The Seattle Hungarians win their 11th in a row across all competitions, 3-1, at Fort Lewis, to wrap up the state league's first half. The Magyars leave it late, getting goals from Tommy Major (penalty kick) and Alex Bogdan in the final 25 minutes. Fernando Espina puts the Soldiers in front after five minutes, and Les Mueller responds in the 32nd. The Hungarians, in their first season back after leaving the PCL, finish the first half at 11-1-0, with the Loyal Realty Vikings next at 9-2-1.

Thor Mjoen scores two goals to lead Washington over Victoria at Lower Woodland. It's the Huskies' fifth win in six starts. Mjoen, a Norwegian member of the UW ski team, nets his fourth and fifth goals. Onye Akwari and Michael Runnestadt also score.

Seattle's Hungarians return home with a 3-2 victory over Bay Area league leader Teutonia DC in a U.S. Challenge Cup first round match at Balboa Park. Les Mueller comes off the bench and almost immediately scores what proves to be the winner, beating four defenders in the process. Tommy Major's penalty and Steve Furjesi give the Magyars a 2-nil lead. Teutonia files a protest immediately afterward, claiming referee John McFarlane ended the game five minutes early. The protest is disallowed.

Tim Orden of Assumption School converts a rebound in fourth overtime for 1-0 victory over Lady of Lourdes in the CYO Cadet final at Lower Woodland on Thanksgiving Day. It's a reverse result in the Midget final, with Lourdes winning easily, 7-0.

The Seattle Hungarians become the first Pacific Northwest club and one of 123 nationwide to enter the U.S. Challenge Cup. The tournament features 25 entries from California. Fort Lewis enters the 132-team Amateur Cup field.

Seattle Hungarians finally find some points in Pacific Coast League play, and it comes on the road with a 3-1 win over the Westminster Royals. It snaps a six-match losing streak for the Hungarians, whose last win came Nov. 10, 1963. Beginning with this game, the Magyars go 2-0-2 in the final four games to finish fifth in the PCL. Balint Ducz signed Peter Heriez, formerly of Rapid Vienna, and Dave Clayton of England's Luton Town for the stretch run.

Lots of promotional buzz precedes the kickoff of the 21st annual Five-a-Side. Thousands of balloons, some with tickets attached, are released from atop the Space Needle and bagpipers provide the soundtrack to a day full of games at West Seattle Stadium. B.C. Sugar, among the 20 Canadian entries, defeats Vancouver's Sapparton Labatts, 0-0 (1-0), via the corner kick tiebreaker. The Sugars allow only one goal in five games. All four semifinalists are from British Columbia. Kamloops traveled nearly 300 miles only to lose its opener, versus Germania.

Seattle's KCTS Channel 9 airs a 30-minute instructional program, "How to Play Soccer," with Derek Mallinson as host. Mallinson, 39 and former professional footballer in England, is the president of Lake Hills SC, and he includes a history of the game dating 112 A.D. in China, to modern game evolving in England in 1863 to contemporary times and skills, including goalkeeping. Repeat showings air three more times in the fall. Soccer also gets some air time on local newscasts, with KING's Rod Belcher narrating highlights from a Hungarians' state league contest.

Seattle Hungarians owner Balint Ducz announces he's taking his team out of the Pacific Coast League after two seasons. Ducz, frustrated by mid-table finishes and a lack of a suitable home venue, will bring his club back to the state league. The Hungarians, playing at White Center and West Seattle stadiums, faced sagging attendance. Ducz indicates he will reconsider the PCL once the Interbay Field is completed.

Vancouver's all-stars achieve a 1-1 road draw to win the Oldershaw Trophy series, 4-3 on aggregate, at Lower Woodland. The trophy returns north of the border for the first time in three years. Mark Leino of St. Margaret's scores for the CYO all-stars of Seattle. A week earlier Vancouver won the first leg, 3-2.

Behind two goals each from Bert Lerch and Roy Stopsack, Germania resoundingly wins the Knockout Cup final, 6-2, over second division Tacoma at West Seattle. Heinz Ritter and and Rich Muller also score for the victors while Les Forjacs and Clay Buffalo tally for Tacoma.

Fort Lewis, the newest entry in the state league first division, continues its strong start by beating Buchan, 3-2, at White Center. Norbert Grille, a Frenchman recruited from Honolulu, goes to the top of the scoring race with a brace against the Bakers. Grille's header with 15 minutes remaining is the difference and takes the Soldiers to 4-1-0 and a league-high 20 goals scored. They and the Hungarians trail Loyal Realty but have a game in hand on the Vikings. George Goers, one of the original Bakers dating to the Fremont Boys Club days, scores twice.

The Buchan Bakers wrap up the state league first division's second-half title with a 3-2 victory over Loyal Realty at Lower Woodland. Mike Antonaide scores two goals in the final 15 minutes for Buchan, which finishes three points ahead of Germania and Loyal.

Matti Niemela busts loose for six goals in Loyal Realty's 10-1 sinking of winless Holland America at Lower Woodland. The Finnish-born Niemela gets support from Reidar Olsen's brace as the Vikings stay within a point of Buchan.

Seattle Hungarians are awarded a forfeit over San Francisco Vikings after the Californians refuse to travel north for the Jan. 10 second round National Challenge Cup match.

The Hungarians (8-1-0) open a three-point lead by pasting Loyal Realty (6-2-1), 4-0, at White Center. Mike Kuczi scrambles in a Steve Furjesi corner at 32 minutes, and Furjesi doubles the lead from Alex Bogdan at 57. A 35-yard Kuczi free kick puts the game out of reach, and he later crosses to Tibor Farkas for the fourth.

A U.S. Amateur Cup first round game between Fort Lewis and the Denver Kickers goes to the hosts on the field, 3-2, in Denver. The Soldiers initially protest, successfully, that the Kickers brought in a ringer. Later, tournament officials learn Fort Lewis used 17 non-registered foreign nationals and both teams are disqualified.

The Buchan Bakers cap a remarkable revival by winning the state championship, 4-2 over Germania, at Lower Woodland. The Bakers, dead last during the first half, won the second half and win their first overall crown since 1956 behind Tony Picinich's hat trick. Picinich gets the opener after eight minutes, Mike Antonaide makes it 2-nil in the 22nd, and Picinich gets his second early in the second half. A pair of Heinz Ritter goals brings Germania back in it before Picinich completes his hat trick. Ron Jepson and George Goers help Buchan control matters to the final whistle.

Jesse Carver, a former defender in England and manager in both Italy and Britain, conducts the first four clinics in Puget Sound at Seattle's Queen Anne Fieldhouse. Carver, 53, made a combined 200 appearances at Blackburn and Newcastle before World War II cut short his career. He's managed Italian giants such as Juventus, Lazio, Roma and Internazionale and England's West Brom and Coventry City. The clinics are set for Bellevue, Tacoma and the University of Washington. In addition, he conducts a televised clinic for KCTS.

Northwest bragging rights stay north of the Columbia for another year as the Buchan Bakers defeat Portland's Royal Arabians, 4-1, in the rain at Delta Park. Washington teams have won nine consecutive years.

The return of Seattle Hungarians to the state league does not go according to script. The Hungarians, who had bolted to the Pacific Coast League after running roughshod over the first division for the better part of four years, are clipped by the Continentals (formerly Germania), 1-0, at White Center, in their first match back. Dieter Arpe scores the game's lone goal and Herman Widmer secures the shutout. The Magyars owned a 10-game (9-0-1) unbeaten streak in state league play dating back to November 1961.