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Seattle U Wins WAC on Penalties
November 15, 2015

Hamza Haddadi's penalty kick forces overtime and Seattle University converts all five of its spot kicks in the tiebreaker as the 15th-ranked Redhawks win their second WAC men's title in three years. Seattle U prevails, 1-1 (5-4), over Utah Valley in Kansas City. Haddadi, out the previous nine games due to injury, comes off the bench to score the equalizer in the 87th minute. He later delivers the clinching shootout conversion. UVU misses its initial attempt. With 49 seconds remaining in regulation, Utah Valley keeper Collin Partee is sent off for hard foul on David Olsen.

Sparta Tacpoma
June 14, 2026

North Tacoma’s Sparta Tacoma 09 Red wins the Elite Academy League national boys U17 championship in St. Louis, defeating California’s Boca SC, 2-1. Samuel Bulldis and Taylor Albert score, while J.D. Mathias was voted the division’s top goalkeeper. Sparta, playing its first year in the EAL, becomes the first champion in NorTac's 52-year existence.

Reign Requires Rapinoe Hat Trick for Win
July 22, 2017

Seattle squanders a 4-goal lead but Megan Rapinoe rescues the Reign by completing her hat trick to hold off Sky Blue, 5-4, at Memorial Stadium. A 1-nil halftime lead quickly mushrooms after Rapinoe scores her second from the spot and Beverly Yanez and an own goal make it 4-0. By the 76th minute Sam Kerr ties it up. Rapinoe wins it on a pass from Katelyn Johnson in the 87th minute. Her 12 goals is one more than Kerr. It's the first nine-goal game in Reign history.

WA Players Lead Broncos Over Huskies
October 4, 1991

Spokane's Chris Stiles scores top-ranked Santa Clara's vital second goal and the Broncos remain perfect (10-0-0) by beating Washington, 2-1. Stiles and Redmond's Bruce Broughton assist on Matt Arya's header at 48:14 and Stiles nods past Dusty Hudock 81 seconds later. Brent Aune pulls UW a goal back at 65'. It's the start of a four-game losing streak that knocks the Huskies (4-3-0) out of postseason contention.

Tacoma Wanderers First to Visit England
July 16, 1967

The Tacoma Wanderers depart for a three-week tour of England, where they train under English FA coaches, play several schoolboy teams and meet the legendary Sir Stanley Matthews, now manager of Port Vale. Frank Hall's U16 team of 14 players raised nearly $7,000 through raffles and donations. The Wanderers, proclaimed the first American youth team to play in England, goes 0-2-2 versus teams from Staffordshire, Stockport, Oxford and Woking.

Wittrell Becomes 1st SPU All-American
December 17, 1985

Senior defender David Wittrell becomes the first All-American for Seattle Pacific – and every other men's collegiate program in Washington. Wittrell, who helped the Falcons win the NCAA Division II championship, is named by the NSCAA to the second team. Brent Goulet of Tacoma and Portland's Warner Pacific makes the NAIA second team.

On December 6, 2025, the six SEA2026 matches – four group games and two knockouts – were determined by FIFA. (SEA2026)
2025
Tacoma native and Washington alum Danny Vaughn celebrates his first professional goal scored for Detroit Express. (Courtesy Dan Vaughn)
1978
(Courtesy Western Washington archives)
1970
Buchan Bakers juniors, winners of the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy. (Courtesy Mike Ryan)
1969
In February 2021, after 11 months on the sidelines, Washington Youth Soccer permitted league play to resume in many counties. All players, coaches and spectators were required to wear masks, socially distance themselves off the field. (Courtesy Washington Youth Soccer)
2021
Lesia Thetsane maneuvers around a Lane United defender before the first of many Interbay capacity crowds during Ballard FC's inaugural match on May 21, 2022. (Courtesy Blake Dahlin/Ballard FC)
2022
Chris Henderson (fourth from right) stands during the playing of the national anthem prior to the U.S. Olympic Team's qualifier vs. Canada on May 10, 1992 in Bethlehem, Pa. (Courtesy Tony Quinn/Soccer America)
1992
Washington State club program, 1975-76.
1975
E&E Meats of Seattle was a staple of the post-war state league. This is their entry in the 1946 five-a-side tournament.
1949
A rendering of Seattle Soccer Celebration powered by Lenovo, a floating mini-pitch and FIFA 2026 World Cup big screen viewing area, adjacent to Seattle's Pier 62.
2026