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Article: Color this Sounders FC growing pains.(Sports)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2009
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Byline: Jerry Brewer; Times staff Columnist
With a shake of his head and a knowing look, Sigi Schmid almost laughed out the words.
"That was a lesson," the Sounders FC coach said.
He had just watched his team lose an exhibition match 4-0 to FC Barcelona, which is, like, the bestest team ever, before a record crowd of 66,848 at Qwest Field. It was such a thorough, seemingly effortless victory that Schmid admitted, "I hope our fans don't walk away too disappointed."
They won't, of course. They know their expansion MLS team, one of the best startups in professional sports history, played the best in the world. They learned the gap between ...