Head coach Sigi Schmid ran the club through its regular paces but the sense of urgency and intensity was definitely up a notch from a week ago.
Coach Schmid and the club are hungry for a win. After several ties and a loss to the club at the top of the table, Sounders FC will face the San Jose Earthquakes, a team at the bottom of the Western table. The two teams faced off on April 25th, at the X-Box Pitch, which consequently, was the last time Seattle tasted victory.
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The consensus from the media, players and club officials is that Seattle played a solid possession game last Saturday, even without their midfield mainstay Osvaldo Alonso on the pitch.
Unfortunately, success and a shot at the playoffs are not measured by the percentage a club possesses the ball but how many times the club puts the ball in the back of the net.
Sounders FC simply have not been able to penetrate deep into their opponent's defensive zone to create many scoring opportunities.
For the most part, the defense was pretty solid against Chivas by limiting them to only three real opportunities. But Chivas, who was tenacious in the Sounders box, took advantage of a rebound off of another world class save by Kasey Keller.
On a lighter note, The Sounders were extremely gracious in the fact that every single member of the club as well as Tony Ventrella and GM Adrian Hannauer, took time out of their schedule after training today to lend their John Hancocks to an X-Box console that will be auctioned of Thursday, night, June 11th at Highway 99 for charity party function for the Puget Sound Corporate Soccer Challenge involving, Boeing, Expedia, Microsoft and Starbucks. The proceeds from the final bid will go to the Ronald McDonald House.
"SFI TV" also had the opportunity to speak with striker Nate Jaqua to discuss his red card and his feelings on sitting out this weekend.
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