Last week, the Seattle Sounders defeated Pumas UNAM to become the first Major League Soccer team in history to win the CONCACAF Champions League. This is the feather in the cap of a sports franchise that has exemplified excellence since its incorporation into MLS as an expansion team in 2007. Little is known of the next Club World Cup, but in all likelihood the Sounders will become the first MLS team to compete in that tournament.
Like any Seattle Mariners fan, I watched enviously last week as the Sounders scored their third goal of the game and the stadium shook with the joyous cries of nearly 70,000 fans.