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Ballard Repeats as Division Champ
July 15, 2024

Ballard FC repeats as USL League two Northwest Division winner, clinching with 2-0 win over West Seattle Junction at Nino Cantu Complex. First-half goals by Alex Mejia and Peter Kingston –converting the rebound of his saved penalty – are backed by Charlie Lanphier's shutout. Ballard wins the division over United PDX with a superior +24) goal differential.

Stars Make Playoffs
February 26, 2016

Joey Gjertsen scores twice and Michael Ramos nails the deciding goal as Stars clinch a MASL playoff berth in their first full season by beating Ontario, 5-4, before 3,500 at ShoWare Center. Tacoma's finishes 13-7 and goes on to play San Diego in the first round.

Columbia River Wins Shootout, 3A Girls
November 21, 2009

Columbia River of Vancouver becomes just the second girls' 3A champion from Clark County, edging Mercer Island in a shootout, 1-1 (3-2) at Lakewood. goalkeeper Teagan Ryan makes two saves in the tiebreaker. Samantha Schoene, Brianna Brown, and Hannah Kimsey convert for River. The Islanders score first in regulation on a 23' volley from Erin Bourguignon. With 14 minutes left, Kellianne Swenson ties it for the Chieftains.

FTI Punches Ticket to Nationals
May 9, 1992

John Carroll's two goals give FTI a 2-1 win over the defending national champion Dirty Dozen of Los Angeles in the Over-30 men's West regional championship game in San Francisco. Carroll is one of four ex-Washington Huskies on the Seattle team.

Bodily, Bartlow Take Top Pac-12 Honors
November 20, 2019

Blake Bodily becomes Washington’s first Pac-12 Player of the Year in 12 seasons, and Ethan Bartlow is the first UW defensive player of the year. Bodily’s 10 goals are the most for the Huskies since 2011.

Shorn Torres Scores, Seattle Gets 2 Seed
October 6, 2019

Making his first start in more than two months, Román Torres heads home the winner and controls air traffic in front of Seattle's goal during a vital 1-0 victory over Minnesota United. The win, coming on the final day of the regular season in front of 47,297 at CenturyLink Field, earns the Sounders the West's No. 2 seed. It's also Osvaldo Alonso's first visit to Seattle since signing with the Loons in January. A searching, long cross from Joevin Jones finds Torres for a running header that flies into the net off newly-close-cropped skull the 29th minute. Torres, who has just returned from a 10-match suspension for violating MLS substance-abuse policy.

(Courtesy Seattle Times archives)
1954
At 18, Jordyn Bugg developed rapidly into a Seattle Reign defensive stalwart and USWNT regular in 2025 and was a finalist for U.S. Soccer Young Player of the Year. (Maddy Grassy/Seattle Reign)
2025
1955
Standing water resulting from torrential rains resulted in an abandoned Washington-California match on Oct. 28, 2021. The referee ruled in the 61st minute that the field was unplayable. (Courtesy University of Washington Athletics)
2021
In 2021 Sounders FC introduced its first adidas Community Kit, honoring Seattle’s music legend, Jimi Hendrix. (Courtesy Sounders FC)
2021
Joining a celebratory pile of humanity is the NCAA championship trophy, which Seattle Pacific just won, 1-0 over West Florida. (Courtesy NCAA)
2008
Bruce Rudroff attempts a goal line clearance for the Sounders against the Cosmos' Franz Beckenbauer. (Courtesy NASL Jerseys)
1978
Mount Rainer became the first 3A boys team to repeat as state champion in 1988. The Rams finished 19-0-1. (Courtesy Mount Rainer High School)
1988
U.S. Challenge Cup action between Hungarians (white) and Heidelberg.
1969
Shannon Higgins Cirovski (holding microphone) shares insights into the early years of the U.S. Women's National Team, culminating in a 1991 World Cup championship. The forum, featuring several Washingtonians chosen to the USWNT from 1983-1995, was hosted by Washington State Legends of Soccer. From left: Jan Smisek, Anson Dorrance, Cirovski, Gina Segadelli (née Casella) and Amy Griffin (née Allmann). (Courtesy WA Legends).
2019