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Vikings Lose Their Leader
March 30, 1963

Loyal Realty club president Einar Larson, 58, suffers a fatal heart attack while watching his Vikings in a Knockout Cup match at Lower Woodland. Larson, a small newspaper publisher and advertising executive during his career, was prominent in Swedish community affairs and was trying to bring a Swedish club to play in Seattle. Born in Korsnas, Sweden, he immigrated to Spokane in 1923 and moved on to Seattle in 1942.

Hundreds Watch WWC With WA Legends, Reign
July 7, 2019

More than a thousand World Cup fans join representatives of Reign FC and Washington State Legends of Soccer to watch the USA-Netherlands final at Rhein Haus locations in Seattle and Tacoma. The two organizations partner to promote and provide pregame and halftime analysts during each of the seven USWNT match days. For the final, both Rhein Haus locations are packed to capacity with 850 on Capitol Hill and 530 in Tacoma.

Beana, Sounders Hammer Jaguars
June 19, 1998

Taking advantage of a depleted and embarrassingly outmatched opponent, the Seattle Sounders hammer the California Jaguars by a final count of 10-0 at Memorial Stadium. The Jaguars pay the price for releasing six starters during recent cost-cutting moves, including the sale of striker Mark Baena to Seattle. Baena scores a club-record four goals and it's a record team total for a league match as well. It's the first of four straight wins and seven in the next nine.

Rain Leaves Fields Unplayable
December 17, 1967

Heavy rain and poor drainage leaves Interbay Field unplayable for a state league doubleheader. Over two inches of precipitation has been measured in December's first three days, and more is on the way. Another series of storms two weeks later make both White Center and Lower Woodland unplayable and postpone state league matches until the New Year.

Sponsor Helps Throw Party for Refugees
December 23, 1957

Stephen Balogh, sponsor of United Milk, is among the hosts of a holiday party for some 200 Hungarian refugees marking their first Christmas in America. Balogh invited every Hungarian he encountered at a recent United Milk match. Members of the Hungarian Resettlement Service and newly-founded Hungarian-American Society baked cake and pastries, Seattle businesses donated food and toys were distributed to the children attending the party at the Eagle s Temple.

Lipton Cup Goes to St. Mary's
December 7, 1952

In the third and deciding game of the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup series, Seattle's St. Mary's defeats St. Anne's, 3-1, to retain the title at Catholic Memorial Field. St. Anne's was the Parochial School League grade school winner.

Tacoma's Danny Vaughn veers from the Cosmos' Franz Beckenbauer while England international and Detroit teammate Trevor Francis looks on. (Courtesy Dan Vaughn)
1978
Mackenzie Nolte and Central Washington earned an NCAA Division II tournament berth for the first time in 2016. The Wildcats won a program-best 14 games, including a first-round win over Seattle Pacific. (Courtesy Central Washington Athletics)
2016
Kim Little makes a big impression in her first season with Seattle Reign FC, winning NWSL MVP and Golden Boot honors. (Jane Gersovich photo)
2014
Preki splits a pair of Scotland defenders during a U.S. National Team friendly at Washington, D.C. (Courtesy U.S. Soccer)
1998
Seattle Hibernian Saints won the 2001 West Regional championship.
2001
Freshman midfielder Chris Hellenkamp helped Seattle Pacific reach the NCAA Division II semifinals in 1979. (Courtesy Seattle Pacific University)
1979
University of Washington action at  Lower Woodland Park. (Courtesy UW Tyee archives)
1965
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney fires at the Sounders FC goal en route to scoring a second-half hat trick in the 7-0 friendly. (Sounders FC photo)
2011
Cristian Roldan assisted on the winning goal as the United States defeated Jamaica, 1-0, to reach the 2021 Gold Cup semifinals in Arlington, Tx. (Courtesy Wilf Thorne/ISI Photos)
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