Seattle Sounders: 4 takeaways from eventful week
By Paul Taylor
3. Sounders part of MLS 25th season celebration
The 2020 campaign will represent 25 years of MLS. As per mlssoccer.com, the league will celebrate the landmark season by featuring a variety of unique experiences and marquee events, among other things.
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For the Seattle Sounders specifically, they will be involved in the Since ’96 retro collection. The merchandise comes courtesy of Mitchell & Ness and will include 11 MLS teams.
What makes Seattle’s involvement so interesting is that they weren’t even an MLS team when the league started in 1996. This tells you everything you need to know about the impact and influence of the club during their 11 years in MLS.
In this respect, the involvement of the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps is also significant. The three Cascadia clubs and their fans should be extremely proud of what they’ve brought to the league. (The other eight clubs involved are original MLS franchises.)
As for what the Rave Green’s throwback jerseys will look like, this has yet to be revealed. What we can take comfort in though is that, as per Tim Foss of Sounder at Heart, Mitchell & Ness have an excellent reputation when it comes to the quality of their work.