A-League/USL Era – Sounders vs Timbers (2001-08)
League – 32 Meetings
Home (form): 9-4-3 GD: 26-16 [WDWWWWLLLLWDWWWD]
Away: 7-7-2 GD: 15-16 [LWWLWWLLWLDLWDLW]
Total: 16-11-5 GD: 41-32 [LWDWWWLWWWWWLLLLLWLWLDDLWWWDWLDW]
Playoffs – 4 Meetings
Home: 2-0-0 GD: 4-0 [WW]
Away: 1-1-0 GD: 2-2 [LW]
Total: 3-1-0 GD: 6-2 [LWWW]
Open Cup – 2 Meetings
Home: 1-0-0 GD: 2-1 [W]
Away: 0-1-0 GD: 0-2 [L]
Total: 1-1-0 GD: 2-3 [LW] Continue reading Seattle vs Portland: By The Numbers (USL Era, 2001-08)
No, this ain’t your dad’s Sounders Reserves. But ultimately its success will be determined the same way.
For those of us who shivered in ones and twos at Renton Stadium back in the day, the notion of Sounders 2 opening before a big crowd is only one of the reasons our minds are blown.
To think that S2 and its fellow MLS reserves are part of respectable national league, complete with playoffs, and attracting more fan interest than the soccer equivalent of geeky baseball scouts with radar guns and stopwatches, is yet another sign of the thriving times in American futbol.
Reserve programs playing in the USL (formerly USL PRO) have now outstripped their parent clubs for the number of incarnations that have come and gone over 39 years. Their purpose has shifted from time to time. However when attached to a top-tier club, the focus has always been about producing talent, and that has not changed.
Continue reading Reserves Packaging Much Improved, But Barometer Remains Same
