One of the cool things you can do with domain names is have them resolve to a preexisting site. Let's take, for example, the web site ... oh, let me just pick one at random: WeDontWinTrophies.Com. Yesterday, somebody registered the site and decided to point it at, well click here to take a look.

Well done to Sounders supporters, launching one of the first salvos in the Major League Soccer version of their northwest rivalry: Clever, immediate, timely, effective.

There is, however, one little problem:

Portland does have a trophy. Seems an important detail, doesn't it? It's true, though you can excuse Sounders faithful for forgetting. It was won oh so long ago.

The year was 2009, way back in the days of the United Soccer Leagues' First Division. Bread could be had for a mere dollar, and cars ran on gasoline. This was before the bed bug epidemic, before witches were running for Congress. This may have even been before Justin Beiber's voice started to change.

There might not have even been a widely available online encyclopedia where information could be verified.

But there was Google Images:

That's embarrassing. Funny, and nice try, but still embarrassing for a single Sounder Fan, giggling away while registering the domain through DreamHost.com. Unfortunately, there was one more website that warranted a visit. Having not done the research, the site and the redirect end-up being a virtual analog for this:

WeDontWinTrophies.com: Sounder Fan's self-inflicted watermelon.