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Tacoma Tide FC opened its fourth season of Premier Development League soccer with a scoreless draw against the Seattle Wolves tonight at Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila.
The Tide controlled the run of play, especially early and late, but couldn’t get the ball into the net.
The Wolves moved to 1-1-1 in what was their home opener.
The Tide visits the Kitsap Pumas at 7:30 p.m. Friday, then plays its home opener against the Cascade Surge of Salem, Ore., at 3 p.m. Sunday at Vikings Stadium at Curtis High School.
Fans can go to the MLS website and cast their votes for this season's all-star team.
“Maybe some of (the players') friends are out there getting on the computers and punching in names and numbers," coach Sigi Schmid said when asked about it today. "I’m sure the Salt Lake fans will be behind getting their guys in. It’s something I don’t pay a lot of attention to. I don’t know how much attention the players pay to it. You can sort of ask them. Obviously I think we have some guys who are worthy of consideration for the all-star team, and at the end of the day hopefully they’ll get rewarded.”
The MLS stars will take on Everton FC of the English Premier League in the 14 annual MLS game July 29 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, the home of Real Salt Lake.
The game will be televised in the U.S. on ESPN2 and Telefutura at 6:30 p.m.
Here are the details from the league:
The Sounders have completed one of their longest practices of the season. However, one player who simply jogged while the team worked was starting defender Nate Sturgis. And when I talked to him after practice, he didn't seem especially optimistic about being ready for Saturday, when the Sounders visit Dallas.
That, of course, would be double trouble for the guys in green because we already know starting back James Riley is out due to picking up that red card Sunday against LA.
Naturally, we asked Sigi Schmid what he's got in mind for filling the one or two openings in the back.
"We’ve had different guys who have played outside back," he said."Obviously, Evan Brown is an option there. Tyson Wahl is an option at left outside back. Patrick Ianni is an option at right back as well. … I think we have some options. We can also bring (Taylor) Graham inside and move Jhon Kennedy (Hurtado) outside. There are different ways to look at it for us. That’s something we’ll use this week to decide."
Tacoma Tide FC opens its fourth PDL season against a new rival tonight, meeting the Seattle Wolves at Starfire Sports Stadium.
However, there's not going to be anything unusual about that, as the PDL Northwest Division is a true Northwest division this season, with every opponent a rival of one kind or another. Here's my story from today's paper previewing the Tide season.
And while we're linking, here's ...
the Tide website
the Tide schedule
the Wolves website
