Marshall Hollis shares photos from the August 27, 2010 Seattle Sounders FC training session at Starfire Sports Complex.
Sigi Schmid talked to the press after the match and Sounders FC released the following quotes below.
Sigi Schmid – Head Coach
(On Chicago Fire . . .) “Obviously they are a team who has got some games in hand so they are chasing points but because they have games in hand they can get points. There are a lot of good players on the team. [Baggio] Husidic has had a good year so far. Certainly Marco Pappa is a dangerous player because he is a left-footed guy who likes to play on the right and come inside at times. [. . .] Calen Carr has certainly come off his injury and is very dangerous and very effective. Patrick Nyarko, before he was injured, was another player who is very dangerous and effective. So they have a lot of speed with Carr, Nyarko and Pappa has got decent speed. So there is a lot of danger there.”
(On Freddie Ljungberg’s return . . .) “His return certainly adds something to the game. Freddie is going to want to play very well and do well in this particular game and our guys are going to want to play well against him. It’s not something that we are going to spend a long time talking about but it’s something that is ever present, that’s there in your mind and that the guys know and that Freddie knows. I think it’s going to spur both sides onto a performance. The Chicago team is going to want to do well because Freddie is their teammate now so they want to support him in that way. And our team wants to do well and say, ‘Hey, we are still a viable team.’”
(On Sounders FC injuries . . .) “[Steve] Zakuani will be in the 18. So he’s doing better, seems to be getting over the injury that he had. Obviously Leo [Gonzalez] is out with the card. [Brad] Evans is actually starting to feel a little bit better. We are nowhere close to being able to start training him but at least there is some forward progress, which is nice. [Pat] Noonan, [Peter] Vagenas and [Jhon Kennedy] Hurtado are out. Vagenas is starting to make some progress and getting better.”
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