Expansion News: Seattle glitz @ Qwest Field - present and future tense...

April 16 --- MEXICO v CHINA coverageThis Wednesday night friendly was the first soccer match held in Seattle since the enormously successful announcment last week on the team name for the region's MLS franchise.Here are two representative articles on the match -one just before, and one from the morning after...Seattle Post-Intelligencer( http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/soccer/359206_sounders16.html )The Seattle Times( http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soccer/2004354859_soccer17.html )---4-minute video presentation:

Here, you can watch what the attendees and online viewers saw live during last week's ceremony announcing the name of Seattle's 2009 MLS expansion team.

The official presentation gives a little bit of socccer history in Seattle, and profiles the 4 team owners.

Also, the name and crest are revealed for the first time...

You can read more about Seattle's advance season ticket sales, and current MLS team and league attendances in these new articles:

MVN Soccer: MLS on the rise...

( http://mvn.com/soccer/2008/04/16/mls-attendances-up-in-2008-league-average-could-top-nba-this-season/ )

Fantasy Sports Outlook:  Seattle Sounders FC features... ( http://fantasysportsoutlook.com/2008/04/07/seattle-sounders-fc/ )

Seattle Sounders FC: Official website, includes video on MEXICO v CHINA match...( http://www.soundersfc.com/ )