Ozzie Rocks The Sounders Midfield

The Times has fallen into a nice rut of padding the mid-week lull between Sounders' games with an article or two about a player, or some other interesting look behind the scenes of the Rave Green Machine. (Boy, I know that sounds dumb, but I'm gonna keep using it. Rave Green For Life, G!)

Anyhow, Thursday they had an article looking at Osvaldo Alonso, who has to be considered as both Sounders' MLS Rookie of the Year candidate and MVP. Ozzie puts the steel in Sounders midfield, despite being a liddle guy. He is a fierce competitor, always at work, always battling. I love watching this cat play.

Now, I have to work tomorrow, so I am going to miss both the Sounders-LA Galactic Mistake game and the Arsenal-Chelsea Lately match. So, when I return from work I have got to figure out how to present 4 hours of footie on the telly as a Mother's Day present. Send your suggestions to me ASAP.

Champions League thoughts:

You can gripe all you want about the refereeing, but Chelsea players should've been taught by now that you never leave the game in the ref's hands. They left on the field some audacious opportunities to make it 2-0. Here's another thought: champions win games. Whiners whine.

The Arsenal-ManUre game was painful. For 7:32 I thought we had a chance. After that, it was clear that Arsenal inhabits a select middle cushion between the top 3 of the EPL and the gathering hordes below of completely awful teams pretending they belong in the top flight. Monsieur Wenger, It is time to climb back up to the top...