Its officially "Seattle Sounders FC Day" in Seattle

[Brenden]

City of Seattle * Office of the Mayor

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, the City of Seattle appreciates its professional sports
teams, recognizing that they add to the city's prestige, elicit home-
town pride and offer a sense of collective camaraderie and solidarity
within our communities; and

WHEREAS, the Seattle Sounders FC - which has completed a dream season
- embarks on its playoff run, becoming just the second team in MLS
history to do so in its inaugural season; and

WHEREAS, the Sounders FC is the most successful espansion franchise in
the history of US soccer, boasting the best per game attendance
average - 30,943 - in MLS history; and

WHEREAS, the Sounders FC has become the first US soccer team to break
the top 50 in average attendance of all the Fu'tbol clubs throughout
the world; and

WHEREAS, the Sounders FC - winner of the US Open Cup - qualifies for
CONCACAF Champions League next year; and

WHEREAS, the Sounders FC is now the franchise by which all others will
be judged, and whose supporters are the envy of clubs everywhere;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GREGORY J. NICKELS, Mayor of the City of Seattle,
proclaim October 29, 2009 to be

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC DAY

in Seattle, and I hereby urge citizens to join me in raising our
"scarves up," and wishing the Rave Green all the best as they compete
for the 2009 MLS Cup.

[signed] GREG NICKELS, Mayor