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Jose Romero covers Seattle Sounders FC for The Seattle Times. Watch for coverage of the club's second season in Major League Soccer.

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November 21, 2009 at 12:36 PM

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40,000 tickets sold for match, according to MLS

Posted by Jose Romero

As of late Friday, 40,000 tickets had been sold to MLS Cup 2009 at Qwest Field in Seattle. Some tickets are still available for purchase. Seattle Sounders FC, the host club, set an MLS record by averaging more than 30,000 fans per game this season.

(Now how many will actually show?) Either way, the west upper deck is now tarp-free and ready for customers.

MLS Cup to Air in More Than 120 Countries

Via ESPN and ESPN International, MLS Cup will be broadcast in more than 120 countries, including: United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Isles, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Suriname, British Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Turks and Caicos, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras el Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain, Yemen, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, St Helena, Swaziland, Tanzania & Zanzibar, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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I think my geography is a little rusty. Where exactly is the country of Cruise Ships?  Posted on November 21, 2009 at 1:49 PM by The Crappy Totals. Jump to comment
120 countries is nice, but what about China and India? That's 2.5 billion people who won't be watching the MLS Cup final. At least we...  Posted on November 21, 2009 at 7:24 PM by Ironthumb. Jump to comment
Not to be overly negative, but in an awful lot of those countries I would guess the game will actually shown on delay, a few days later, as filler...  Posted on November 21, 2009 at 6:28 PM by seattleMLS. Jump to comment
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