Sounders two-time leading scorer Fredy Montero will undergo surgery on his wrist today and is questionable for the Sounders game Saturday at San Jose. Coach Sigi Schmid said the injury was suffered while the team was in New York, and while Montero played last weekend against Houston, the doctors decided the injury is something that should be taken care of now.

“It’s something they felt the need to do surgery now,” Schmid said. “It’s not something major, but it’s something that needed to be done now because it could have developed into something major if it wasn’t taken care

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Tacoma, WA—Tacoma, Washington, is one of the most wired cities in America and Tacoma Tide FC are working to align themselves with their home town’s high tech edge. Recently the six-year old United Soccer Leagues side debuted a partnership with www.BrownPaperTickets.com to not only sell Tide tickets online, but to also allow fans to download tickets to their mobile devices and use them for entry at the Stadium Bowl gates. Now the Tide have undergone a renovation of sorts with …

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This just in from the club:

The Seattle Sounders FC announced today that defender Leo Gonzalez has received his U.S. Green Card, granting him permanent resident status in the United States, effective immediately.

As a resident, Gonzalez will no longer occupy an International Player slot on Seattle’s roster.

Gonzalez, a native of Costa Rica, is in his third season with Sounders FC. He has started 41 matches at left back since arriving midway through the 2009 season, scoring one goal and adding one assist last year.

Here’s some reaction from some Sounders — plus Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson — reaction to today’s announcement that the clubs will meet at 7 p.m. July 20 at Qwest Field as part of the Red Devils’ United States tour.

SIR ALEX
On the tour) We’re looking forward to this tour. It’s our fourth visit now to the States, and I’ve got to say there is much improvement in the standard of soccer in the United States and the new MLS league have proven a very, very competitive league now.

On Sounders FC support) “Very few clubs in …

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Not surprisingly, the Sounders’ newly announced friendly against Manchester United dominated the interviews after Sounders training today. However, there was also some time for injury updates.

We noticed Jeff Parke jogging around the pitch while his teammates trained, however Schmid said it was simply a recovery day for him and he’s fine. However, we also saw Leo Gonzalez limp off the pitch after taking some kind of knock in training, and Schmid wasn’t yet certain how that one would turn out.

As for James Riley, who missed the Houston game last Friday with a concussion?

“James’ situation is still day-to-day,” …

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Sounders general manager and part owner Adrian Hanauer seems to have delivered on his promise of a single Sounders friendly this season against one of the world’s great clubs.

Here’s the official word from the Sounders:

Seattle Sounders FC will host Manchester United, winners of a record 11 English Premier League titles and three European championships, on Wednesday, July 20, on the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field, it was announced today. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. (PT). The presenting partners for the Sounders FC international friendly match are AT&T and Samsung Mobile.

“Our fans deserve the best and

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Pre-season Tide Update

Here are a few bytes of recent Tacoma Tide news as the soccer club prepares for the 2011 PDL season at Stadium Bowl

• Open Tryouts are this Saturday and Sunday at Stadium Bowl at 10 AM. Drop on by.
• The Tide have added two pre-season matches in April. More details to come, but the matches are April 16 against Gonzaga at Stadium Bowl (free admission) and April 17 against St. Martin’s in Lacey. Kickoff times to follow.
• The Tide are narrowing in on

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The Sounders resumed training this morning at Starfire, beginning a full week of work leading to their league game at San Jose on Saturday.

Here’s some of what coach Sigi Schmid had to say:

On having eight days in between games) “We don’t know what to do so we decided to train really, really long today so we could kill some of the time in between. No, it’s good to get into a rhythm. We can work on some things today. We can have a little bit of fun but still work on some things as well so that

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