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SPU Women Rally for Semifinal Win
December 1, 2005

Carolyn Nason's goal with 19 minutes remaining caps a two-goal comeback and sends Seattle Pacific into the NCAA Division II women's soccer championship game with a 3-2 victory over Carson-Newman. The unbeaten (20-0 4) and No. 2-ranked Falcons trail 2-1 before Shannon Lovejoy’s penalty kick in the 59th minute. In the 71st minute, Nason heads in a corner kick from Meredith Teague. It is Lovejoy's fifth successful penalty of the season, and the goal makes her the school and GNAC career goals leader with 42.

Huskies Score Record Rout
September 27, 1978

Behind Ron Dorn's four goals, Washington pummels Pacific Lutheran 12-0 at Husky Stadium. It's not only a UW record margin but also the largest by any program in the state to date. Mike Browne adds a brace.

E&E Meats Clinches Second Half, Overall Title
January 27, 1952

Completing the second half with a 4-2 win over United Restaurants, E&E Meats finishes the state league second half with a perfect 6-0-0 mark. That also gives the Meat Men, winners of the first half, the overall championship. Joe Romedo, Tom Turner, John Phelps and Glen Norberg score at Lower Woodland. Down 3-2, UR misses a potential tying goal penalty kick with 15 minutes left. Buchan (4-2-1) takes second place.

Teutonia Eliminates Hungarians in West Semi
March 17, 1968

An early 2-nil score fails to hold and the Seattle Hungarians are eliminated in West semifinals of the U.S. Challenge Cup by AAC Teutonia, 4-3, at San Francisco. Les Mueller punches in a couple goals for the lead, but Teutonia ties it by halftime. Jerry Melton's second goal gives Teutonia the lead and Mike Kramer adds a fourth before Heinz Ritter's 85th-minute score.

Smisek: First Female to Earn 'A' License
July 31, 1982

Jan Smisek, the newly-named coach of Seattle University, becomes the first first woman to earn a U.S. Soccer Federation 'A' Coaching License following a weeklong course in Olympia. Earlier, at 18, Smisek had been the first female to earn a 'C' license.

Rodman Bypasses WSU for NWSL
January 13, 2021

Trinity Rodman, Washington State's most coveted signee in program history, will not play a single game in Pullman. Rodman is selected No. 2 overall by the Washington Spirit in the NWSL Draft and will forego her collegiate career, instead reporting immediately to the Spirit training camp. She signed in December 2019 as the top-ranked forward in the 2020 class and the highest rated recruit in WSU program history. Rodman scored eight goals and added six assists, helping the U.S. to the 2020 CONCACAF U20 championship.

Finn Hill Shindiggers, feature Sharon McMurtry, front row far right. (Courtesy Sharon McMurtry)
1976
Karmen Koteles, left, and a Hungarians teammate. (Courtesy Seattle Times)
1962
Brazil's Internacional takes the field prior to the Tacoma Dome's first sporting event, the EuroPac Cup.
1983
Seattle's 2026 World Cup bid committee, chaired by Adrian Hanauer, officially welcomes FIFA inspectors. (Courtesy Sounders FC).
2021
Denise Bender, a forward for the Washington women's club program, became the state's first female collegiate All-American in 1980. (Courtesy Denise Bender)
1980
Confetti shoots skyward as the Sounders raise the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy before thousands of adoring fans at Seattle Center. (Courtesy Leann Johnson)
2019
Roger Davies consoles Steve Daley following a 1-0 Sounders loss to the Cosmos in Soccer Bowl '82. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1982
Seattle Pacific's women's club, coached by men's assistant Jimmy Dunn, far right. (Seattle Pacific archives)
1976
Marcus Hahnemann was loaned by Fulham to England's Rochdale in 2001, and they nearly made the promotion playoffs. (Courtesy Marcus Hahnemann)
2001
Jordan Morris scored 12 goals across all competitions in 2020 but he and the Sounders were blanked in a 3-0 MLS Cup final loss at Columbus. (Courtesy Mike Fiechtner/ISI Photos)
2020