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www.soundersfc.com — May 16 --- Official team website: The Seattle Sounders FC announced today the formation of their Members Association, activating the promise of minority owner Drew Carey to involve the fans in the decision making process of the team. --- Carey will serve as the association’s chairman. --- “I'm very excited about what we're doing here in Seattle,” said Carey. “Where else can the fans fire the GM ?

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getin2thegame posted 5/17/2008

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2009 MLS franchise gets its members associated...and Drew Carey's in charge !
San Diego MLS Project — ... an entertainment executive. Carey's other condition was the formation of a marching band. To that end, auditions for the Sounders FC marching band will be June 1 at Qwest Field. The band won't exactly be a synchronized, tight-formation unit, according to the team Web site. It will consist of 50 members and include full sections of brass and percussion instruments. by José Miguel Romero for The Seattle Times ( read the team's official release AT THIS LINK )

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The World's Beautiful Game — ... process,” said majority owner Joe Roth. “Members can voice their opinions on a wide variety of issues from team play to game presentation and ultimately to the performance of our management. Although membership groups like this are new to American sports, they are important to world class European soccer clubs like Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.” All members will be invited to an annual meeting hosted by Drew Carey. The first meeting will be scheduled later this year. Read the entire announcement and association details here

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The Beautiful Game — There's a lot of information going on here. Not newsworthy enough for everyone, only those interested. So here's a link to the team website explaining it all. Goal Seattle has some nice little extra tidbits of info. The TNT has some neat stuff also. Have it Seattle soccer hooligans!