Seattle Reign’s dynamite newcomer Kim Little, 24, is voted NWSL Most Valuable Player after leading her club to the league’s best record by scoring 16 goals, good for the Golden Boot. Little produced four multi-goal games. The native of Aberdeen, Scotland also is second in assists with seven.

Semipro indoor soccer is coming to Kent’s ShoWare Center. Dion Earl, formerly of the A-League Sounders and Seattle SeaDogs, has purchased a franchise in the Major Arena Soccer League.

Whitworth reaches the NCAA Division III men’s round of 16 for the first time by blanking Berry, 2-0, in Atlanta. Sam Engle and Eric Espinoza score for the Pirates, whose 17th victory ties the program record

After advancing through three rounds of the PDL playoffs, the Kitsap Pumas are blanked by the Michigan Bucks, 1-0, in the final in Pontiac, Mich. The Pumas had scored eight goals in the previous postseason games while Michigan had not held any opponent scoreless.

Marcus Hahnemann, 42, announces his retirement from professional soccer. Hahnemann began and finished his illustrious 21-year professional career with his hometown club, spending three seasons with the A-League Sounders from 1994-96 and a little more than two seasons with Sounders FC from 2012-14. In between, he played for Colorado then 13 seasons in England, including 276 appearances with Reading, where he reached the Premiership.

Reign reach agreement with Seattle Public Schools to move to Memorial Stadium beginning in 2014, for both matches and training. Owner Bill Predmore said there are plans to upgrade the locker rooms and paint over football lines.

Clint Dempsey's 87th minute penalty kick caps a remarkable hat trick and comeback by the Sounders at Portland, ending in a 4-4 draw. Down 4-2 entering the final five minutes, Seattle pulls close on Dempsey's second goal coming from a combination with Obafemi Martins. Two minutes later, DeAndre Yedlin is fouled after racing into the box and Dempsey equalizes from the spot. The draw avoids a fifth straight loss to the Timbers.

Kimberly Keever’s overtime strike sends Washington to the NCAA third round with a 1-0 victory over Missouri in Palo Alto, Calif. Keever’s sixth goal of the year comes 63 seconds into the first golden-goal period. Megan Kufeld makes three saves for her fifth shutout.

Washington wins its eighth in a row, completing a sweep of the Bay Area schools by beating No. 18 Stanford, 3-1, at Husky Soccer Stadium. The No. 5-ranked Huskies put away the Cardinal when Darwin Jones converts a turnover into his eighth goal of the season.

Gurveen Clair posts her record 33rd career shutout and Mariah Powers's first collegiate goal gives Washington State a 1-0 overtime victory over Oregon in Pullman. Clair makes two saves to keep the Ducks scoreless. The win completes a WSU sweep of the Oregon schools and snaps a three-match winless skid after the Cougars began then season unbeaten (7-0-2) in their first nine outings.

Stanford sophomore Jordan Morris makes his USMNT debut in 4-1 loss to Ireland. The Mercer Island native and Sounders Academy player of the year plays the final 14 minutes.

UNC Greensboro's Steve Nugent is tapped as Washington State's new head coach, replacing Keidane McAlpine. The Cougars' sixth head coach and third in four years.

Although they score the match’s first two goals, the Reign need a winner from Keelin Winters in the 76th minute to remain perfect (7-0-0) after seven starts. Kendall Fletcher and Kim Little score in the first 20 minutes but FC Kansas City ties in in the second half before Winters nods home the winner.

Northwest University wraps up a successful women's season by rallying to beat Warner Pacific, 2-1, in overtime at Kirkland. Acacia Johnson ignites the comeback, scoring the tying goal with 7:17 remaining in regulation. It's Johnson's record 42nd career goal. She then crosses to Tiffany Taylor for the winner 4:03 into overtime. The Eagles' record-tying 11th win comes two weeks after they clinched their second Cascade Conference championship.

Kitsap Pumas clinch the PDL Northwest Division for the first time in three seasons with a 3-1 win over Washington Crossfire in Redmond.

Twenty-two players quit the troubled Seattle Impact in protest of owner Dion Earl’s management style. Earl also coaches and plays for the team and has been served with a class action lawsuit by former employees.

Sydney Leroux strikes in the fourth minute and Naho Kawasumi supplies a pair of goals for the Reign to pound Portland, 5-0, before a record crowd of 5,957. It’s the first five-goal game for Seattle.

Zahra Lechak of Dos FC and Seattle United is selected 2013 USYSA Girls Competitive Coach of the Year, and Chris Twombley of West Seattle SC is named National Girls Recreation Coach of the Year by USYSA in Philadelphia. Twombley has been a WSSC coach for 12 years, most recently with the Blue Crew. Lechak, a USSF A License holder who is also a Sounders Women assistant, focuses on developing players to their full potential.

Scottish international Kim Little debuts with a brace as Seattle Reign opens its new Memorial Stadium home by beating Boston, 3-0. Little scores a penalty early in the second half and adds her second five minutes later. Megan Rapinoe closes out the scoring, and Hope Solo is credited with two saves in the shutout.

Seattle native DeAndre Yedlin earns his first U.S. National Team cap vs. South Korea, a 2-0 friendly in Carson, Calif. Yedlin comes on in the 74th minute, replacing fellow Sounder Brad Evans.

Spencer Richey saves a penalty in the ninth round and Beau Blanchard converts for Washington, which despite missing its first three attempts, advances to the NCAA round of 16 over Furman, 0-0 (6-5).

Bremerton Chuggers, a youth team that would eventually play 27 years, into adulthood, becomes the first soccer athletes inducted into the Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame. The founding members of the Chuggers started kicking the soccer ball around in 1973. At last count 112 players have represented the Chuggers. After dominating the adult soccer scene in Kitsap County, they competed in the Washington State Soccer League (now called the Greater Seattle Soccer League) for 16 seasons and played several more years in over-30 and over-40 leagues.

Seattle (15-1-4) clinches the NWSL Shield with four games remaining in the regular season, with Kim Little scoring twice in a 4-1 win at Houston. The Reign’s 49 points is already an NWSL record. Little, now with 14 goals, also assists on Sydney Leroux’s opener in the second minute.

Sounders players join with some 4,500 fans at the CenturyLink Field Events Center to watch a lunch hour World Cup round-of-16 match between the U.S. and Belgium. The Belgians send the Yanks home, 2-1, in extra time.

FC Kansas City and onetime Reign roster member Amy Rodriguez deny Seattle the NWSL championship, 2-1, before a sold-out Starfire. Rodriguez, who had missed the entire 2013 season then been traded to FCKC, scores midway through the first half and adds a crucial second goal in the 56th. Megan Rapinoe halves the deficit in the 87th minute.

Kelsey Turnbow scores four goals as Central Valley successfully defends its title by vanquishing Jackson, 5-2. Maddy Schultz, bound for North Carolina, scores the winner in Edmonds Woodway’s 2-1 winner over Southridge of Kennewick. Schultz had delivered a hat trick in the 3A semifinal.

Kim Little’s 89th-minute breakaway is good for all the points in Portland as the Reign notches its first victory over the Thorns, 1-0, before 14,182. Hope Solo makes back-to-back saves in the 67th and 68th minutes. Seattle plays without Megan Rapinoe and Naho Kawasumi.

Logan Griffis, 19 and a 2013 King’s HS graduate, is one of seven Washington referees chosen to officiate the USYSA National Championships in Frisco, Tex. Later, Griffis referees the 4A girls state championship game and a 3A semifinal, and the Kirkland resident officiates five matches at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase. In almost six years, Griffis has officiated approximately 1,500 soccer games.

Natasha Howe's goal in the 108th minute lifts Seattle University to a 2-1 victory over the No. 23 Washington State in an NCAA first-round game at Pullman. It's the Redhawks' first Div. I postseason win and comes after going winless in 10 previous meetings with the Cougars. Stephanie Verdoia puts Seattle U in front in the 33rd minute. WSU's Mariah Powers ties it in the 80th minute, setting the stage for Howe's heroics. It is Verdoia's record 22nd goal and 51st of her career, another record.

Laura Harvey of the Seattle Reign is named NWSL Coach of the Year. Harvey, 34, leads the Reign to 16 wins and two draws in 20 games with a fluid style that nets 50 goals. Kim Little, Jess Fishlock, Naho Kawasumi and Kendall Fletcher are all chosen first team all-NWSL.

Sounders forward Clint Dempsey scores after 29 seconds as the USMNT upsets Ghana, 2-1, in the opening match of World Cup group play. Seattle teammate DeAndre Yedlin, 20, also plays, becoming the first MLS homegrown signing to appear in a World Cup.

Chad Barrett scores in the fourth minute of added time as the Sounders commence their season by beating MLS Cup holders Sporting Kansas City, 1-0, before 39,240. Barrett’s goal is a conversion of Clint Dempsey’s header off the crossbar. Stefan Frei gets the clean sheet in his Seattle debut.

Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins score in extra time as Sounders FC capture the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title with a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park. Seattle has now won four U.S. Open Cup championships in its six-year history, tying the Chicago Fire for the most among MLS teams. Seattle trails until Chad Barrett ties it, 1-1, in the 47th minute. Martins comes off the bench and sets up Dempsey for the go-ahead goal in the 101st and then seals it on his own in the 114th.

Seattle Sounders FC defender Chad Marshall and forward Obafemi Martins are named MLS Best XI, the third such selection for Marshall after earning the honor in 2008 and 2009, and the first for Martins. Earlier, Marshall became the first player in league history to be named MLS Defender of the Year three times. Martins scored a club record 17 goals (19, all competitions) and was runner-up to L.A. Galaxy's Robbie Keane for MVP.

Two long throws from Blake Crutchfield lead to goals in Snohomish's 2-1 win over Ferris for the boys' state 4A championship. In the 3A final, Sharif Kombo's 14th goal for Lakeside beats Mercer Island, 1-0.

Amy Griffin, associate head women's coach at Washington, provides data in an NBC News story on a possible tie between cancer and crumb rubber infill for artificial turf fields. Griffin has compiled names of 38 players who have developed different types of cancers. Of those, 34 are goalkeepers. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Consumer Product Safety Commission says its past studies that once deemed the surface as "safe" are now "limited." The EPA begins conducting further studies, including exposure to recycled tire crumb rubber infill that may result in chemical exposure.

U.S. Soccer names Sounders FC defender DeAndre Yedlin the 2014 U.S. Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year. Yedlin earned 10 U.S. Men's National Team caps in 2014, including three at the FIFA World Cup. He became the first MLS Homegrown Player to represent the U.S. at the World Cup, making three appearances in Brazil.

Jaclyn Softli’s 10th goal of the season lifts Washington to a fifth straight win, 1-0, at Utah, snapping the Utes’ home unbeaten streak at 12. Two of the wins have come versus nationally-ranked opposition.

Theresa Wagner Romagnolo of Edmonds is named women’s head coach at Notre Dame. A four-time All-Pac-10 Conference choice at Washington, she went on to join the Stanford and University of San Diego staffs before her first head coaching appointment at Dartmouth in 2011. The Irish go 14-6-2 and reach the NCAA third round in Romagnolo’s first year.

Mercer Island’s Jordan Morris is called in for the USMNT camp prior to playing the Czech Republic. Morris, a sophomore at Stanford, becomes the first collegian brought into the roster in 15 years.

In front of an energized crowd of 57,673 at CenturyLink Field, the Sounders get two late goals from substitute Marco Pappa to top the Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-0, to claim the Supporters' Shield and club-record 20th win. It’s a scoreless stalemate until the 85th minute, when combination between Obafemi Martins and Clint Dempsey draws the defense, leaving Pappa open on the left.

John Best, the first coach and later general manager of the original Seattle Sounders dies while traveling in Ireland. He was 74. Best succumbs to a lung infection after more than two decades of battling kidney disease. He had been visiting family. Best was the face of the Sounders in their formative years, serving as head coach from 1974-76. He returned in 1982 as GM. In 1983 he co-founded the Tacoma Stars, serving as president and director for the MISL club's first five seasons. The Sounders observe a moment of silence and wear black armbands for their home match vs. Vancouver on Oct. 10. Best was the Whitecaps GM during their NASL championship season of 1979.

After losing its coaching staff just days beforehand, the Seattle Impact fizzles in its inaugural game, losing 14-4 to San Diego. Nick Perera scores four for the Sockers. Both head coach Jason Dunn and assistant Todd Haley part ways with owner and former college teammate Dion Earl after not being paid. Earl, 42, takes the coaching reins in addition to playing.

Sounders FC launches a USL Pro team for 2015. Sounders 2 will play home games at Starfire Sports and Sounders Community Trust will hold a 20 percent interest in the team.

Kenny Cooper twice finds the net and assists on two other goals as the Sounders rout Chicago, 6-0, in U.S. Open Cup semifinal at Starfire. Andy Rose also scores a brace to send Seattle to its fifth USOC final in six seasons. The hosts grab the lead after six minutes through Chad Barrett and by halftime Rose makes it 3-0. A late flurry of three goals in five minutes includes two Cooper goals, giving him a record six for the tournament. He scores in each of Seattle’s first four USOC matches.

Clint Dempsey scores in his return from World Cup play to help beat Portland, 2-0, in front of a crowd of 64,207. Marco Pappa also scores, and Stefan Frei records his sixth shutout as Seattle keeps a seven-point cushion in the Supporters' Shield race. Five days earlier, the Sounders had eliminated the Timbers from the U.S. Open Cup, 3-1 in extra time.

Kenny Cooper scores the decisive goal in the 88th minute as Seattle rallies past FC Dallas, 2-1, for the fifth win in a row. Cooper, who had played in Dallas the previous season, came on as an 86th-minute substitute. Lamar Neagle, whom he replaced, had tied it in the 62nd minute.

Megan Rapinoe’s theft and finish in the 82nd minute completes the Reign’s comeback win, 2-1, against Washington in the NWSL semifinal. After Veronica Perez gives the Spirit the lead in the 65th minute, Kim Little responds from the penalty spot in the 72nd. Seattle will host Kansas City in the league final at Starfire.

Sounders FC reaches an agreement to transfer defender DeAndre Yedlin to Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League after the 2014 season. Seattle's first Homegrown player, Yedlin, 21, has earned All-Star honors in each of his first two MLS seasons and represented the U.S. National Team in the FIFA World Cup.

Seattle surges in front with four first-half goals to coast past Chivas USA, 4-2, at Carson, Ca. Brad Evans assists on three of the scores, tying a record, with Obafemi Martins and Andy Rose each scoring twice. All come from set plays. An Evans corner kick in the 11th minute leads to Martins's opener. Free kicks by Evans in the 38th and 42nd minutes enable Rose to score his first two goals of the season. Seattle's third straight win gives it a five-point lead in the Supporters' Shield race.

Seattle Impact rookie Gordy Gurson overpowers the Sacramento Surge, scoring seven times in a 12-8 road victory. It's the first win in three outings for Seattle.

Sounders FC and the Seahawks announce their business operations will become independent beginning April 30. The teams have shared business operations since Sounders FC was admitted to Major League Soccer in 2007. The club’s new headquarters will be in Pioneer Square, just north of CenturyLink Field.

Clint Dempsey and Lamar Neagle score second-half goals as the Sounders come from behind to draw, 2-2, with the LA Galaxy at StubHub Center. Seattle and LA remain tied atop the Supporters' Shield standings at 61 points apiece. Dempsey and Neagle tally three minutes apart to steal two points from Los Angeles and set up a showdown for the Supporters’ Shield in the season finale six days later in Seattle.

Brad Evans and Clint Dempsey score as Seattle wins the second leg of the Western Conference Championship, 2-1, but falls on away goals to the LA Galaxy in front of a franchise postseason record crowd of 46,758. Juninho scores the decisive goal for the away side. Sounders FC went up 1-0 in the 26th minute through Evans. Six minutes later, Dempsey, scores his 17th across all competitions. The Galaxy now hosts New England in MLS Cup.

The Evergreen Premier League's inaugural match is played at Yakima's Marquette Stadium, with Yakima United defeating Seattle Stars SC, 4-2. The other charter teams are Bellingham United, South Sound SC (Tacoma), Spokane Shadow, Vancouver Victory FC, Wenatchee United FC and WestSound FC (Silverdale). Spokane wins the league's first championship. EPLWA is affiliated with U.S. Adult Soccer's Premier League program.