If your not going to the game, watch it with GFC at Autobattery.  They will have the Champs League Final Chelsea v Bayern on at 1145.  SSFC match is at 200pm. GFC members get discounts, and can pickup or buy membership kits there!

If you are going to the game, GFC is on the train!  There will be trivia contest and fun, and the Champs League Final on BC Places big screen!  All SG’s must enter by noon, so if your driving up our entrance is gate c.

Replays usually occur at Summit/418 Public at 530pm and 730pm. At replays, do not talk about the results of the earlier games if you watched/heard them.

GFC members with scarf/card get $1 off pints and $2 off pitchers at Summit/418 Public House, and at Fado, GFC Members get $3.50 pints of our beer of the month.

Fado, 801 1st Ave.  http://www.fadoirishpub.com/seattle/

418 Public house is in Ballard/Phinney at 418 NW 65TH ST  http://www.418publichouse.com/

Summit Public House is on Capitol Hill at 601 Summit Ave East  http://www.summitpublichouse.com/

The owner of these pubs, Sam, was host to our first ever World Cup party we threw in Seattle for the Japan 2002 World Cup. The GM at Fado has supported GFC since our early days!  Great places!

June 8 Poland v Greece                10am     Russia v Czech Republic 1245pm    Fado Live, replays Summit/418 530pm replay

June 9 Netherlands v Denmark  10am     Germany v Portugal         1245pm   Fado Live, Summit/418 1245 and 3

June 10 Spain v Italy                     10am      Ireland v Croatia              1245pm     Fado Live, Summit/418 1245 and 3

June 11 France v England            10am      Ukraine v Sweden             1245pm     Fado Live, Summit/418 530pm replay

June 12 Greece v Czech Rep.       10am     Poland v Russia                 1245pm      Fado Live, Summit/418 530pm replay

June 13 Denmark v Portugal       10am     Netherlands v Germany   1245pm    Fado Live, Summit/418 530pm replay

June 14 Italy v Croatia                  10am     Spain v Ireland                   1245pm      Fado Live, Summit/418 530pm replay

June 15  Ukraine v France            10am    Sweden v England             1245pm       Fado Live, Summit/418 1245pm & 3pm

June 16   Czech Repub. v Poland 10am   Greece v Russia                  1245pm      Fado Live, Summit/418 1245pm & 3pm

June 17   Portugal v Netherlands 10am   Denmark v Germany       1245pm      Fado Live, Summit/418 530pm replay

June 18  Croatia v Spain                10am   Italy v Ireland                     1245pm       Fado Live, Summit/418 530pm replay

June 19  Sweden v France             10am  England v Ukraine              1245pm        Fado Live, Summit/418 530pm replay

June 21-June 24  Quarters           Fado Live, Summit/418  1245pm

June  27-28   Semis                          Fado Live, Summit/418  1245pm

July 1  Final   1245am BBQ/Pig Roast at Summit.  Opens at noon.

Big Game!   SSFC can take the top of the West with a victory at home vs a rival with history.

GFC has a service project starting at 10am where we volunteer with Heron Habitat Helpers.  Sign up and support the Sound community by registering with us: http://www.gorillafc.com/2012/04/gfcseattleworksproject/ This is a great project.  After the service project, we will head to Fado for preparty and GFC heads to the March to the Match at 6pm with Civ.   Big game!   Support the Sounders!

Sounders continue their 2 weeks of a ton of games, and keep their winning ways rolling up to the top of the table! GFC Members get discounts on drinks/food at Autobattery( 1009 E Union St between 10th Ave & 11th Ave)! 2012 GFC Memberships can be purchased, and the last of the Vancouver away tickets can be bought.

Dear MLS:

Together with fellow MLS fans around the league, the ISC would like to express our severe disapproval of comments made about female MLS fans by MLSSoccer.com Senior Editor Simon Borg on the MLS podcast “Extra Time” this week. The ISC’s 30 member supporters’ groups include many of the “die-hard” female “superfans” Borg’s comments were aimed at and we are of the strong opinion that our groups would be poorer without them. We applaud the actions MLS has taken in response to this situation. The ISC hopes that MLS and all their employees work to stay connected to all those who put so much time and effort into supporting the league.

THE ISC

Bring up the Sounders as they face the LeTouxless Philadelphia Union!  SSFC is looking in good near midseason form.  Let’s continue the success and celebrate the GFC way on Cinco De Mayo.  

Phlipadelphia!

The Gorilla FC Charity Partner for this match is Treehouse For Kids! http://www.treehouseforkids.org/ is their site!

This month begins our Cascadia rivalry for the 2012 season. Sounders will face Vancouver whitecaps on may 19th, and GFC is traveling to support our green 11. The train leaves at 7:40 am.  We will meet at King st station at 7:20 the latest. Bring your passport, I repeat,  Bring your passport!  If you bought tickets via GFC, the travel team will email you entry details.

GFC Travel

We will be traveling this year to multiple away matches, including Montreal and LA and have access to great deals for hotel and airfare, if you are a paid 2012 member and would like more info, please Email Gorillafc@gmail.com

GFC Spring survey

Your voices are as important to us as your livers. Please take a moment to complete this survey  and help the collective work better for you.

TIFO SPACE

Gorilla FC Match Day team needs a small amount of storage space to keep supplies.  The collective needs an area to keep some bins and cans of paint of supplies. We are looking for someone in the city limits, so when we have a Tifo creation event, all the supplies are nice and handy. If you are interested, email: Gorillafc@gmail.com  We can be creative to make this happen!

The Cascadia Responsibility Challenge

MLS is working with a non-profit organization called TEAM Coalition this season to promote responsible fan behavior and prevent drunk driving with many MLS clubs. One project on which we are collaborating is the Cascadia Responsibility Challenge. We hope you will agree it is worthwhile and that you are willing to support the message of fan responsibility for Seattle Sounders FC fans this year.

The Cascadia Responsibility Challenge was created as a contest for the fans of the Seattle Sounders FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Portland Timbers. The concept of responsible fan behavior while drinking – separate from the designated driver program – is new this season. The concept came from conversations with supporters group representatives from across the league at the Supporters Group Summit at MLS Cup 2011.

You’ll see that there are 3 ways for Sounders FC fans to earn the Sounders points in the Challenge – designated driver sign-ups at Century Link Field, making an online pledge to be responsible and “liking” Facebook comments posted by the Sounders about the Challenge.

http://www.teamcoalition.org/faneducation/videos/register.asp?id=39

We are proud to launch the Gorilla FC Sounders Score  vs Timbers, GFC plants a Tree program! 

This year, we will plant a tree for every goal that the SSFC scores vs the Timbers.  At those games, we will display how many trees will be planted. At the end of the year,  we will call for volunteers and $ to get the trees.

If you are interested, email: Gorillafc@gmail.com

GFC MEMBER OF THE MONTH AWARD!!!

As a way to thank you for continuing to support GFC, the chosen lucky member will receive a gift card courtesy of our friends at FADO. Must be a current 2012 paid GFC member to win.

AND THIS MONTH’S WINNER IS… (Benny Hill theme please…)

Flint Dominic!

Congratulations! to claim your prize, please send this Gorilla a message to Gorillafcnews@gmail.com

Rain City Pariah

For the first time ever, Gorilla FC has announced an addition our family. Rain City Pariah Football Collective (RCP) is a Seattle Sounders FC Supporters Collective and Gorilla FC subgroup dedicated to the Arts. The mission of Rain City Pariah is twofold. First, it is to celebrate the rich history of the Arts in Seattle by creating a subgroup of GFC that both follows the credo and code of GFC and incorporates those from the Arts communities (or fans of the Arts communities) into GFC. Second, RCP will seek to support the local Arts Organizations, especially those that provide arts opportunities for children. For more information visit www.facebook.com/raincitypariah or to pre-order a membership visit www.raincitypariah.com.

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GFC will meet at Fado on Wed., May 2 at 4pm and will leave for the March to the Match at 6pm.  The match starts at 7pm.  GFC Members get discounts on drinks for the pregame, and new memberships can be purchased and/or picked up at Fado.  Come lose your voice on a weeknight! 

This is always an important match for SSFC, and as they keep marching at the top of the league!  Vancouver away tickets can also be purchased at Fado from the Merch. table.

Sounders have a home game that evening, so this will have us done in plenty of time to get to prematch festivities, and it’s always fun working with a team of folks, then partying with them before the game!

GFC members and nonmembers are welcomed to join our service team! Participants will register individually using this link:  https://seattleworks.ejoinme.org/swd

On the 2nd page they will see a drop-down menu with team options and select ‘Gorilla FC’ to ensure they are on our team.  Remember, our project is 5/12, not 5/19(due to Vancouver away game).
Reminder that the $30 registration is a donation toward Seattle Works, which coordinates over 400 volunteer projects a year for our community.  You also get the official SWD t-shirt. Plus any nonmembers that join the GFC Seattle Works Team can purchase Cascadia tickets as a GFC Member, so join us to serve the community.

Heron Habitat Helpers
The site is up by Discovery Park: 4441 Brygger Drive West
Heron Habitat Helpers
25 volunteers max
Ages 10+
Heron Habitat Helpers is dedicated to supporting and protecting the Great Blue Heron colony that nests in Kiwanis Ravine Park through restoration of the local habitat to native species and through political action in local government.
They are currently supporting the 80 Great Blue Heron pairs that nest in Kiwanis Ravine. Native habitat is best for the birds. Volunteers will be working to restore the natural habitat by removing invasive species that prohibit other vegetation from growing.
Parking on Brygger Drive W is extremely limited. I suggest parking along W. Government Way. Nearest bathroom is at gas station on W. Government Way by Brygger.

GFC goes to Autobattery for this away match after a few weeks off. Come to Autobattery and watch the Sounders play Chicago.  Always a good away match to go to, if you can’t, then come watch with Gorilla FC!

GFC membership kits can be purchased at Autobattery, and members get a discount.  Autobattery is located near Neumo’s at 1009 E Union St  which is Madison and 11th.