Take Out The Trash

If you’re lucky, a rivalry is born of organic moments in important battles, rather than manufactured promotions from a parent organization hungry for money. In 2019, we were blessed by so many moments that fueled the fires between the Sounders and the rebirth of Chivas.

While we went down to the Banc and came home with hardware that October, there’s no denying that one of the more iconic moments from that match is Nouhou sparing a member of the Sounders’ digital team from a rogue beer can that came flying from the stands. An epic moment caught on camera, made more epic by it being Nouhou.

For this match, we wanted a display that was direct and something we could do in the small production window between playoff rounds. This display was created from idea to completion in less than a week, thanks to our tifo volunteers. A design quickly came to life, fabric was sewn, and the design was painted in approximately 150 volunteer hours during that week from about 20 total volunteers.

If you’re interested in learning more about becoming a tifo volunteer, send an email to tifo@weareecs.com or look for a 2024 volunteer signup link to go live in January via email and discord.

 Photo Credit: @mrs_seam on Instagram