This Saturday the Sounders gained a shutout against the Chicago Fire the final score being 1-0. During the game Kasey Keller of North Thurston High had a spectacular save. Blaise Nkufo scored the only goal with a gorgeous feed from Steve Zakauni. The Sounders went in knowing they were facing a desperate Chicago team. The Fire has gone 4 games without a win and the Sounders have one their last three games. The Sounders are now deadlocked with the Colorado Rapids for a spot in the play-offs. The Sounders are now 11-9-6.  

Today was the first day of my last season of soccer practice. For me soccer practice like a practice for any other sport is a love hate relationship. You know it is good for you and so you need to work hard but you also know that you really don't want to and your body doesn't want to either.  So I hope that this year will be a year that the team learns a lot and works hard. Go Eagles! :)

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Sounders beat Chivas USA 3-1 which means they get to host the championship game of the 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The goals came from Nate Jaqua in the 9' and the 92' and Fredy Montero. The Sounders won the Open Cup last year playing the championship game at D.C. United.  They have gone six games against MLS teams without losing and they went seven games including CONCACAF games without losing until they lost to Monterrey on August 25. The Sounders have been on a roll since they traded the midfielder Freddy Ljungberg to the Chicago fire. They beat the Fire last Saturday 2-1. The forward Fredy Montero was awarded player of the week this week. Steve Zakauni returned last Saturday after missing five games from a minor pelvic injury. Sanna Nyassi missed the game yesterday and will miss the game Saturday against the Revolution because he was called by the Gambian national team for the African Cup of Nations.

30 Million Strong

Today is the hundredth anniversary of the popular Brazilian club SC Corinthians Paulista. The Corinthians have about thirty million fans nicknamed the "Fiel" (Portuguese for faithful or loyal) which is the second largest amount of fans in Brazil after the club Flamengo. Thirty million is more than the population of Australia (twenty-two million) or the population of Chile (seventeen million) added to the population of Portugal (twelve million). The Timao (a nickname meaning the big team) is one of the most successful in Brazil having won the first edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, the Brazilian Serie A four times, and the Brazilian Cup three times. The clubs official mascot is the musketeer but another important symbol is Saint George. Their current coach is Adilson Batista and one famous Brazilians who played for the club is Ronaldo. The Corinthians anthem is:

Salve o Corinthians

(Hail Corinthians)

O campeão dos campeões,

(The Champion of the champions)

Eternamente dentro dos nossos corações

(Eternally inside our hearts)

Salve o Corinthians de tradições e glórias mil

(Hail the Corinthians of thousand traditions and glories)

Tu és orgulho

(You are the pride)

Dos esportistas do Brasil

(Of Brazil's sportsmen)

Teu passado é uma bandeira,

(Your past is a flag)

Teu presente, uma lição

(Your present, is a lesson)

Figuras entre os primeiros

(You stand among the firsts)

Do nosso esporte bretão

(Of our British sport)

Corinthians grande,

(Great Corinthians)

Sempre Altaneiro,

(Always towering)

És do Brasil

(You are Brazil's)

O clube mais brasileiro

(Most Brazilian club)

The Away Kit

The Home Kit