Rick Morrison's photos from Wednesday night's CONCACAF Champions League match at Qwest Field between Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders FC and Mexican Football League's CF Monterrey are featured in the Seattle Soccer Examiner gallery below.
You can read our match recap and view earlier photos by Joseph Armand in our initial coverage here.
GOALSeattle.com features a few of Morrison's photos from the night in this special gallery where they can be viewed in a larger size. Just click on the first thumbnail and the slideshow will begin. Adjust desired speed before hand in the top right corner.
Post-Practice Quotes
The Sounders were back training today, and the club released the following quotes from head coach Sigi Schmid.
(On Freddie Ljungberg’s return to Seattle . . .) “It’s emotional, for sure, because he was a member of this team and he was a very important member of this team and helped us get off to a tremendous start. But, at the end of the day, he is not on our team right now and he is with Chicago. We need to worry about our team and about winning the game and he is going to be worried about winning the game for his side.”
(On team without Ljungberg . . .) “We stepped into a good run right after he left. But, can you say that’s because he left? I don’t think so. I think we might of hit a good run as well. We played some good games early on in the season where we just didn’t finish. But we played some good soccer and did some good things. Sometimes things for whatever reasons, just like a marriage, sometimes things don’t entirely work out the way you want them. On the same token, it doesn’t mean one side is wrong or right or that there is a benefit for this side or for that side. I think it’s just one of those things that happened. Right now, like I said, our focus is on our team.”
(On Blaise Nkufo and Alvaro Fernandez . . .) “Obviously Blaise is still looking for his first goal. I know he would like to get that one behind him. But he has helped us with our hold-up play up front and getting people involved in the offensive play. I think Fernandez came in and scored some big goals early on, coming on as a sub. I think right now he is still finding his fitness, finding his legs. I thought his game the other night against Monterrey was much better than his game down in Marathón. I think he is finding his connection to the team much better right now.”
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