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Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid is wrong in his complaints Sunday over U.S. Soccer methodology and alleged skullduggery very, very wrong. And to his big bowl of Wrong Salad, the man ladled on a heaping helping of Bad Timing dressing.

Frankly, Schmid probably owes a round or two of apology beers. And his complaints well, they dont even make sense.

And yet, he managed to be just a little bit right. Its tricky, but he pulled it off.

Schmid sent serious ripples across the U.S. Soccer pond Sunday when, in comments to the Seattle Times, he essentially accused U.S. Soccer of rigging the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup site selection process.

The comments in question:

Obviously the coin is not favorable for us. It seems to land on the right side for K.C. and D.C. United, whose president of one club and coach of the other have been on the executive committee of U.S. Soccer. Surprisingly. Being very frank, I think U.S. Soccer is trying to make it difficult for us to win an Open Cup. Its almost like sometimes I get the feeling that theyd rather not see us win it again, for whatever reasons. Maybe they think it dilutes the value of the Cup or theyre getting pressure from some others that think Seattle can only win it because theyre playing at home.

Oh, my.

Theres quite a bit more where those came from, too.

Mostly, its just wrong to go all conspiratorial like this, lobbing public accusations with absolutely no base of supporting evidence.

Schmid is talking about coin flips that determine host rights and matchups. And Seattle has had some bummer luck in the coin tossing. Still

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