Tacoma Tide Undergoes change, PDL Welcomes Seattle Sounders U23

SoundersFC.com

The USL/PDL team Tacoma Tide has become the new Seattle Sounders U23 team. The new squad will be coached by Darren Sawatzky who has previously worked with the Seattle Sounders youth."By now having an affiliated PDL program, Sounders FC has added an additional piece to our Youth Development Program." Adrian Hanauer told sounderfc.com.
The new squad will play teams in Washington, Oregon and Canada including the defending USL/PSL champions the Kitsap Pumas who call Bremerton their home.

Seattle Salutes Captain Kasey Keller

It couldn't have happened any other way. In the second half of Seattle Sounders FCs match against the San Jose Earth Quakes, captain Kasey Keller was forced to make four exceptional consecutive saves in front of the ECS and 64,140 adoring supporters. Sounders fans set a new MLS record, bringing in more fans for Kasey's final regular season match than FC Barcelona was able to attract when they visited in the summer of 2009. Keller was saluted by fans who turned out in the masses to thank their captain since the 2009 inaugural season. The former national team player has savored many points over his three seasons with the Sounders and has lead the squad to three consecutive US Open Cup wins after representing the United States in several top leagues all over Europe. His presence in the goal will definitely be missed. (Photo: Kasey Keller captains the Seattle Sounders/ Photo Credit: Soccer Extreme)