So what if the Sounders didn’t make it to the MLS Cup this year? They’re just getting started! Consider this: In their first season, they won the US Open Cup. Striker Fredy Montero won Newcomer of the Year.

And thanks to our raving, scarf-wearing fans, Sounders FC is among the top 50 best supported clubs in the world.

Our unleashed soccer fervor has granted Seattle the MLS Cup championship game, where David Beckham, MLS MVP Landon Donovan, and Western Conference champs Los Angeles Galaxy will battle Eastern Conference winners Real Salt Lake, featuring the dreaded Kyle Beckerman, on Sunday, Nov 22, 5:30pm at Qwest Field.

Here’s what you don’t want to miss:

Nov 21, 3-6pm. Prost Amerika Soccer hosts the MLS Cup Final/Sounders End of Season Party at the Baltic Room. NBC’s America’s Got Talent comedian Manuela Horn yodels in the evening’s entertainment, while Fox Soccer Report anchor Jeremy St. Louis, Sandra Hunt of FIFA, and Sounders FC broadcaster Pete Fewing guest as panel members for a quick Q&A chat. $13–$20, reservation required.

Nov 21, 6-10pm. Join 2009 MLF Keeper of the Year finalist, Sounders’ own Kasey Keller, during the Pioneer Square pub crawl Saturday night. No bar brawls please – something tells me the man has uncannily quick reflexes. The route winds through bars around Qwest Field: Fado, Fuel, Elysian Fields, Swannies, and F.X. McRory’s. For the pub crawl map, click here.

Check out the full list of 2009 Supporters Summit Seattle weekend events here.

TICKETS Need last-minute seats? As of Thursday, there were still $20 outer-rim seats left (call for tickets: 206-682-2800). Or, if you’d actually like to pick out David Beckham without binoculars, try the only Sounders FC-approved ticket exchange site..

The game will be broadcast on ESPN.