You can download the podcast (right-click the link, then select Save As) or search for us on iTunes (“Emerald City Supporters” is the best search).  Here’s a preview of the latest episode:

• We bring you a very special podcast as nearly the entire show is recorded at last week’s American Outlaws US v El Salvador match viewing party at the Atlantic Crossing!
• We’ve got TONS of guests, starting with Colin of the American Outlaws talking about the values of becoming an AO member.  Sadly, I found out a six-pack of Budweiser isn’t included in the membership package.
• Keith & Greg jump on and talk about the importance of subgroups and getting out to our events.  They then proceed to bash the US team while it’s playing in the background.  But all for the right reasons….supposedly.
• We have another Colin (aka paintballinpunk) to talk about ECS FC and their season.  I wonder how much Russ paid him to get a shout-out on the podcast?
• We talk with Nick and Jared about their respective sub-groups (or soon-to-be sub-groups) and what the ECS means to them.  If you listen carefully, I started to sound sea sick as Jared talks about the ferry rides and the Sound.  *ulp*
• We even squeeze Timm Blakely onto the show to ramble about two-poles and the best way to sell EagleBear’s cell phone that he left behind at the pub!
• McKenzie even bails to go do homework!  Ahhhhh, what a responsible young lad.

Stay tuned to our next episode, where we’ll reveal the winner of our last episode’s two-pole contest and get involved in even more hijinks…all on The ECS Podcast!

You can download the podcast (right-click the link, then select Save As).  Here’s a preview of the latest episode:

• **NEW!!** We have a special CONTEST for listeners of the podcast! Listen to the entire episode for details…!!
• We have a very special guest on the show: Our very own Finnfan, chatting with us from over 10 hours away at his home in Finland. And believe it or not, he’s actually awake enough to answer questions.
• Jason Rojo of BHM is back…and he sings a lovely little song over his Red Devils 3:2 win over Milan. And yes…it’s lovely.
• Oh how we love…the wild mustached antics of our favorite “Recipient from Maine”, Roger Levesque! We talk about him, his Sounders career, and find out if everyone he knows truly “hails the ’stache”.
• And who will win the coveted Beckham Douchebag of the Week Award? McKenzie kicks a real bender himself and surprises us with his pick! But this person, very much, is deserving of the “honor”.

You can download the podcast (right-click the link, then select Save As).  Here’s a preview of the latest episode:

• Blake talks about why he’s the Baron of Beer…and why all of you shall bow down.
• Paul calls in from work, of all places, to chat with us about him getting on the Alliance Council and how he’s going to help make the world a better place for all of us.
• We relive the glory…and agony…of the 2009 away trips. WTF HAPPENEDDEDEDDED IN SAN JOSE?!?!11!11?!?
• We cannot explain his attractiveness (well, McKenzie I think can), but sexy Mr. Evans will be put under the microscope in our Sounders Player Focus.
• Lastly: Community Shield Match v P*rtl*nd! The Unfriendly begins…

All this…can be yours…if the Price is Right!

*ahem* No, wait…

After only a week, we’re back with a brand new episode!  Check out the stream above or download the podcast (right-click the link, then select Save As). But what the heck is happening in this week’s episode? Here’s what:

• Abby has to explain her hard-on for German football.  (Okay not really…)
• We discuss why members have been stuck in a deep, dark basement being forced to work without wages or benefits.
• We talk about Osvaldo Alonso; our favorite mid-fielding pitbull.
• Why SSFC Alliance Council candidate Rob Scott just can’t seem to put that middle finger away?
• And of course, the Beckham Douchbag of the Week goes to one man that we all hold very dear to our hearts…

All this and more on The ECS Podcast, with your hosts: Gil & McKenzie.

The first ECS Podcast is here, check out the stream above or download the podcast.  This show includes:

• Dempsey doesn’t need surgery. But you get $200 for removing the Diver’s Knee in Football Operation.
• ECS Party chatter and why Null78 will mess you up if you piss him off that evening.
• Rommel pulls an amazing disappearing act!
• We pick apart why we do and don’t like Fredy Montero. Quick, grab your face and roll on the pitch before play continues!
• Mr. Mockos carries on like a senile old Italian uncle about the good ol’ days in our first installment of Remembering 2009 with the ECS.
• And you get to hear the worst host in podcast history continue his awful habit of ummmmm and uhhhhhhhs. (Gil promises he’s working on it.)

All this and more on The ECS Podcast, with your hosts: Gil & McKenzie.

The Sounders may have a couple weeks until preseason but ECS drinking training begins now! Come on out and enjoy an evening of revelry and song as we close the book on 2009 and welcome what is to come in 2010!

Updates:

• Attendees with guest tickets must be accompanied at the door by a card-carrying member of the ECS. Members who have lost their membership cards will be validated against the membership rolls at the door.
• Many players will be attending the party. They have been invited not as representatives of the Sounders, but as honored guests. It would be appreciated if they were not harassed for autographs and pestered with questions from the “star-struck”. They are there for the same reasons we are: to participate in our event as guests. We want it to be an enjoyable and relaxing evening for them were they aren’t mobbed as celebrities.
• Entry for the event will be at our private door on Washington Street, not the main door to the club. The private door is about 40 feet west down Washington from the main door.
• Pace yourself! This is an 8 hour event. You’re going to want to commit seppuku if you burn out before we even hit 5th gear when we switch into true party mode at 10pm.
• Drink specials are in the works. We don’t know what they are yet.

We know that most of you are having offseason ECS/Sounders withdrawals. ECS has the cure: A night of drinking, singing, and good times at the Last Supper Club in Pioneer Square. Join the ECS for an evening of awards to members, leadership updates for all members, and some awesome footage of 2009. ECS leadership will highlight the successes and lessons learned from 2009 and then provide a vision for 2010. Sounders players are expected to be in attendance. The first 200 will also be able to be the first to purchase the 2010 ECS membership for $30. ECS members will have to purchase the 2010 membership to gain access to ECS discounts on new 2010 discount card. Buying the 2010 ECS membership should be seen as a one time donation This is an ECS members only event and all ECS are strongly encouraged to attend. This event is for you, our ECS members. Use this as a chance to get to know others within our ranks. See below for all details!

Date/Time:
January 30, 2010
6:00pm – 2 am (6pm – 9:30pm : enter at private door on Washington St. Party will continue from 6 pm to 2 am but admittance and/or purchasing tickets at the door will only occur between 6 and 9:30 pm)

Location:
Last Supper Club (LSC)
124 S Washington St
Seattle, WA 98104

http://www.lastsupperclub.com

Tickets:
THIS IS AN ECS MEMBERS ONLY EVENT. ECS membership cards MUST BE PRESENTED at the door. Failure to produce your ECS membership card will result in non-admittence and forfiture of your ticket fee. Guests will be permitted with a valid ticket and MUST be accompanied by an ECS member. Guest tickets go on sale after member tickets. See scheduling below.
AGE 21+

Get your tickets online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/94738. (Ticket includes admission, access to the all-you-can-eat buffet, and one drink ticket.

MEMBER TICKETS: $10 presale via Brown Paper Ticket (ends 1/24/2010) | $15 at the door (ends 1/30/2010 at 9:30pm)

GUEST TICKETS: $15 presale
(begins 1/20/2010, ends 1/24/2010) | $20 at the door
(Guests must be ccompanied by a card-carrying ECS member)

Price includes buffet food and one complimentary drink courtesy of ECS! By going through Brown Paper Tickets, you are able to support a charity of your choice while getting exclusive access to an evening of debauchery with fellow ECS members.

Menu:
Chicken Wings
Vegetable Platters
Pita Bread & Hummus
BBQ Meatballs
Pasta Salads

Bar:
We will have a private full service bar. The bar can take cash and credit. An assortment of beers will be available. All alcohols present.

Dresscode:
Semi-Formal
ECS/SSFC Gear Allowed
Best Dressed will be given 4 shots of Jameson without chasers courtesy of Greg Mockos

The event will include:
Leadership Speeches
ECS Video Recap./Montage
Awards Presentation
Music
Sounder Appearances
Drinking, Singing, and then more…wait for it… here it comes…almost…DRINIKING & SINGING!!!

The ECS reserves the right to make changes to the event schedules and ECS leadership will inform those registered to attend on any changes that may occur. ECS will contact its members in this case via email.

See you on the terraces,
Mockos