the league loses all of its best players to better leagues oerseas is incorrect. He notes that 53 of 56 of last season's MLS all-stars and postseason award winners remain in the league this season.
But Sounders can only hope against hope that Montero is one who will stick around a while. In my story liked above, he says he is happy in Seattle, that he's thinking only of this season, and that MLS is a good place for this stage of developing his game. But he also makes it clear that he sees his future in Europe.
By the way, there was one quote that I had included in today's Montero story that didn't make the print version due to space considerations, and I thought you might like to see it here.
It's from fellow-Sounders-rookie Steve Zakuani, talking about Montero:
"He's a great guy for if all, off the pitch and stuff," Zakuani said. "But as a player, he's incredible. From the first time I saw him here, I said this guy is unbelievable. He's definitely one of the main people I learn from. I watch him and see what he does in certain positions and stuff. At 21 years old, I can't wait to see what he's going to be in five, six, seven years. He's going to go places, definitely."
For Sounders fans, that last sentence is the scary one.
