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Game Notes Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC, August 29th

August 28, 2009 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Seattle Sounders FC News Release


Sounders FC vs. Toronto FC - August 29 at 1:00 p.m. PT on Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field

With its first Cup Final awaiting next week, the Seattle Sounders FC hopes to earn a rousing sendoff from its legions of supporters on Saturday when its hosts Toronto FC. Kickoff is 1 p.m. PT on Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field.

Seattle then heads east for the nation's capital for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final against D.C. United on September 2 at RFK Stadium. The Sounders FC will return to Washington,D.C., to face United when MLS play resumes on September 12.

Coming off an impressive 1-1 draw at Western Conference leader Houston, the Sounders FC (8-6-9, 33 points) enters the week tied for third place in the division and fifth overall. There are seven games remaining in the regular season and only three are at home. Three of the four road matches are in the Eastern Time Zone.

Seattle has won just once and scored three goals in the last six MLS games (1-3-2). The last home win came July 11 against Houston.

Toronto FC (8-8-6, 30 points), who begins the week tied for third in the East, has gone 0-2-1 in its last three on the road.

The Open Cup Final will be nationally televised on Fox Soccer Channel with Max Bretos and Christopher Sullivan calling the action.

Following the Cup Final, the Sounders FC will take four days off before resuming training on September 7.

To purchase tickets to future home games, call 1-877-MLS-GOAL, visit www.SoundersFC.com, any Ticketmaster outlet or the Qwest Field Box office.

Official Sounders FC game notes for this week's match against Toronto FC are available at www.SoundersFC.com/Game-Notes/2009/Releases.aspx.

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