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WSU's Weaver Taken No. 2 in NWSL Draft
January 16, 2020

Morgan Weaver of University Place and Washington State is picked No. 2 overall by Portland in the NWSL Draft. Weaver scored 42 goals in four seasons, leading the Cougars to their first NCAA College Cup in 2019. The All-America forward becomes the highest selection of any Washington player by any U.S. women's league. Kirkland's Sam Hiatt, Stanford defender, goes to Reign FC in the fourth round.

Busch Enshrined in HoF
October 19, 2007

Mount Vernon’s Tim Busch is inducted into the U.S. Adult Soccer Association Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale. Busch has served as president of the Washington State Soccer Association since 1992. He has officiated amateur games since 1978.

Cougars Sweep Oregon Schools
October 19, 2014

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.

Davies Scores Four
May 31, 1980

Roger Davies ties Seattle club record with four goals (despite missing a penalty kick) in 5-1 win over Rochester. It completes a month during which Davies scores in each of six games and 11 altogether. Davies also assists on a goal by Derek Smethurst. He missed a penalty kick, however. With 14 goals he has already broken the Seattle record of 13, set by Smethurst in 1979.

Santos Slays Sounders by Five
March 14, 2012

An onslaught of four second-half goals results in the worst competitive loss in Sounders FC history and an abrupt exit from the Champions League quarterfinals. Santos Laguna wins the second leg, 6-1, and the series, 7-3, on aggregate in Torreon, Mexico. Shortly before halftime, Alvaro Fernandez levels the aggregate at 3-3. However, former A-League Sounder Herculez Gomez scores in the 49th and 67th minutes, and all hopes fades for Seattle. Two more Santos goals come in the final 15 minutes. The Guerreros proceed to knock-out Toronto by 7-3 aggregate in the semifinals before falling to holders Monterrey, 3-2, in the final.

WSU Wins Apple Cup, Heads to Postseason
November 2, 2012

Washington State runs its Apple Cup unbeaten streak to nine with another one-goal decision at Pullman. Micaela Castain gets her fifth game-winner of the year two minutes before halftime in a 1-0 win for the Cougars. WSU, advancing to the NCAA tournament in its first year under Keidane McAlpine, is 6-0-3 vs. the Huskies since 2003, with all the wins by one goal.

Sounders players take a victory lap around the Kingdome. from left: Frank Barton, Peter Ward, Benny Dargle, Ray Evans, Steve Buttle, Gary Mills.
1982
1955
Action from a University of Washington (in dark) 1962 game. (Courtesy UW Library digital collections)
1962
The United States Soccer Foot Ball League was formed April 5, 1913, with support from various league's, including Washington's Northwestern Association Football League. (Spalding Guide 1914)
1919
Tacoma Sweetfoot Carrera United, winners of USYSA U19 regional. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1980
(Courtesy Walter Schmetzer)
1974
SeattleSounders midfielder Dick McCormick. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1995
The Washington Husky Hall of Fame inducted its first male soccer player, former standout defender Craig Waibel, in October 2021. (Courtesy University of Washington Athletics)
2021
Bruce Raney became a Seattle Pacific scoring sensation as a freshman. (Seattle Pacific archives)
1978
Action from Newcastle United vs. SeaTac SC at Memorial Stadium. (Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
1970