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Lewis: Top pick gives Seattle options
Lewis: Top pick gives Seattle options
Perhaps no other MLS team has more decisions to make at Thursday's SuperDraft than Seattle Sounders FC. As a first-year expansion team, the Sounders face the challenge of stocking their team with as many decent players to be competitive.
2009 MLS SuperDraft:  SOUNDERS FC stand pat...
2009 MLS SuperDraft: SOUNDERS FC stand pat...
web.mlsnet.com — January 15 --- MLSNet.com: The Seattle Sounders were ready to trade their Number 1 pick. --- Instead, the Sounders kept their first selection, choosing forward Steve Zakuani of Akron, setting the stage for a day when only two trades occurred through the four rounds of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. (more) 2009 MLS SuperDraft: SOUNDERS FC stand pat...
2009 MLS SuperDraft: 'Generation' next... [UPDATED]
2009 MLS SuperDraft: 'Generation' next... [UPDATED]
usatoday.com — January 15 --- by Beau Dure / USA Today: Number One overall Steve Zakuani was picked by Seattle Sounders FC, and is one of nine college underclassmen to sign with the MLS Generation adidas program. --- Those players accounted for four of the first six picks and seven of the first 13... (more) 2009 MLS SuperDraft: 'Generation' next... [UPDATED]
Michael Lewis:  Top SuperDraft pick gives Seattle options
Michael Lewis: Top SuperDraft pick gives Seattle options
web.mlsnet.com — (from MLSNet.com) Perhaps no other MLS team has more decisions to make at Thursday's SuperDraft than Seattle Sounders FC. --- As a first-year expansion team, the Sounders face the challenge of stocking their team with as many decent players to be competitive... (more) Michael Lewis: Top SuperDraft pick gives Seattle options
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Newsstand - January 15
New England Revolution — Here in St. Louis, we’re not sure if the biggest news of the day is all the buzz about today’s MLS SuperDraft or coldest tempuratures in the area - it’s currently 0°F and between -15°F and -20°F with the wind chill - in more than 10 years (as the news stations keep saying). We’re going to go with the draft, to which today’s Newsstand ...

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