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Mike: Tell Me I’m Wrong, Seattle’s best sports moment of 2019 was on Sunday, not Monday

Nov 13, 2019, 10:39 AM | Updated: Oct 1, 2024, 11:14 am

Seattle Sounders...

Ditch the car, forget about the traffic, save money on parking, and hop aboard the special Sounder train to the Sounders FC match this Saturday at Lumen Field. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The game was electrifying, a see-saw affair that could have gone either way. The stadium was packed and the atmosphere was an electric as it could get. And the underdog came out on top.

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Of course, I鈥檓 talking about Sunday. Not Monday.

Monday鈥檚 Seahawks win mattered a bunch — just not as much as Sunday鈥檚 Sounders win.

Here鈥檚 why:

  • Most obviously, it was a championship; the second in four years and it came from the team鈥檚 third trip to the final in the past four years.
  • It caps the 11th time in 11 season that the city鈥檚 MLS team has made the playoffs, an unprecedented run in local sports.
  • The crowd of nearly 70,000 people was the largest ever at Century Link Field 鈥 larger than any Seahawks game. The team averaged more than 40,000 fans during the regular season.
  • The Sounders have been in Seattle since 1974 鈥 a full three years more than the Seahawks.
  • The team鈥檚 coach Brian Schmetzer is not only is local, he began his affiliation with the Sounders in 1980 as a player. He鈥檚 now a two-time national champion.

The championship seals what now is regarded as the most dominant MLS team of the past decade. No other team in the league can match the Sounders consistent success on and off the pitch.

That MVP quarterback with the Seahawks? Guess which team he bought into as a part owner. And guess where he was on Tuesday.

This isn鈥檛 to take anything away from the Seahawks nail-biter win from the 49ers and the revival of that rivalry. Monday night completed a great week in Seattle sports. And before you tell me about how many people on TV watched the game 鈥 yes, I know it exceeds the Sounders 鈥 but the gap is narrowing each year.

And as for that NFL expansion to London? The Sounders draw better there already and will even after the NFL arrives.

Before you accuse me of being anti-football I鈥檓 not. I was just as happy as the Seahawks win as you. But the long-term trend line nationally and internationally works in soccer鈥檚 favor. Now鈥檚 your excuse to get on board.

And before you tell me I鈥檓 wrong about soccer answer me this: Which sport is your child playing?

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Mike: Tell Me I’m Wrong, Seattle’s best sports moment of 2019 was on Sunday, not Monday