(via Wendi Dunlap-Simpson):

“Currently on MiscMedia: ‘After a quarter century, Seattle finally has another pro sports championship, thanks to the mighty Storm.’But to quote another friend of mine, David Steinberg: ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present your 1995 AND 1996 A League Champions, the Seattle Sounders.’

The first Sounders playoff run was during the M’s 1995 run, so you know no one paid any attention. But it still qualifies!”

The “Yeah, but…” part: The A-League is the second rung of U.S. pro soccer, beneath Major League Soccer. The old Seattle Rainiers occasionally topped baseball’s Pacific Coast League, but nobody considered those pennants to have been major championships.

The Sounders’ achievements were great. But the Storm’s achievement counts as a national title.