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If you found yourself comparing Sounders opening result with the home wins posted by the three other MLS teams in the competition, you’ll feel a lot better after last night’s results. If you’re a fan of the league doing well in international competition, you’ll fill robbed. The Crew were inches away from WINNING IN MEXICO; however, they ultimately lost to Santos Lagona courtesy of a called back goal and a stoppage time concession (link-seconds away). Toronto lost in Panama looking scattered and weak.

Away matches in CONCACAF are a difficult beast for MLS sides. Reluctantly, we can forgive our Sounders for failing to collect points in Honduras — arguably their easiest road journey of the group.

It’s time to man up. Test the mettle as one might say. Although Monterrey has been la crema de Mexico for the past few years and Sounders still have little international experience, I expect big things.

This will likely be a high scoring match. We just have to score more. Easier said than done, but as I depart for Royal Brougham Park my optimism bleeds green and I look forward to our Sounders continuing MLS teams home success in the Champions League. This Mexican club isn’t going to know what jumped out of the Sound and destroyed them.

In the year of 2006 greener fields crept from the corners of spring. As the sun neared its zenith so did the worlds tournament. It has been four years since the world united, the electric feeling jumped through me to ground and I was jolted into remembering of why I loved playing this sport though the years. Smitten as if locking contact with a pair of bright gorgeous eyes across the room. I fell back in love with the beautiful game.

Now South Africa looks posed to ignite passions across the globe hopefully sparking lasting love affairs such as the 2006 cup bestowed upon me. A summer romance as  poetic as the glowing dawn which woke to scenes of already glowing television sets those early June mornings. My affair with football has at times put a strain on other relationships, kept me awake at all odd hours of the day and resulted in a lack of good judgement. Love will do that to you. But a love of the beautiful game often is meet with forgiveness because of the utter transcendence of this sport, where the world holds its breath for 90 minutes and sheer brilliance and glory happen in a split second. Amongst all the hype I believe this transcendence will serve to bring football to American sport radar inspiring younger generations to lace up their boots and the older generations to pick up their remotes and get interested in a game that can enchant the entire world

How well can Alonso (with significant help from Evans I assume) shut down the dreadhead (and USMNT fringe player) Beckerman?

Who will start on the right? Levesque got his chance in the first two matches, but failed to make a significant impact. Will Sigi give him another? While many would like to see Fucito start on the right (especially because of his high level of fitness at 4,000 ft Sandy, UT); however, the consensus seems to point towards Sigi going with MLS vet and relative Sounder noobie, Pat Noonan. Either way, one has to assume that the elevation will force Sigi into making all three substitutions this evening.

I expect an open and high scoring game…would love to the Sounders with a couple of goals before half to kick last weekend’s shutout loss out of their system. What are you looking for in this match?

Also, as it’s the first Sounders away match, it will be my first 90 minutes of Arlo White commentary.

Hope you other Supers are able to find ways to view the match in your respective corners of the Northwest.