What a whirlwind weekend it was in Seattle sports. Seahawks rookies and veterans soent three days at the team facilities in Renton at the first full mini camp. Led by top draft pick Aaron Curry, the linebacker out of Wake Forest the Seahawks went through their paces under the upbeat direction of head coach Jim Mora.
This week veterans will work on red zone and two minute drills before the rookies return in two weeks for another mini camp. Full training camp begins in late July with the first pre-season game set for August 15th at San Diego.
On Saturday in Bridgeview, Illinois the Sounders FC struggled to a 1-1 tie with the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park. A red card on Fredy Montero in the 49th minutes gave Chicago a man advantage situation which they exploited for the go ahead goal late in the half. The Sounders salvaged a tie when Freddie Ljundberg set up Tyrone Marshall for his first goal in two years. Seattle has a 4-2-1 record with 13 points so far this season. They host Los Angeles on Mother's Day at 12 noon at Qwest field.
Sunday night at Qwest 61 perspective Seagals went through final auditions for the 2009 squad. Director Sheri Thompson chose 28 girls for the new squad excluding a couple of popular veterans Georgia and Kat from the new team.
It was emotional for the girls who didn't make the team as well as for Thompson who told all the auditioners after the event, "I wish I could take 40 of you but we're limited to 28."
The Mariners rounded out a big weekend in Seattle sports with a 15inning 8-7 victory over Oakland at Safeco field.
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Monday, May 4, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Welcome aaron Curry
At 9:30 this morning the Seahawks top draft pick Linebacker Aaron Curry walked into team headquarters in Renton with his mother Chris and Fiance Jamilla. At 11 a.m. the former Wake Forest star will meet with the Seattle media for the first time in person.
Curry topped the list of seven draftees by the Seahawks in the 74th NFL draft which ended yesterday afternoon around 4:15 Seattle time.
The Seahawks did a lot of trading with other teams to select the players on their pre draft wish list.
In the second round they drafted center/guard Max Ynger from the University of Oregon. Deon Butler, a receiver from Penn State was chosen in the third round and quarterback Mike Teel of Rutgers was picked in the 6th round.
The Seahawks had three compensatory picks in round seven and chose the folowing players. Courtney Greene a safety from Rutgers, Nick Reed and defensive end from Oregon and Cameron Morrah a tight end from California.
All the new players plus several un drafted invitees will be here Friday for the start of a three day mini camp.
U.S. Open Cup
The SoundersFC host Real Salt Lake Tuesday night at Starfire Sports Complex in a play in match for the U.S. Open Cup. Any soccer team in the nation can enter this tournament . This reminds me of the way they used to do the state basketball tournament in Indiana. All schools no matter what sized student body were able to compete in one single tournament with one champion. That was the inspiration for the movie Hoosiers starring Gene Hackman and Barbara Hersey a few years ago.
Seattle will mix it's line up using some reserve players and some starters. Kickoff is 7 p.m. Tuesday night.
Curry topped the list of seven draftees by the Seahawks in the 74th NFL draft which ended yesterday afternoon around 4:15 Seattle time.
The Seahawks did a lot of trading with other teams to select the players on their pre draft wish list.
In the second round they drafted center/guard Max Ynger from the University of Oregon. Deon Butler, a receiver from Penn State was chosen in the third round and quarterback Mike Teel of Rutgers was picked in the 6th round.
The Seahawks had three compensatory picks in round seven and chose the folowing players. Courtney Greene a safety from Rutgers, Nick Reed and defensive end from Oregon and Cameron Morrah a tight end from California.
All the new players plus several un drafted invitees will be here Friday for the start of a three day mini camp.
U.S. Open Cup
The SoundersFC host Real Salt Lake Tuesday night at Starfire Sports Complex in a play in match for the U.S. Open Cup. Any soccer team in the nation can enter this tournament . This reminds me of the way they used to do the state basketball tournament in Indiana. All schools no matter what sized student body were able to compete in one single tournament with one champion. That was the inspiration for the movie Hoosiers starring Gene Hackman and Barbara Hersey a few years ago.
Seattle will mix it's line up using some reserve players and some starters. Kickoff is 7 p.m. Tuesday night.
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