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Don Ruiz joined The News Tribune in 1988 and has been covering sports since 1999. He is a long-time recreational soccer player and has covered the 1999 Women's World Cup championship game and a variety of international, national and local soccer matches. E-mail Don at don.ruiz@thenewstribune.com.

Posts by Don Ruiz:

• Schmid unhappy with Atlante, happy with Estrada, Feb. 22, 2012
• Montero, Estrada, Rosales lead Sounders 5-2 win, Feb. 22, 2012
• Sounders U23s venue unsettled, might not be Curtis, Feb. 22, 2012
• Sounders visit Mexico in closed game at Atlante, Feb. 22, 2012
• Sounders U23 schedule out; home site unsettled, Feb. 21, 2012
• Three wins and a draw later, Sounders leave Florida, Feb. 21, 2012
• Eddie Johnson will wear No. 7 for Sounders, Feb. 21, 2012
• Roster tally: 6 newcomers in, 11 ex-Sounders out, Feb. 21, 2012