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Frimpong Repeats as Pac-10 Player of Year
November 12, 2004

On the same day Tina Frimpong scores twice in a Washington postseason win over Birmingham Southern, she is named Pac-10 Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Frimpong, a senior from Vancouver, is the first player to achieve the latter. She and Nikki Gamble each score a brace in the NCAA tournament opening 5-0 win.

Falcons Tie Huskies, Win NCSC
October 31, 1990

Seattle Pacific clinches its first Northwest Collegiate Soccer Conference championship in 10 years with a 1-1 draw with Washington at Husky Stadium. An own goal in the fourth minute puts SPU in front until Shannon Murray levels it with 7:39 left in regulation. Marcus Hahnemann saves nine UW shots. The result gives the Huskies an 0-2-2 mark in the final four games, ending their postseason hopes.

Leyva, 15, Signs with Sounders 2
October 16, 2018

Sounders Academy midfielder Danny Leyva, 15, signs with Seattle Sounders 2, becoming the seventh member of the national-championship winning U17 side to sign with the club’s USL team. Leyva split time between the Sounders Academy U15s and U17s throughout the 2017-18 season, playing in every playoff match for the U17s as they secured the club’s first ever U.S. Soccer Development Academy national championship in July. A well-rounded, box-to-box midfielder, Leyva totaled 11 goals and 13 assists across all competitions.

Hungarians Open Challenge Cup With Win
November 20, 1966

Two goals from Tommy Major propelled Seattle Hungarians into the second round of the 1966/67 National Challenge Cup. Constantine Tagios adds a third in Seattle's 3-0 victory over Denver Kickers before 1,000 spectators at West Seattle Stadium.

Waltman Group Seeks New Tacoma Indoor Team
January 8, 1993

Dr. Richard Waltman and a group of investors is exploring a Continental Indoor Soccer League for the Tacoma Dome. CISL commissioner Ron Weinstein tells the Tacoma investors that it’s too late to obtain a franchise for the league’s inaugural season, which begins in June. Despite some contentious discussions with Weinstein, who has disapproved of owners involved with the defunct MISL and Tacoma Stars, there are plans to apply for a 1994 expansion team. There is also rumored interest for a Seattle franchise, which would be operated by Sonics owner Barry Ackerley.

Loggers Advance to Elite Eight
November 16, 2003

Third-ranked Puget Sound strikes twice in the second half to blank Iowa's Loras College, 2-0, for the NCAA Division III women's West Regional title in Dubuque. Lea John puts the visitors in front from a Kelsey Lau corner kick in the 50th minute. Elizabeth Pitman finds Tera Anderson 18 minutes later for the final margin. It's the Loggers' fifth straight shutout.

Adrian Webster closes down a San Antonio Thunder player. (Courtesy NASL Jerseys)
1976
(Courtesy Seattle University Spectator archives)
1968
Black Diamond's state league team from 1926. (Courtesy GSSL)
1949
Mike Ryan and his Blue Angels celebrate after winning the national over-30 championship in Miami. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1980
(Courtesy Seattle Times)
1969
Sounders veteran Brad Evans prepares to pull off his shirt in celebration of scoring the USMNT winning goal at Jamaica. (Courtesy John Todd / ISI Photos)
2013
Seattle University, exhilarated by scoring a late equalizer then an overtime winner, celebrates another WAC tournament title and trip to the 2019 NCAA tournament on its own Championship Field. The Redhawks also won the regular season WAC title. (Courtesy Seattle University Athletics)
2019
Seattle Pacific celebrates a golden goal from Janae Godoy (raised hand) in the NCAA Division II final at Tampa. (Courtesy NCAA)
2008
A ticket to the Hungarians-Orange County U.S. Challenge Cup match cost $1.50. (Courtesy Craggs Family)
1966
Vlatko Andonovski became the Seattle Reign's second head coach in 2017, replacing Laura Harvey after five seasons. Andonovski had led Kansas City to a pair of NWSL titles. (Courtesy Seattle Reign)
2017