As I am regrettably not making the pilgrimage to Estadio Azteca for Leg 2 of the Sounders-Club America CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal, things are a bit quiet on the news front with the team en route to Mexico City. To help fill the vacuum, consider this part one of what I hope to turn into a semi-regular series: Digging deep into the Seattle Times archives for soccer stories of yore.
The first edition comes courtesy of the Sounders’ first-ever coach, John Best, a man who played under legendary Liverpool coach Bill Shankly and was thus qualified to inform readers that “the ball is round.