Imagine if you will tying your shoes, getting your final sips of Capri Sun and eating a couple orange slices in preparation for an intersquad scrimmage. You’re 9. And then Sound Wave marches onto your field. This is no normal scrimmage. This is Seattle Sounders FC giving the gift of a matchday experience to one of the area’s girls U-9 sides, complete with full pregame regalia and even Chad Marshall and Brad Evans serving as coaches.
Madeline Walker, an Eastside FC player, was taken by surprise. They all were. The moment she realized that she and her club were getting the full match day experience is summed up by her words “hey, that’s our field!