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I stopped by Curtis High School tonight, where the Tacoma Tide was practicing for its coming PDL season.
This season will be unlike any other, as the Tide suddenly has lots of company in the Northwest with new teams in Seattle, Bremerton, Portland and Victoria. That should make for some good rivalries and save on travel expenses, but it also could make it difficult for the Tide to find players capable of living up to the club's recent on-field successes.
In any case, they'll get a look at their rivals early: the season opens Wednesday at Starfire against the Seattle Wolves, then visit the Kitsap Pumas a couple of nights later, before playing their home opener against Cascade on May 17.
More info later, both in the paper and on this blog.
The Sounders have the day off, so I don't know if there will be any news coming out of SSFC today. So, here's some other reading material to pick up the slack:
Here's the Salt Lake Tribune's report on what it calls "one of the wildest finishes in MLS history," last night as the LA Galaxy -- the Sounders' next opponent -- pulled out a 2-2- draw with RSL.
Meanwhile, here's a story I did on Sigi Schmid and his dismissal from the LA Galaxy.
That paired today with a very nice Dave Boling column on Sounders defender Tyrone Marshall.
And finally, here's a follow-up on the referee controversy in yesterday's Barcelona-Chelsea match.
