Media Advisory and Press Release 11/13/09

WHO: MLS Commissioner Don Garber, SSFC Minority Owner Drew Carey and other MLS Officials

WHAT: Supporters Summit Proper

WHEN:                       Saturday, November 21, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: Qwest Field West Club

You are invited to attend all summit events throughout the weekend. Several of the events will include national media personalities as well as Sounders FC and possible MLS players. Your MLS press credentials will get you in to the various events. For the events being held at Qwest Field you may download your parking passes from the Summit website. An overview of specific events are provided in the below text.

Specific events, details, times, locations etc are provided here: http://sounderscouncil.com/summit/

If you have any specific questions or folks that you wish to interview, please feel free to contact me directly. My contact information is at the bottom of this e-mail. At this point we are still in the process of working with MLS to see if specific individuals will be available for interviews etc. I will keep you posted on this.

Seattle, WA Major League Soccer fans and specifically, Supporters Groups of MLS clubs from across the U.S. and Canada will converge in the city of Seattle for the MLS Cup weekend, starting Friday, November 20^th and culminating Sunday Afternoon, November 22nd with the Major League Soccer Championship, MLS Cup 2009. This is Our Passion, these are Our Clubs and this is Our League. We will all be celebrating soccer that is live in 15 stadiums in the USA and Canada with supporters in full voice every week for nine months of every year.

The Supporter Summit will provide a unique opportunity for supporters of current and future MLS teams, to come together in a centralized location. In addition this event is a great opportunity to interact with league officials and provide solution-oriented feedback that contributes to helping improve MLS.

The Supporters 2009 planning team is delighted to announce that Seattle Sounders FC minority owner Drew Carey and MLS Commissioner Don Garber will be joining MLS fans and supporters by participating on Saturday, November 21st. Carey and Garber will be moderating a Q&A with questions from the fans for the Commissioner. In addition there will be an officiating and technical discussion panel with Joe Machnick and Alfonso Mondelo

Friday night, November 20^th, from 6PM – 8PM, Gorilla FC will be hosting an icebreaker to kick off the weekend activities at Fado Pub. Entertainment will be provided by the 89’s 90’s cover band, the Pop Offs from 10pm until close. The silent auction opens with autographed MLS items, Autographed Ken Griffey Jr. label wines, and more! Auction to benefit the club’s selected charities (Sounders are supporting Seattle Children’s Hospital) (Player appearances to be announced later in the week).

Below is the detailed schedule of the Saturday Summit event:

10AM – 2PM, Hosted at Qwest Field, West Club Lounge
($10 suggested charity donation, lunch provided)
9.45am to 10.15am
•Registration for Supporters Summit participants

10.15am to 11.00am
• MLS Commissioner Don Garber will give a state of the league address. Serious supporters won’t to want to miss these speakers, or the upcoming announcements!
• Q&A session with Commissioner Garber, moderated by Drew Carey

11.00am to 11.10am
• Break

11.10am to 12.15am
• Officiating and technical discussion panel with Joe Machnick and Alfonso Mondelo

12.15pm to 1.00pm
• Lunch provided

1.00pm to 2.00pm
• Supporters Shield history and presentation by Sam Pierron, Kansas City Wizards
• Raffle for some great gifts from MLS sponsors

At 6pm The Seattle Sounders FC Alliance Council will be hosting an event at Elysian Fields. This is will be an opportunity for folks that attended the summit to continue the days discussions with fellow supporters in addition, the event will be the last opportunity to get in your bids for the charity before the silent auction closes at 8pm. (Proceeds raised from the auction will benefit Children’s Hospital of Seattle) and goes until 9:00 pm (Player appearances and other special guests will be announced later in the week).

In addition to the summit proper, there are several attractive summit related events that will be taking place in and around Seattle, MLS Cup weekend:

Prost Amerika’s Sounders End of Year Party
Fox Soccer Channel’s Jeremy St Louis and Sounders FC’s Pete Fewing highlight the guest list.

Pioneer Pub Crawl hosted by the Sounder Supporter Groups
Pub crawl the soccer-friendly establishments in and around Qwest Field and continues the day’s discussions with fellow supporters while enjoying local drink/food specials at establishments such as Fado, Fuel, Elysian Fields, Swannies and F.X. McRory’s. There will be a silent auction with autographed MLS items and more, to benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital. Emerald City Supporters will present a special player of the year award to Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who will be in attendance to accept the award.

FIFA 2010 Tournament Hosted By Gorilla FC
Are you the best FIFA10 XBOX player? Winner takes home a large prize basket full of Sounders autographed swag and GFC’s favorite bars and stores gift cards. Benefit for the victims of Black October in Bolivia. Limited to 32 teams, so register today!

MLS Cup Finals Pre-Game Spaghetti Feed
Hosted by the North End Supporters at Swannies ($6/person: Meat & veggie spaghetti, salad, & bread) and joined by the Emerald City Supporters at Fuel. Game day drink specials will be available.

The summit and companion events are open to the public but seating will be limited. For the full schedule, times, details, registration and parking passes, please visit:

http://sounderscouncil.com/summit/