Cascadia clubs to hold preseason summit at Sounders' facility

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By JOSE M. ROMERO

Soccer fans in the Pacific Northwest won't have to wait until the regular season starts to see their teams face off against their regional rivals.

The Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps (and their fans) will come together March 4-6 at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Wash., where Seattle trains, for a weekend-long summit that includes preseason matches against each other.

Seattle and Portland kick off the series of games with a match at 7:30 p.m. on March 4 at Starfire's main stadium. Seattle has played all but one of its home U.S. Open Cup matches at the stadium, which holds around 4,000 people.

Portland and Vancouver play March 5 at 5 p.m., and the Sounders and Whitecaps finish off the weekend with a match at 3 p.m. March 6. Before that is a noon match between the Sounders FC U-18 Academy and the WhitecapsResidency developmental club.

Additionally, there will be forums involving the coaches from each MLS club and their supporters groups beginning at 1 p.m. on March 5.

Tickets are $10 for each day and go on sale February 1 at SoundersFC.com or by calling (800) 745-3000. There is a two-day Sounders FC package for $18 that is good for both Seattle matches. No ticket is necessary for the Supporters/Coaches Forum.

Portland and Vancouver supporters will each be allotted 500 tickets in specific se! ctions f or their matches with Sounders FC. For the Whitecaps-Timbers match, each group will be allotted 1,300 seats, with 500 for Seattle fans.



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