SEATTLE, WASH. - Seattle Sounders FC is set to take on FC Dallas in the Western Conference Semfinals of the 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs, beginning with the first leg of a two-match aggregate series on Sunday, November 2. The fourth-seeded FC Dallas faces top-seeded Seattle after defeating fifth-seeded Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 2-1, in the West Conference Knockout Round match on Wednesday evening.
Sunday's match kicks-off at 6:00 p.m. PST from Toyota Stadium and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and TSN2. Regional radio coverage is slated for 97.3 KIRO FM with Ross Fletcher on the call, and on ESPN Deportes 1490 with Rene Aleman and Noe Menendez.
Sounders FC earned the top seed in the 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs by capturing the 2014 Supporters' Shield with a 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Saturday in the regular season finale. Seattle finished the regular season campaign with a club-record 64 points and became the first team in the post-shootout era to earn 20 wins in a single season.
Fans not traveling to Dallas can catch all the action on Sunday at Snoqualmie Brewery and Taproom, as Sounders FC and the Eastside Supporters are hosting a road match viewing party beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST, with the MLS Supporters' Shield onsite.
Ahead of Seattle's 2014 postseason efforts, the club has teamed with various corporate partners to invite fans to get involved in the Good Playoff Karma campaign. This initiative is centered upon facilitating good deeds in the community, as fans are encouraged to share their contributions using the hashtag, #GoodPlayoffKarma. Complete information on the Good Playoff Karma campaign, including a full calendar of events, can be found at GoodPlayoffKarma.com. Promotions include the following:
- Great Clips of Greater Western Washington is offering $7.99 haircuts on Tuesday, November 4 for any person wearing Sounders FC gear and will donate $2 to the American Cancer Society for each haircut.
- For every Sounders FC postseason home goal scored, Outerwall and Sounders FC will be donating $1,500 to the Fisher House Foundation and providing a family of four from the Fisher House a 2015 matchday experience.
- 'zaw Artisan Bake-at-Home Pizza is giving away a free 8" individual size sampler pizza with purchase of any large pizza from November 3-10 to fans in-store wearing their Sounders FC gear.
- Starbucks is fueling the Good Playoff Karma by providing Sounders FC with coffees that they can tweet to fans during the team's postseason run. From October 29-November 9 fans who tweet their good deeds using #GoodPlayoffKarma may be rewarded with a Tweet-A-Coffee from @SoundersFC.
- Xbox is rewarding fans showing their Sounders FC Good Playoff Karma. Those who tweet about their good deeds using the hashtag #GoodPlayoffKarma have a chance to win autographed Sounders FC jerseys and soccer balls provided by Xbox.
- Open a Sounders FC checking account with HomeStreet Bank and receive a $90 cash incentive when you sign up with a direct deposit of $500 or more. Also, save between $250 and $500 on qualified streamlined business loans up to $250,000 just by mentioning "Sounders Business Loan Program" until November 30.
- Hyundai and Sounders FC are introducing the SFC Hyundai Karma Cab that will be driving throughout Seattle on November 6 and November 8, providing free rides and prizes.
- Papa Johns is offering a free brownie with purchase of any large or extra-large pizza online only at regular menu price during the week of November 3-10.
- The PEMCO building on Eastlake Ave. E in Seattle will light-up in RAVE green throughout the Sounders FC postseason to support Sounders FC and Good Playoff Karma!
- Coca-Cola is rewarding any fans wearing Sounders FC gear with a free Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero or Coca-Cola near Westlake Center on Thursday, November 6.
Following Sunday's first leg of the 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Semifinals, the series will conclude next Monday, November 10 at 7:30 p.m. PST on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field. That match is being broadcast nationally via NBC Sports Network, Univision Deportes, TSN2 and RDS2.
Tickets are available at www.SoundersFC.com or by calling 877-MLS-GOAL.
