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u/Fritzed · 17 pointsr/MLS

There are a multitude of factors here, but a very big one is just the ownership group approaching everything in the correct way. The sounders pulled huge numbers even back in the 70s, but had largely fallen off the radar for most people just due to a lack of any kind of marketing at all. You would have never known a USL sounders game was happening unless you went out of your way to scour the USL site or called the box office.

There is a fantastic book that covers some of the outreach steps that the ownership group took to engage the community and simply make sure that people knew about the Sounders again.

Beyond the ownership group, here are a few of the factors:

  • History of high-attendance in the last top league (70's NAS)
  • Less competition with European leagues on the west coast due to time zones. (Even amazing games at 7am are still games at 7am)
  • Centrally located and accessible stadium
  • Loss of the Sonics freed up entertainment dollars for some
  • 8 years of shitty baseball from the Mariners had freed up entertainment dollars for some
  • Generational timing. Kids that grew up watching NASL sounders were at the right age to have families of their own to bring to MLS sounders
  • Early success. The quick successes of the team both in league play and USOC cause the crowd to build and solidify rather than lose interest

    Any new team entering the league just has to recreate these things and, with a little luck, they'll have the same type of success. :P
u/Zoophagous · 6 pointsr/MLS

The article is just plain wrong about the what happened during the Behring years.

Soccer votes did help build the Clink. Mine included. But there is no need to make the situation worse than it was.

Also the article appears heavily lifted from a recent book about the Sounders by local sports radio DJ Mike Gastineau (http://www.amazon.com/Sounders-FC-AUTHENTIC-MASTERPIECE-Franchise/dp/1491068345). There is an entire chapter on the stadium vote and how soccer voters influenced the outcome.

u/bxranxdon · 5 pointsr/Chargers

This is a great story of how Seattle Sounders FC saved the Seahawks in Seattle


AND they just had a victory parade this week. I envy them.

u/TheOakTrail · 2 pointsr/MLS

This is a little bit of a Sounders-centric recommendation, but I think every MLS fan would enjoy reading Authentic Masterpiece. It's the story of how the Sounders launched in MLS, and it's just a fantastic success story about soccer in America. I really recommend it.

u/jaschac · 1 pointr/Seattle

It's maybe a bit more topic-specific than the average reader might like, but Sounders FC: Authentic masterpeice despite the somewhat silly name is a great read about the development of the team from its minor league days, to where it is today. Includes quite a bit about the history and behind-the-scenes of the Seattle sports-business landscape and the development of the new stadium.