Injuries have been plaguing the Seattle Sounders of late. They came into Saturday’s match having lost 3 of their last 4, in a month that some said should have been an easy stretch of games. Seattle went down a goal to Colorado in the 60th minute off a corner kick. …
Jessica McDonald scored a brace on Sunday, giving the Seattle Reign a 2-1 come-from-behind win against the Washington Spirit in front of a sold out crowd of ~3800. The Reign are now 4-0-2 over the last six matches, and might actually have a chance of getting to the playoffs if …
On Thursday night, the Mexican and Canadian National Teams met in a Gold Cup group stage match in Seattle, WA. After recent struggles, Mexico recorded a 2-0 win over the Canadians. This was my first time shooting a match involving Mexico. I’d of course watched them play on TV and …
On Tuesday night, the US Men’s National Team faced off against Belize in a Gold Cup group stage match in Portland, OR. There was certainly no shortage of goals as the Yanks tallied six of them – three from Chris Wondolowski in the first half – while only allowing one …
On Sunday night, Seattle Reign met the USA Women’s Under-20 National Team in a friendly at Starfire Sports complex in Tukwila, WA. After a scoreless first half, the U-20s scored 2 goals. But in the 81st minute Christine Nairn curled in a beautiful free kick to get the Reign on …
On Friday night, in their last home match of the regular season the Sounders Women gave up two early goals to Santa Clarita Blue Heat. But just before halftime they pulled one back with a goal by Annie Sittauer in first half stoppage time. In the 52nd minute, Jenna Richardson …
On June 30, the Sounders Women lost to Colorado Rapids by a score of 2-1. Here are some photos from the match. Follow @mikerussellfoto (Click on the photos below to view them in a gallery)
Ever since the rumors started that Obafemi Martins was coming to play for the Seattle Sounders I was looking forward to capturing his trademark goal-celebrating back flip. Before this match, I was in the wrong place every time. But on Wednesday night luck was on my side, and he flipped …
It’s been a long time coming, but Seattle Reign won their first match at home on Saturday, June 29. The victory over Chicago Red Stars comes on the heels of their first win of the season in the previous match. The goals were scored by arguably three of the teams …
The US Men’s National Team took one step closer to qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. They defeated Panama 2-0 in front of over 40,000 in Seattle. I was there shooting for American Soccer Now. Be sure to check them out for lots of great coverage from the …