Brougham End Recruitment Kick-off

Seattle Sounders FC has aspired to be world class since their inception announcement ten months ago at the George and Dragon in Fremont. In May we got a taste of how the membership model will be unique among American clubs among all sports. Last night they met with supporters to explain how this would happen in the stands.

While the drive to fill the Brougham End has not gone as smoothly as was originally anticipated (only one fifth of the total seats are sold in the GA sections) SSFC and ECS leaders are not giving up hope that the section will be packed whenever the club takes the field next year.

SSFC’s director of business relations and supporter liaison Bart Wiley addressed the club’s ideas on how to fill the Brougham end last night with a few perks:

• The top overall referrer (minimum of 10 tickets sold) will receive a pair of season tickets (for the second season) and an authentic SSFC jersey
• Each member who sells at least 10 season tickets will receive a replica jersey
• For each supporters group that referrers 100 season tickets, they will receive 10 tickets for a mutually agreed upon regular season match
• For every season ticket referred, 3% will be returned to the supporters group

That means that every ECS member who signs up from today forward will earn $9 for the ECS to use for gameday funds (shirts, scarfs, tifo, banners, kegs, streamers, pub crawls) that will help the group be the best in MLS. This means that if you are an ECS member and haven’t bought your ticket – or are planning on giving one for the holidays – you will now be making a direct contribution to the ECS (and maybe towards your friend winning that jersey!!).

ECS Committed to Helping New Groups
One of the best things about having a supporters section is having the ability to release your emotion on gameday in a way that expresses who you are. For me, ECS does exactly what I want to do on gameday – drink, sing songs, waive flags, display banners and tifo. For others this display might manifest itself in different ways. That is why we are committed to helping new groups to find their feet.

We’re committed to helping you make gameday an amazing experience. If you have questions about making banners or tifo or just want to know how your group can work with ECS please email ecs@weareecs.com or just contact any one of our members.

If we work together we will be the best supporters in MLS, bar none.

Well, there is still much to be discussed and I have a lot of work to do. Please check out our forums for more information of to get involved (http://www.weareecs.com/phpBB/).

See you on the terraces,

Keef