Tim & Steve offer a warm welcome to Casey Catherwood, Creative Director for WeRTacoma at Cheney Stadium! We talk about the Tacoma Defiance launch, the upcoming Reign FC launch at Cheney, and the state of professional sports in Tacoma.

After the break, Tim and Steve speculate on Vancouver Away and the Sounders’ chances in BC Place. We review our feelings on the season, try to figure out specifically where we might be in trouble, and what our boys need to focus on to win away.

We painted the town red, and they painted the Chicago River Rave Green and are the first team this year to secure 9 points on the road — in three matches! Kevin, Tim, and Steve are in studio (with NEW & nicely tuned equipment for your listening pleasure), where we analyze the Colorado match, talk about how things are shaping up, whether there’s rotation in our near future…

Tim & Steve from the B-Team are joined by Stefan Schactell (@SparkleDonkeyTq of Black Rock Spirits), James Woollard (@BritVoxUS voice of the Sounders in Royal Brougham Park), ECS Member, Capo, VP of Travel, and supporter Chris (@CasuallyUltra), and four supporters from FC Cincinnati just before the Sounders/Cinci matchup on 3/2 to talk about formation of soccer culture in Ohio's southernmost city, as well as what they expected from what became a 4-1 loss.

We are BACK and ready for action!

The Sounders 10th Anniversary season (or 11, who’s counting) is upon us, and the Flounders B-Team is HERE FOR IT. Tonight we talk about roster construction (lots of open spots, not a lot of depth, lots of reason for hope). We discuss the strategy the FO & Garth Lagerwey might be taking as they integrate the Tacoma team …

It finally happened — the @FloundersBTeam met with the makers of our favorite tequila Sparkle Donkey, Black Rock Spirits in SoDo, Seattle. We talk about the Legend of El Burro Esparkalo, how Tequila gets made, what inspired a small business to import a tequila, the story behind the ridiculous name, and the natural partnership between soccer support and tequila.

This episode does not contain significant soccer content. We’re having some fun, and invite you to join us.

It’s been two whole seasons, and we’re all still friends. Can you believe it?

The whole crew is in this week, plus a sometimes-guest becomes actual family!!!

Updates since recording:

• Ozzie to Minnesota United FC (We want Sigi/Ozzie statues on the CLink entry stairs)

• S2 Home Opener moved to Friday March 8

This show we cover the implications of likely roster moves (two major decisions completed before posting re: Brad Smith and Legend Osvaldo Alonso) to our first-team formation, discuss depth issues and where holes need to be filled to resolve that depth.

We also relate these issues to the Winter Window (will we make an off-season signing?) and the overall stature of the Seattle Sounders Football Club, and share some ideas to make this Single-Entity/DP scheme more interesting & useful.

Remember, all we do, we do in love.

We take the chance to have a great conversation with Niko Moreno @ELROLONOW on an ongoing rumor re: Nico Lodeiro, and the new well-earned contract for Cristian Roldan, as well as his take on its parity with the Jordan Morris contract. Why haven’t we made a big signing yet? Should we be worried that Kelyn Rowe has signed elsewhere, and other teams are making moves (even if they’re not so big? Is Torres sticking around? What are the places we need to shore up, and what should we make of the Sounders off-season strategy so far?

Regular featured family:

• @cm_peterson Cat Peterson

• @kevin_zamira Kevin Zamira

• @nate_bowling Nathan Bowling

• @podfish Steve Ketelsen

• @muffintopmodel Tim Hamilton

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Apologies to ABC, owner of the parodied opening theme from the A-Team.

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What a season it’s been. After a cascade of disasters, your FBT team is back to wrap up the season and walk you through our expectations going in to 2019. We start with a reasoned assessment of the Sounders 2018 season success, move to anticipated roster changes and speculative signings, and our thoughts on the 2018 Alliance Business Meeting.

What a great match, and a great week overall for Seattle Sounders FC on both sides of the county line! Despite a despicable performance by the referee, our boys have taken home eight (count 'em eight!!) straight wins to extend the unbeaten streak to 11.

The Flounders B-Team knows how to do it right: we do a little celebration of success this week by joining Doyle's Public House on their Designated Driver Express bus to see the KC Wizards get their wands broken by our Boys in Rave Green. Nate, Steve, and Tim are joined by a few friends, family, and fans of the show (it's hard to tell the difference some times!) We talk about current events (Bye, Clint, say it ain't so and so on), tactical observations & formation, and what we're drinking. We continue the conversation on the bus, then Tim and Steve recap the match in studio.

Be sure to check out Doyle's Public House at 208 St. Helens Avenue, right here in Tacoma, Washington for literally all of your soccer viewing and ale drinking needs.

Regular featured family:

• @cm_peterson Cat Peterson

• @kevin_zamira Kevin Zamira

• @nate_bowling Nathan Bowling

• @podfish Steve Ketelsen

• @muffintopmodel Tim Hamilton

Please tell your friends and SUBSCRIBE! on iTunes, Stitcher, or touch the RSS feed link below.

This production of the Flounders B-Team is released under the Creative Commons 3.0 International Share-Alike Attribution License. Please use our stuff! Just tell folks where you got it!

New Rock (Extended Background Mix) by Steve Combs is licensed under an Attribution License.

Sanctuary Of The Sky Gods by Nathaniel Wyvern is licensed under a Attribution License.

Apologies to ABC, owner of the parodied opening theme from the A-Team.

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