(Editor's Note): Not living in Seattle, I have a couple correspondents on the ground in scenic Seattle, WA, who have promised—and they did promise...in blood—to send me periodic posts on what they're seeing as season ticket holders during Seattle's first season in Major League Soccer (MLS).

Idiot that I am, I didn't get permission to use either person's name, so I'll have to start with Thing No. 1 and Thing No. 2; I'll stop using the image and give them proper names on command from them. Thing No. 2 authored the item below.

What I like about this is that Thing No. 2 comes at the entire soccer experience from another perspective—e.g. that of the generic "American sports fan," by which I mean he has followed several sports—intensely—but not soccer...at least not yet.

However, his ability to get totally, even stupidly, wrapped up in a sport is beyond question...oh, the stories I could tell. Keep that in mind when you read what follows...keep him happy, Sounders FC, and he'll be one of you before you know it.

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