This announcement was released this afternoon by the King County Prosecutor's office:

The King County Prosecutor's Office has completed its review of a criminal investigation referred from the Bellevue Police Department regarding Seattle Sounders soccer player Fredy Montero. Prosecutors have determined that there is insufficient evidence to file any criminal charges in this matter.

"The matter," as you may recall, was a complaint of sexual abuse made against Montero by a adult female acquaintance.

The Sounders organization put out the following statement:

We are pleased with the decision from the prosecutor's office and look forward to putting this behind us and focusing on soccer.

And also this statement from Montero:

“I am excited to return my complete attention to scoring goals for the people of Seattle and making the Sounders FC a very successful club.”

The Sounders had a brief scare with goalkeeper Chris Eylander this morning at Starfire when he got hit in a scramble for the ball in a 5-on-5 short-field game.

Eylander stayed on his back a while, as teammates and coach Sigi Schmid gathered round him. Then he returned to his feet, obviously limping, but remained on the pitch and seemed to be OK as practice continued.

“He just more got kicked then anything on that particular play," Schmid said. "So it’s when you’re playing goals in tight, sometimes there is a few things. I think Fredy Montero got kicked right above his ankle as well. And I think Sebastien (Le Toux) got a nice bruise on his thigh from somebody coming in. But invariably that happens sometimes. But it was nothing to worry about and he bounced back.”

Eylander's health has become a more important issue this week, as either he or emergency keeper Ben Dragavon will start Saturday at Chivas in place of No. 1 keeper Kasey Keller, who is out (as you may have heard) after picking up a red card last weekend for a handball outside the box.

“Obviously today was Chris’ first what I’d say really full practice where he was all in on everything besides having played in the practice match yesterday," Schmid said. "So I thought he did well. I thought Ben did well. And we’ll decide as we get towards the end of the week as to who is going to go.”

I forgot to mention yesterday -- worse, I forgot to take a picture -- but the Sounders reserves wore the blue jerseys/green shorts combination yesterday against Portland.

This was my first in-person look at the blues, since the Sounders have worn their rave green in all league games so far. (Here's a link to the Sounders site video from the December fashion show that unveiled the uniforms.)

(I realize half of you have clicked to another site by now... or perhaps tossed your computers against a wall. This post is just for the other half ... the half that cares anything about kits/sports uniforms.)

My advice to the Sounders: Rave on. There's nothing really wrong with the blue. I just think that rave green is so distinct that it is becoming their instantly recognizable look unless they gunk it up by rotating, as even many long established franchises around the world are doing.

(Plus, many fans have invested in rave green clothing, and really, what other occasion calls for rave green clothing?)

Finally, there's just too many teams wearing blue in MLS already. But there's only one wearing rave green ... or any shade of green, for that matter. That's an advantage for any team, but especially a first-year team still forging an identity.