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WA Duo Sparks Stanford Quarterfinal Upset
December 5, 2015

Mercer Island's Jordan Morris opens the scoring and Vancouver's Foster Langsdorf scores the winning goal in overtime as Stanford upsets top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Wake Forest, 2-1, before 4,906 in Winston-Salem, N.C. Langsdorf's looping header comes off a free kick in the 97th minute. Morris puts the visitors in front in the 18th minute with his 11th goal.

Citowicki Succeeds Shulenberger at WSU
December 12, 2025

Chris Citowicki becomes the eighth head coach in Washington State program history, succeeding Todd Shulenberger. Citowicki spent the past eight seasons at Montana, where he went 39-32 and led the Grizzlies to four NCAA tournament appearances, including a Big Sky double of regular season and postseason titles in 2025. The Cougars will return to a reformed Pac-12 Conference in 2026.

Spokane Pulls Off Playoff Upset
November 2, 2024

Spokane open playoffs by beating Northern Colorado Hailstorm 3-0 away. It’s the first victory in 8 games, dating back to Sept. 7. All three goals come in a 15-minute span of the second half, sparked by Luis Gil’s 53’ opener. The Velocity, which had lost its last three meetings with the Hailstorm, become the first League One expansion team to win a postseason match.

CYO Holds Year-End Party
December 6, 1953

The Catholic Youth Organization holds a season-ending party for the players and volunteer coaches. St. John’s and coach Sam Donohoe were presented the Bantam League trophy, and St. Mary’s and Nick Galando took home the Teen-Age League trophy.

Reign Attack Parked in Neutral
June 25, 2016

Following two seasons of shields and glorious goals, the Seattle Reign can only grind away in hopes that their attack will re-ignite. The Reign earns a fourth straight shutout, 0-0 in sweltering heat at Kansas City. Yet they have only scored a single goal in those four games and four goals in the last eight. Help, however, is on the way. Japanese international forward Naho Kawasumi, who flourished for Seattle in 2014, signed on June 16 and will become available in July.

Eastside Starters
March 1, 1961

Born in Birmingham, England, Vancouver, B.C. transplant and Boeing engineer Jack Goldingay starts the Eastside's first youth program through the Bellevue Boy Club. There are four teams. By 1962, it grows to more than 300 players.

A broad smile and an insatiable appetite for goals fast made Roger Davies a crowd favorite in 1980. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1980
1989
Puyallup won its first boys 4A state title in 20199 and did so on its home field, Sparks Stadium. (Courtesy WIAA)
2019
Nicolas Lodeiro (l) and Raul Ruidiaz salute the Sounders fans after the latter scores his second goal vs. Pumas in the Concacaf Champions League second leg final. (Courtesy Rod Mar/Sounders FC)
2022
(Courtesy Seattle Times archives)
1979
Lowenbrau Zurich coach Mike Ryan addresses his team at the national finals in Houston.
1983
Jimmy McAlister of the Sounders is held off the ball by Portland's Elson Seale. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1979
Tukwila's Starfire Sports Complex, shown here as the field house was under construction, opened in 2003. (Courtesy Deacon Corp.)
2003
FC Seattle Storm displays its newly-won Western Soccer Alliance trophy after smashing San Jose, 5-0. (Joanie Komura photo)
1988
Former Sounders captain and coach Jimmy Gabriel took over as FC Seattle Storm head coach in 1986. (Joanie Komura photo)
1986