Soccer fiesta at Qwest Field

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The Beautiful Game found this 4/17/2008 on seattlepi.nwsource.com [flag]
Burgers and dogs and peppers darkened over the grill in the bed of Andres Lepe's sagging Chevy pickup, and as he bit into a hot link, his two sons at his feet, he gave, perhaps, the only summation one could give of the scene that had enveloped him. "Mexicans, we love soccer," said Lepe of Tukwila. "It is the way we express passion." They were not alone. All around them were the sights and ... [link]

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Fiesta in Seattle!
Published 4/17/2008 by The Beautiful Game at The Beautiful Game
... the sold out Real Madrid v. DC United match, the Chelsea v. Celtic match and the USA v. Canada Gold Cup match all here in the last couple years. Over 56,000 fans -- mostly Mexican supporters -- rocked the stadium Wednesday with chants, love and passion for 90 minutes. The game on the pitch was mediocre at best, but the action in the stands was unbelievable. "Me-xi-co! Clap! Clap! Clap!" Don't just take it from me, look at all these different stories that all mention the crowd. I love this quote: In ...

"Mexicans, we love soccer......It is the way we express passion."
Published 4/17/2008 at The Far Post Report
... wave for game against China By This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it P-I REPORTER Burgers and dogs and peppers darkened over the grill in the bed of Andres Lepe's sagging Chevy pickup, and as he bit into a hot link, his two sons at his feet, he gave, perhaps, the only summation one could give of the scene that had enveloped him. "Mexicans, we love soccer," said Lepe of Tukwila. "It is the way we express passion." Click here to read more

Seattle has a huge success with their Mexico friendly on Wednesday night...
Published 4/17/2008 by Mr. Adventure at San Diego MLS Project
... ARTICLE FROM SEATTLE Post-Intelligencer "Soccer Fiesta at Qwest Field", http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/soccer/359402_soccfans17.html ...

What A Machine She Ha(s/d) News
Published 4/17/2008 by brucio at du Nord
... - Ljungskile - at home v Elfsborg -Tim Howard - Everton - at home to Chelsea -Etchu Tabe - Ljungskile - at home v Elfsborg -Josh Wolff - 1860 Munich - at home against Wehen ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Mexico & FMF News -Wed Apr 16 in Seattle Mexico 1-0 China - goal by Cesar Villaluz. Match report from the Seattle Times. Match report from the Seattle Post Intelligencer. Post game notes from the Times. Post game notes from the PI. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Copa ...

More on the great success of Seattle’s international friendly
Published 4/20/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
The great news on the MEXICO v CHINA friendly just keeps on coming…  This match turned out to have high TV ratings and the fourth-highest Seattle attendance ever for soccer, even though the match was only an exhibition, and even though the Latin and Chinese populations in the region are relatively low compared with many other cities. Seattle Sounders FC:  VIDEO and other exclusive reports  Seattle Post-Intelligencer:  Soccer fiesta at Qwest Field Seattle Times:  Fans enjoy Mexico’s 1-0 win over China  LA ...