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 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 …
On Saturday night, in front of a crowd over 53,000 strong, the Seattle Sounders defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2. With the win, the Sounders take the lead on the season for the coveted Cascadia Cup. There are still several matches to be played, so they’ll need to keep playing well …
Lots of smiles and laughter among the U.S. Men’s National Team as they trained at CenturyLink Field on Sunday, June 9, in preparation for the World Cup Qualifier match against Panama Tuesday night. I was there to shoot some of the player interviews and the first few minutes of warm …
The Sounders Women opened their season on Monday with an exciting 4-2 victory over the LA Strikers. It was a unique day out at Starfire, at least for us photographers–daylight from the start of the match all the way to the final whistle! I know that’s not very exciting to …