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Lewis, Maple Leaf Win PP&L Trophy
March 21, 1949

Seattle's Maple Leafs thrash Tacoma, 4-0, in Renton for the state title and Puget Power & Light trophy, donated by A.W. Leonard. Sammy Lewis scores twice and Barney Kempton is the playmaker, assisting both Lewis’s opener and Tommy Barwick, who made it 2-nil. Len Williamson got the other goal.

After 27 Years, Seattle U Returns to Division I
May 10, 2007

Seattle University's Board of Trustees votes for a return to NCAA Division I athletics, which the Redhawks left in 1980. Seattle U will continue to participate in Div. II as a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and become a Div. I member as an independent in 2009-10. The fall of 2012 is the earliest the Redhawks would be eligible for D-I postseason play.

Loggers' Olney Reaches 200 Wins
October 17, 2010

Vince McCluskey's late goal and Puget Sound's seventh shutout in 12 games gives coach Reece Olney his 200th career win, 1-0 over Whitworth. Olney started at UPS in 1994.

Puget Sound Wins on 44th Shot
October 20, 2001

Puget Sound fires 43 shots before finally connecting on the game-winning goal vs. Pacific at Baker Stadium. Emily Bumguardner scores at 84:10 for the Loggers' 23rd straight conference victory. Nineteen of those wins are shutouts, including 11 this season. UPS goalie Karen Ecklebe posts her seventh shutout of the season.

Snow Sends SPU to Kingdome
November 30, 1985

With Memorial Stadium covered in several inches of snow, Seattle Pacific scrambles to find an alternative site over Thanksgiving holiday. The Falcons roost in the Kingdome, and despite travel conditions 2,467 root them on to a 2-1 victory over West Virginia’s Davis & Elkins in an NCAA Division II semifinal. Peter Hattrup scores both goals, including the 85th minute winner. It’s the 300th career win for Cliff McCrath, making him only the fifth collegiate coach to do so. Two NWAAC men’s semifinals are played prior to the main event.

Reign Needs Two Days to Edge Louisville
September 16, 2025

In a match that begins on a Sunday and ends 49 hours later, Jess Fishlock finds a last-minute winner for the Reign's 1-0 win over Louisville at an empty Lumen Field. A scoreless first half ended Sept. 14 with Racing's Savannah DeMelo collapsing and requiring medical attention. Officials abandon the game and restart it with the second half two days later. DeMelo is conscious and alert when taken to the hospital. The 90' winner comes off a backpass intercepted by Jordyn Huietma, then Maddie Dahlien centers to Fishlock.

No better time to snap a photo than after a muddy training session in China for the USWNT.
1991
Shari Noah (l) scored the winning goal for Pacific Lutheran in the 1989 NAIA championship match (Courtesy PLU archives)
1989
Andy (left) and Walter Schmetzer congratulate their older brother and Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer at Washington Legends of Soccer's This Is Your Life: Brian Schmetzer event at Seattle's Market Arms. (Courtesy WA Legends)
2017
1992 FIFA Futsal World Cup runner-up United States, featuring Seattle's Andy Schmetzer (back row, fourth from right).
1992
DeAndre Yedlin drives the ball upfield the U.S. vs Costa Rica during a Copa America match in Chicago. (Courtesy Robin Alam / ISI Photos)
2016
(Courtesy The Seattle Times)
1970
A rendering looking south of the future Sounders at Longacres complex in Renton, Wa. (Courtesy Sounders FC)
2022
Federal Way's Justi Baumgardt, a sophomore at the University of Portland, is among the Missouri Athletic Club's finalist for collegiate player of the year.
1997
The NWSL was the first U.S. professional team sport to return amidst the pandemic. All players wore Black Lives Matter shirts prior to the kickoff at Herriman, Utah.
2020
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