Sound Stories: A Seattle Soccer Podcast

In this episode I talked with Don Ruiz, who covered the Seattle Sounders for the Tacoma News-Tribune from the expansion season until this year. Ruiz is probably the best to ever cover the club, and the News-Tribune's decision to get rid of the soccer reporter position is yet another tragedy in the changing journalism landscape. Don and I talked about how the club has changed since joining the league, his favorite players to interview, and whether or not Seattle can really call itself "Soccer City, USA."

We had current Sounders FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei on this week, who talked about his first experience with Sounders fans, what led him to Seattle, and the improving quality of Major League Soccer.

Erik Friberg, current Sounders FC midfielder, talked to me this week about soccer in Seattle, what's different from his first stint with the Sounders, and more.

In our third episode, I talk to Seattle soccer historian and former PR director for the Sounders Frank MacDonald. We talk about the history of the Sounders, soccer in Seattle, and what current Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer was like as a player. Check out Frank's website at frankmacdonald.net and the Washington State Legends of Soccer at facebook.com/WaSoccerLegends or twitter.com/WA_Legends.

Episode 2 of Sound Stories: A Seattle Soccer Podcast features former Sounders player and current club broadcaster Steve Zakuani. Steve talks about what he loves about soccer in Seattle, what it was like to play against his former team as a Timber, his first time meeting Thierry Henry and David Beckham, and more.