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FULL-TIME: Cristian Roldan scored a goal and Alex Roldan had to serve as an emergency goalkeeper down the stretch even making a couple saves to deliver a 1-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday.
Through their first four matches of the season, the Seattle Sounders faced either a playoff team from last year or a team off to a fast start. That trend continues tonight when the Sounders face the San Jose Earthquakes, a team on nine points through four matches and one point behind them in the standings.
The Earthquakes are riding a three-game winning streak after a season-opening loss to the Houston Dynamo and are tied with the Sounders to lead the league with 10 goals scored. Leading the way is 17-year-old forward Cade Cowell, who has two goals and three assists.
We have lost our Innocent The Punch
Published 11 May 2021
Over two weeks ago, I lost a comrade, brother, and friend, Innocent Chukwuma. Innoma, as I called him, was 55, and until a few months ago when he retired, the regional director (West Africa) of Ford Foundation. Every waking moment in the last two weeks has left me thinking about life and Innocent Chukwuma’s death.
I had a busy day on Saturday, April 3. Earlier that day, my spouse had informed me of the news of the death of the political activist, Yinka Odumakin, national publicity secretary of Afenifere, the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group. At 2:22p.m. Pacific Standard Time, I was about to put my phone on flight mode for a nap when I received a message from Dr. Chidi Odinkalu. The first message read: “Good evening sir. How are you doing?” It was followed by two questions; all three messages in a space of one minute: “Family?” “Have you heard about Innocent…? I replied immediately, “Good. Th
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Full-Time: The Seattle Sounders defeated the Portland Timbers by a score of 2-1. There was a second half full of craziness with Diego Valeri missing a penalty, Raul Ruidiaz scoring a penalty, and Bill Tuiloma scoring an incredible free kick in stoppage time. Ruidiaz scored again at a stage that would’ve made the game 3-0 but he was fractionally offside.
The Sounders take on the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night.
The last few years it has sometimes seemed as if every time the Seattle Sounders played at the Portland Timbers that they were doing it on short rest. This time, however, the shoe is on the other foot.