Does it seem so long ago that the Sounders first played in Memorial Stadium?
It really does. I suppose, with the events that have occurred, it’s almost a different lifetime. Although they were some of the greatest memories and they’re brought back to me frequently by both people that I meet and they recall those times as fond memories. When you returned to the Sounders in 1982, you had the Kingdome reconfigured? Was that the first sort of soccer specific stadium? [laughs] Maybe, I’ve never thought of that. Obviously we had to do something there. When we came back they had drawn only about 5,000 people for games in that huge stadium. It was fortunate that the Sonics had the portable seating which was set-up for the basketball configuration, so I was able to take advantage of that and create a smaller arena within the larger stadium. It significantly improved the atmosphere and, of course, the team did exceptionally well in the latter part of that season. All those things came together and we started to get some excitement and fun back into it. How are you and Cl
