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  "description": "For all the flaws of this edition of the World Cup, the memories we'll have will last our lives",
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    "Buy Now!",
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    "Sounders’ Senior VP of Communications talks soccer, career, and World Cup",
    "The USMNT just gave us the gift of unbridled optimism",
    "USMNT deliver first-in-century performance in World Cup opener",
    "Finally, actual World Cup games to play for the USMNT",
    "The Ultimate World Cup Experience Has Arrived in Seattle!",
    "What’s Obed Vargas’ World Cup outlook with Mexico?",
    "Lobbing Scorchers: Rep. Rick Larsen on Trump, the USMNT & the 2026 World Cup",
    "Boom-Boom-Clap: The World Cup qualifier that put Seattle on USMNT's map",
    "Where to watch the World Cup around Puget Sound",
    "7 reasons to watch non-US games at the World Cup",
    "We Sat in the Most Expensive Seats in Seattle!",
    "How normies are experiencing the World Cup in Seattle",
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    "Join their mailing list",
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    "Clint Dempsey won't put ceiling on USMNT's World Cup chances, but he sets floor",
    "What futi can tell us about the USMNT",
    "Seattle group returns free World Cup tickets after Somali referee denied U.S. entry",
    "As war reshaped the World Cup, Iran’s team found an unlikely home in Tijuana",
    "Thomas Partey denied entry to Canada, unable to play in Ghana’s World Cup opener",
    "Which Type Of Big Weird Guy Is Your Goalkeeper?",
    "The State Of Sportswashing",
    "The World Cup For Nobody Is Almost Here",
    "Texas joins N.Y., N.J., California in probes over FIFA World Cup ticket practices",
    "How Sounders reserve GK got adopted by Belgium before World Cup",
    "Fifa vice-president Victor Montagliani: ‘MLS can become the second-biggest league in the world. Maybe the biggest’",
    "A new potential Seahawks bidder emerges",
    "Chaos reigns with 8 red cards, but USWNT proves it can win tough in Brazil",
    "Exclusive: Gotham FC to construct club's first team-specific training facility",
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  "textContent": "Just go to one large watch party and you'll see it – the culture of soccer, global, diverse, passionate, welcoming. You'll find shirts from clubs and countries scattered around the world.\n\nNo matter how big the party around Puget Sound, you'll feel the shadow of the Sounders – inclusive, just, community, partnerships.\n\nIn a small living room or in a suburb. On the Pier or on a barge. Inside Seattle Soccer House. On the bricks of Pioneer Square.\n\nThis is soccer. This is our World Cup legacy.\n\nSeattle didn't build a new stadium. We didn't launch a new arena or rail system.\n\nWe improved parks. We finished projects. We made the lands around us better and we made them to share with our visitors over these weeks. We made them for us in the future.\n\nToday at Renton's Legacy Square I was overwhelmed by communities normally hidden. Now, thanks to soccer they burst forth vibrant in yellow and green, in blazing red and white with green, in the colors of hope and glory, in the beauty of humanity.\n\nIn 10 and 20 years I'll remember that, not the price points. I'll remember talking with a Canadian-Caribbean and Moroccan and a Brazilian. These are all people who now call Renton home and soccer their sport.\n\nThey danced with a ball at their feet on the mini pitch in Sounders colors.\n\nThey screamed in joy when both teams scored and in pain when either team missed. They were rivals for those 100+ minutes. They were neighbors before and after.\n\nThis is their home and their legacy. They're Renton and Seattle and Washington and America.\n\nThat's our small legacy. That's our beauty. I'll see y'all Friday at Fast Fashion SoDo. Because that's our legacy, too.\n\n> Use our affiliate links__ to support your bloggers when buying merch and tickets.\n\n* * *\n\nSPONSORED\n\nThis newsletter was made possible through the support of Iron Chuck’s Gluten Free pitas. The only soft, foldy, bendy 100% GLUTEN FREE flatbread-style pitas.\n\n\n                            Buy Now!\n                        \n\n## Catching up on Sounder at Heart\n\n> Here's what you missed on the site this week.\n\nThe new issue of IV: The Sounder at Heart magazine is now available to order. Issue 2 will focus on Seattle’s role in the 2026 World Cup.\n\n\n                            Order now\n                        \n\n### Sounders\n\nNext match: July 16 v. Portland Timbers\n\n  * Sounders’ Senior VP of Communications talks soccer, career, and World Cup\n\n\n\n### World Cup\n\n  * The USMNT just gave us the gift of unbridled optimism\n  * USMNT deliver first-in-century performance in World Cup opener\n  * Finally, actual World Cup games to play for the USMNT\n  * The Ultimate World Cup Experience Has Arrived in Seattle!\n  * What’s Obed Vargas’ World Cup outlook with Mexico?\n  * Lobbing Scorchers: Rep. Rick Larsen on Trump, the USMNT & the 2026 World Cup\n  * Boom-Boom-Clap: The World Cup qualifier that put Seattle on USMNT's map\n  * Where to watch the World Cup around Puget Sound\n  * 7 reasons to watch non-US games at the World Cup\n  * We Sat in the Most Expensive Seats in Seattle!\n  * How normies are experiencing the World Cup in Seattle\n\n\n\nSPONSORED\n\nThis newsletter was made possible through the support of Full Pull Wines, a boutique wines reseller that has been sponsoring us since 2011.\n\n\n                            Join their mailing list\n                        \n\n### Reign\n\nNext match: July 4 at North Carolina\n\n  * Seattle is 10th at the break\n\n\n\n### Defiance\n\nNext match: June 17 v. Dynamo 2\n\n  * Tacoma is 6th of 10 in the Pacifc\n\n\n\nSupport Sounder at Heart\n\n* * *\n\n## Looking back at the news\n\n> Everything else you need to know\n\n### World Cup\n\n  * Clint Dempsey won't put ceiling on USMNT's World Cup chances, but he sets floor (USA Today)\n  * What futi can tell us about the USMNT (Futi App)\n  * Seattle group returns free World Cup tickets after Somali referee denied U.S. entry (Seattle Times)\n  * As war reshaped the World Cup, Iran’s team found an unlikely home in Tijuana (Washington Post)\n  * Thomas Partey denied entry to Canada, unable to play in Ghana’s World Cup opener (New York Times)\n  * Which Type Of Big Weird Guy Is Your Goalkeeper? (Defector)\n  * The State Of Sportswashing (Defector)\n  * The World Cup For Nobody Is Almost Here (Defector)\n  * Texas joins N.Y., N.J., California in probes over FIFA World Cup ticket practices (ESPN)\n\n\n\n### Sounders and MLS\n\n  * How Sounders reserve GK got adopted by Belgium before World Cup (Seattle Times)\n  * Fifa vice-president Victor Montagliani: ‘MLS can become the second-biggest league in the world. Maybe the biggest’ (The Guardian)\n  * A new potential Seahawks bidder emerges (Seattle Times)\n\n\n\n### USWNT and NWSL\n\n  * Chaos reigns with 8 red cards, but USWNT proves it can win tough in Brazil (ESPN)\n  * Exclusive: Gotham FC to construct club's first team-specific training facility (New York Times)\n  * Current aims to expand CPKC Stadium with potential $235 million in new tax district (Kansas City Star)\n\n",
  "title": "The legacy of small memories",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-14T01:25:13.342Z"
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