Sounder at Heart: for Seattle Sounders and Reign FC fans SB Nation

The 2023 preseason has officially begun with the Sounders opening training camp. There's a lack of depth at fullback but otherwise mostly good questions to ask.
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The Sounders' biggest offseason priority was signing a backup for Raúl Ruidíaz and they seem to have found a pretty good one in Héber, who spent the previous four seasons at NYCFC.
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Craig Waibel was officially introduced as the third general manager in the Sounders' MLS history this week. We give our first impressions.
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Seemingly out of the blue, Garth Lagerwey has left the Seattle Sounders to become Atlanta United's CEO and President. It's a big bump in title and control. We do our best to make sense of it.
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The Sounders were back in person with their Annual Business Meeting this week. They revealed Garth Lagerwey's retention vote totals, teased a new crest and showed off parts of their new headquarters.
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In the late 1980s US Soccer was at a nadir. There was no professional outdoor league, the indoor league was hanging on by a thread and it had been nearly 40 years since the last World Cup appearance. But a band of players cobbled together from ethnic league, college teams and European outfits managed to breakthrough and set the USA on its current path. Adam Elder chronicled this journey, which included a pretty significant Pacific Northwest influence.
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