Megan Rapinoe scores in each half, leading the Seattle Reign to a 2-0 win over Portland before 4,270 fans at Memorial Stadium. Rapinoe, the NWSL leader with nine goals, but in first-half stoppage time she pounces on a defensive miscue and puts Seattle ahead. Rapinoe notches her fifth goal in four games in the 81st minute. Haley Kopmeyer makes three stops for the shutout. It extends the Reign home unbeaten streak to 13 matches, the league's longest current run.

Captain Zac Mathers pushes Sounders 2 out to an early lead but a last-minute strike from David Olsen is the difference in a 3-2 win over Oklahoma City at Starfire Sports Stadium. Mathers's penalty makes it 2-nil in the 38th minute, but the Energy, despite playing a man down, tie it with four minutes left. In the 90th minute, Olsen curls his shot inside the far post for the winner. Mathers goes on to score 11 goals, becoming the S2 career leader with 14.

Will Bruin scores the game's lone goal in his first encounter with his former club, and the Sounders win for the third time in four matches at CenturyLink Field. Bruin, Houston's all-time scoring leader acquired in an offseason trade, heads in a cross from Cristian Roldan in the 69th minute to beat the Dynamo, 1-0. Seattle is playing without both Clint Dempsey and Jordan Morris, both on duty with the USMNT for World Cup qualifiers.

Milo Barton and Paul Rothrock score for Sounders FC Academy in a 2-1 win over Colorado Rapids in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs at Carson, Calif. It's the highest finish to date for the SFC Academy. SFC had beaten Crossfire Premier, 3-2, in the quarterfinals before falling to LA Galaxy, 3-2 in extra time, in the semifinals.

In his first match back as USMNT manager of a competitive match, Bruce Arena starts Clint Dempsey and is rewarded with a hat trick in a 6-0 rout of Honduras at San Jose. Dempsey joins in the scoring in the 32nd minute, from an assist by Christian Pulisic, making it 3-0. He adds the Americans' fifth and sixth goal, rounding the keeper in the 49th minute and connecting on a 23-yard free kick in the 54th. Dempsey had been sidelined since August by an irregular heartbeat and starts only because of injuries to Christian Pulisic and Jordan Morris. Four days later at Panama, Dempsey's goal allows the U.S. to come home with a 1-1 draw.

Henry Wingo's first professional goal takes all the points and completes a Sounders FC 2 season sweep of Portland, 2-1 at Providence Park. Wingo beats two defenders and bends his 18-yard shot around T2 keeper Wade Hamilton in the 73rd minute. Sam Rogers gives Seattle the lead by heading in a Zach Mathers free kick in the 58th. Bill Tuiloma replies for Portland. S2 wins all three meetings with their rivals yet go winless over the final eight matches, missing the USL playoffs.

Clint Dempsey's fourth goal in three matches comes in the fourth minute of stoppage time as Seattle wins for the sixth time in seven outings, 2-1 over visiting Minnesota. A corner kick by Seattle's Joevin Jones floats into the box, and Minnesota's Jermaine Taylor is called for a handball. Dempsey drills his kick past Bobby Shuttleworth for his 11th goal of the year. Chad Marshall also scores for the Sounders who tie a club record by extending their unbeaten streak to nine games (6-0-3). A club-record shutout streak ends at 421 minutes on a goal by Minnesota's Ethan Finlay in the 21st minute.

Former Sounders captain Adrian Webster and popular forward David Butler return to Seattle to raise the Golden Scarf prior to the Sounders-Minnesota match. It's the 40th anniversary week of Seattle's first trip to a championship match, the 2-1 loss to Pele and the Cosmos in Soccer Bowl '77. Webster and Butler are among nine players from that squad hosted by Washington State Legends of Soccer at pre-game and in-game events.

Mariah Van Halm scores the game-winner as Issaquah rallies from a goal down to send-off the retiring Tom Bunnell a winner with a 2-1 triumph over Central Valley of Spokane in the girls' 4A state championship at Sparks Stadium. Central Valley takes a 1-0 lead on Kaelyn Barnes's strike in the 24th minute. Within a three-minutes pan the Eagles go in front. In the 27th minute Catey Nelson sends a twisting header at the right post on a pass from Van Halm. In the 30th minute, Van Halm cooly slots in her 22nd goal of the season. It's Bunnell’s final game as coach after 14 years. Issaquah, which dethroned Camas in the semifinal, gets its second 4A title in three years. The Eagles also own three 3A crowns.

No. 23 Seattle University punches its ticket to the NCAA tournament by claiming the WAC automatic berth with a 2-1 win over San Jose State in the conference final at Las Vegas. Nathan Aune (35') and Alex Roldan (75') supply the offense for the Redhawks, who had been runner-up to Air Force during the regular season. It's the third tournament berth for SU since 2013.

Oscar Jimenez, a former standout for Mount Vernon High School and Western Washington, wins a USL Championship title in his first year with Louisville City. Jimenez, 28, starts and plays the entire match, hitting the third penalty kick in the victory over New York Red Bulls II, 1-1 (4-3), before over 14,000 at Louisville Slugger Stadium.

Cristian Roldan gets the go-ahead goal in the 78th minute and the Seattle Sounders wipe-out a three-goal deficit in the second half to beat D.C. United, 4-3. Will Bruin, Brad Evans and Gustav Svensson also score for Seattle, with all four goals coming in a 27-minute span. Roldan takes Bruin's pass, maneuvers around United's Steve Birnbaum and scores from 12 yards. Sounders play the final two minutes of regulation and four minutes of stoppage time with 10 men after Nicolas Lodeiro is sent off.

Ella Dederick denies three straight shootout attempts while Washington State scores its first three penalties, pushing the Cougars into the third round of the NCAA tournament with an upset of No. 20 Tennessee, 2-2 (3-1) at Gainesville, Fla. Morgan Weaver and Kelsee Crenshaw score in regulation for WSU, which stunned No. 8 Central Florida, 1-0, in Orlando a week earlier with an own goal. No. 16 and host Florida finally beats Wazzu, 1-0, in overtime Nov. 19.

Gabriel Ruiz scores eight minutes into overtime, and No. 22 Seattle University edges Washington, 3-2, in the first round of the NCAA tournament at a chilly Husky Soccer Stadium. Alex Roldan finds Ruiz and the freshman's 15-yard shot takes a deflection and curls into the top right corner. The Huskies score first and last in regulation. Kyle Coffee and Elijah Rice, in the 80th minute, do the honors. Habib Barry and Sergio Rivas also score for SU. In the second round, Akron ousts Seattle U, 3-0.

Seattle loses Clint Dempsey to an early red card yet seems undiminished in beating Colorado, 3-0, to complete the regular season at CenturyLink Field. Nicolas Lodeiro scores a pair of second-half goals for the Sounders, who get their third win in four matches while scoring 10 goals. Dempsey is sent off for swinging an elbow into an opponent's head 15 minutes after Will Bruin's opener. With the win Seattle finishes one point ahead of Vancouver, which it will meet in the conference semifinals. It's Stefan Frei's record 13th shutout.

Second-half scores from Vincent Duyungan and Avery Jacobson earn Roosevelt the state boys' 3A championship, 2-0 over Snohomish at Puyallup. Duyungan puts the Roughriders in front in the 45th minute and Jacobson seals it just seconds from the end. It's Roosevelt's first trip to the state final and the first championship by a Seattle school since the inaugural 3A tournament and Nathan Hale in 1985. Snohomish had won two of the last three 4A state championships and finished fourth at the 2016 4A tournament.

Eddie Na's furious goal assault continues with a brace in Pacific Lutheran's ninth straight win, 4-1 over Linfield. With the two goals in the final 15 minutes, Na overtakes Brian Gardner for the Lutes' career lead with 50. Na has scored 10 times during the win streak, including three multi-goal performances.

Jordan Morris scores the tie-breaking goal in the 88th minute, lifting the United States over Jamaica, 2-1, in the Concacaf Gold Cup final at Santa Clara, Calif. It's the Americans' sixth Gold Cup title and first since 2013. Earlier in the tournament Morris had scored twice in a 3-2 group stage win over Martinique.

A record 13-save performance by Tyler Miller is not enough as Phoenix Rising defeats Sounders 2, 1-0, in what proves to be the final home match played at Starfire Sports Stadium. In three seasons at Starfire, S2 averages 1,428 fans, although that attendance dips to 966 in 2017.

Chloe Williams scores her Big Sky-record 43rd goal as Eastern Washington wins its second consecutive conference tournament championship, 3-0 over Northern Colorado, in Cheney. The Eagles, who also won the regular season title, secure their record 16th win. Williams also scores in the NCAA first-round loss at USC.

Mercer Island cruises to the 3A girls' championship behind the hat trick of Jessie Stenberg, beating previously perfect Stadium, 4-1, at Sparks Stadium. Stenberg opens the scoring in the 15th minute and makes it 2-nil in the 23rd. Stadium responds on Ella Nadeau's tally a minute later but before halftime Emily Arron restores the MI margin. Stenberg completes her hat trick in the 75th minute. It's Mercer Island's first title after twice finishing runner-up.

Gonzaga men's coach Einar Thorarinsson, who guided the Bulldogs to a pair of NCAA appearances in his 23 years, announces his retirement. A native of Iceland, Thorarinsson has been a central figure in Spokane soccer for decades. He also coached at Whitworth, for both men and women, before joining GU in 1995. The Zags won West Coast Conference championships in 1997 and '98 and made the Division I tournament in 2001 and '07. Paul Meehan, Thorarinsson's assistant, is chosen as his replacement.

Seattle Sounders FC and the Tacoma Rainiers announce that they have reached a Memorandum of Understanding, progressing to build a 5,000-seat, soccer-specific stadium on the footprint of Cheney Stadium in central Tacoma. The proposed site is set to be the future home of Sounders FC's rebranded USL franchise, which would be co-managed by the Rainiers.

Western Washington moves on to the West Regional final for the fifth time in six years with a 2-0 victory over Sonoma State at Harrington Field. Grace Eversaul gets the Vikings' 36th minute opener and Karli White adds insurance late. It's the 14th shutout and 18th win in 19 games. WWU, defeated at UC San Diego, 2-0, completes the season allowing only eight goals.

It's a sudden change at the top for Seattle Reign, with Laura Harvey resigning as coach and GM and being replaced by ex-Kansas City coach Vlatko Andonovski, 41, on the same day. Harvey, 37, had led the Reign since its inception, taking the team to the best record in NWSL in 2014 and runner-up finishes in 2014 and '15. Andonovski's FCKC had beaten Seattle in both finals. Harvey moves to Utah, where the Kansas City shifted following the season.

Will Bruin and Gustav Svensson lead a banged-up Sounders to a 2-0 road win to open the Western Conference finals against 10-man Houston. Playing without Stefan Frei, Osvaldo Alonso and Jordan Morris, Seattle gets the all-important opener from Svensson in the 11th minute. Former Sounder Jalil Anibaba is sent off in the 28th minute and former Dynamo Bruin increases the lead shortly before halftime. Tyler Miller makes three saves to earn his first career shutout. Seattle proceeds to win, 3-0, at home to book a return trip to MLS Cup.

Clint Dempsey blasts home left-footed shot from the box top for the series lead later delivers the series clincher as the Sounders vanquish Vancouver, 2-0, at CenturyLink Field. Seattle goes through to the Western Conference finals, 2-0, on aggregate. Dempsey, who missed the first leg on a suspension, lowers the boom on the Whitecaps in the 56th minute. He doubles the lead in the 88th. It's the first career postseason multi-goal game for Dempsey.

Gabriela Pelogi strikes the decisive blow, scoring a golden goal with six minutes left in overtime to fuel No. 12 Western Washington's third straight GNAC championship, 1-0 over Concordia at Portland. The defending NCAA champion Vikings avenge their only regular season loss reach the Division II tournament for the sixth straight year.

For the second year in a row Seattle is unable to generate much of an attack in the MLS Cup final at Toronto, but there are no game-saving heroics this time around. Toronto gets second-half goals from Jozy Altidore (67') and Victor Vasquez (90+4') to win the championship, 2-0, before 30,584 frozen fans at BMO Field. Stefan Frei makes nine saves to keep the Reds at bay before Altidore breaks through. Sounders FC had not allowed a goal in six previous regular season and playoff matches. They are out-shot 22-7. Temperature at first kick is 34 degrees and dropping.

A come from behind, 3-1, victory over Corban effectively puts Northwest University into the NAIA women's tournament for the first time at Springfield, Ore. The Eagles, getting goals from Rylee Rassier and Katie Michkiosky, make the Cascade Collegiate Conference final. This is the second straight year the Eagles have battled their way to the title game. They are eliminated by Vanguard, 4-0, in Costa Mesa, Calif. on Nov. 18.

Clint Dempsey, whose career future was in doubt a year earlier, is named MLS Comeback Player of the Year after scoring 12 goals and adding five assists during the regular season. Dempsey missed the final two months of the 2016 regular season and all of the playoffs after being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat.

Damien Dennis's header from a Zac Christensen free kick 14:52 into overtime gives Walla Walla a 5-4 home victory over Multnomah and snaps a 45-game losing streak for the NAIA program. Emmett Semple scores two goals for the Wolves, who notch their first-ever Cascade Conference win. WW had not won since Oct. 18, 2014, also vs. Multnomah. Eight of the losses during the drought had been by 11 or more goals.

Sounders FC Academy gets a penalty save from Jake Stone and the clinching shootout conversion from Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez to win the U14 Sheffield (formerly known as Youdan) Trophy over Everton FC in Sheffield, England, 1-1 (4-2). Ethan Dobbelaere gives Seattle the lead midway through the first half. A late Toffees equalizer forces the tiebreaker. Ocampo-Chavez earns the tournament's Golden Boot with eight goals. The Sounders Discovery Program U12s win the third-place match with a 2-1 win over Japan's Kawasaki Frontale. Oscar Rincon and Reed Baker-Whiting score.

An early goal holds up as Washington State bumps off No. 2-ranked UCLA, 1-0, in Pullman. Maegan O'Neill taps home a loose ball in the fourth minute, dealing the Bruins their first loss in 15 games. Ella Dederick makes five saves to earn the shutout. It's the Cougars' biggest upset since beating No. 2 Washington in 2000.

Although the attack falls silent, Seattle gets another road result by drawing at Dallas, 0-0, to extend the club-record unbeaten streak to 13 games. Stefan Frei's biggest stop comes in the 42nd minute off Kellyn Acosta, diving left to push it around the post. It's Frei's 10th shutout, five coming during the 10-week run (6-0-7). Sounders play without injured Jordan Morris or Chad Marshall on muggy, 96-degree night in Frisco, Tex.

For the first time in club history, Sounders FC comes from three goals down to earn a result, drawing 3-3 with New England at CenturyLink Field. Osvaldo Alonso's 88th-minute equalizer unleashes pandemonium among the crowd of 43,230. Juan Agudelo's second goal makes it 3-0 for the Revs in the 54th minute, but Seattle begins chipping away. Nicolas Lodeiro's deflected shot finds the net in the 75th and Will Bruin pulls the Rave within a goal in the 85th.

Megan Rapinoe's goal is part of a late United States rally that overcomes a two-goal deficit to defeat Brazil, 4-3, at the Tournament of Nations in San Diego. After Christen Press closes the gap, Rapinoe's 85' blast ties it and Julie Ertz wins it four minutes later. It's the first international goal in two years for Rapinoe, who also has two assists. She scores again four days later in a 3-0 win over Japan.

Seattle Sounders FC and the Tacoma Rainiers announce that beginning in 2018, Sounders FC 2 (S2) will play its home matches at Cheney Stadium. It marks the return of professional soccer to Tacoma after 26 years. The MISL Tacoma Stars operated at the Tacoma Dome from 1983-92. Cheney Stadium hosted the ASL Tides in 1976. During its first three seasons, S2's home has been Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila.

Sounders FC signs two 21-year-old local players formerly in their academy program, Seyi Adekoya and Henry Wingo, to Homegrown contracts. Adekoya is a three-time all-Pac-12 selection at UCLA. He attended Lakeside High and also played for Crossfire Premier. Wingo is a two-time all-Pac-12 honoree at Washington. He is a Shorecrest High graduate and played club for Puget Sound Gunners, Crosssfire and Northwest Nationals.

Former Reign captain Keelin Winters, 28, announces her retirement, effective at the end of the NWSL season. Winters had helped hold down defensive midfield since the inaugural 2013 season. The former U.S. youth international had also played for the 2012 Sounders Women. In all, Winters plays 87 matches for Seattle.

Washington’s Department of Health reports that a group of players who developed cancer did not do so at a higher-than-expected rate, compared with all players of a similar age range and playing experience. The DOH study was prompted by the 2014 concern that the exposure to crumb rubber infill in artificial turf fields might be causing cancer in an unusually high number of players, especially goalkeepers. Research, conducted with the University of Washington School of Public Health, studied players statewide who were ages 6-24 between 2002-2015.

Thousands of players and spectators begin descending into Redmond's 60 Acres Soccer Complex for the U.S. Youth Soccer Region IV (West) Championships. The championships are expected to draw more than 4,000 players and an estimated 14,000 spectators. The tournament runs through June 25 and has attracted about 225 boys’ and girls’ teams, ages U13 through U19/20. The USYSA regional last came to 60 Acres in 2004.

U.S. Soccer's premier women's event, the Tournament of Nations, begins with a doubleheader at CenturyLink Field featuring four of the world's top 10 ranked national teams. In the marquee match, Tameka Butt scores in the 67th minute of Australia's 1-0 upset of the United States before 15,748. Moments after the goal, Seattle Reign's Megan Rapinoe crosses to Carli Lloyd who is saved by Lydia Williams, Reign goalkeeper. In the first match Japan and Brazil draw, 1-1. Japan's Yuka Momiki and Brazil's Camila score. Both are substitutes.

Seattle Reign's four-year run at Memorial Stadium comes to a close versus Kansas City, with a 1-0 loss eliminating them from playoff contention for the second year in a row before 4,991. Seattle sags down the stretch, going 1-3-1. It also turns out to be the final Reign match at Memorial, where they were 28-4-13 after going the first 27 matches unbeaten (19-0-8).

Seattle squanders a 4-goal lead but Megan Rapinoe rescues the Reign by completing her hat trick to hold off Sky Blue, 5-4, at Memorial Stadium. A 1-nil halftime lead quickly mushrooms after Rapinoe scores her second from the spot and Beverly Yanez and an own goal make it 4-0. By the 76th minute Sam Kerr ties it up. Rapinoe wins it on a pass from Katelyn Johnson in the 87th minute. Her 12 goals is one more than Kerr. It's the first nine-goal game in Reign history.

Rachel Ross assists on the first goal and scores the second as Pacific Lutheran nets three goals in the first 18 minutes and goes on to beat Whittier, 4-0, in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament at Thousand Oaks, Calif. The Lutes, who repeated as Northwest Conference champion, also get goals from Kaylie Rozell, Machaela Graddy and Briana Hunting. Natalie Robinson makes six saves in the fourth consecutive shutout and her 17th for PLU. The following night, Graddy's late breakaway forces overtime but Cal Lutheran prevails in the tiebreaker, 1-1 (5-4).

Clint Dempsey pulls level with Landon Donovan for United States men's national team goal-scoring record with a free kick in the 82nd minute that earns his side a 2-0 Gold Cup semifinal win over Costa Rica at Arlington, Tex. Dempsey hits a 27-yard free kick in the 82nd minute that curls around a four-man defensive wall and skips into the net on two bounces. It's his 57th international goal. In the 66th minute he came on as a substitute and immediately set-up Jozy Altidore, who breaks a 0-0 deadlock in the 72nd minute

Cliff McCrath and his first of five NCAA championship teams are inducted into the Seattle Pacific University Athletics Hall of Fame. During a 37-year tenure (1970-2007), McCrath coached the SPU men to five NCAA Division II soccer championships: 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1993. The Falcons played in 10 national title games altogether, were postseason participants 30 times, and put together 37 consecutive winning seasons. The 1978 team was the first from Washington to claim a soccer national championship at any level. At the Final Four in Miami they beat Southern Connecticut State in a triple-overtime , 1-0, then went double-OT in the next day's championship match to beat Alabama A&M, 1-0.

In a span of 15 first-half minutes Sounders FC leaves LA stunned with three goals on their way to the biggest road win in the series. Clint Dempsey heads home Nicolas Lodeiro's cross in the 29th and Jordan Morris caps the onslaught in the 44th minute. Ashley Cole's own goal while attempting to clear a Joevin Jones cross accounts for the other goal. Seattle had never previously won by three goals at the Galaxy.

Eastside FC 98 Red rolls to the Region IV championship at Redmond's 60 Acres, routing Utah Celtics, 6-0, in the U19 final. JoJo Harber and Alexa Kirton each score twice. The outcome is never in doubt after Harber opens the scoring the second minute and the gaps grows to 4-nil after 35 minutes. In all, Eastside outscores the opposition 23-1 while going 5-0-1. Seattle United 00 Copa lose the BU17 final to Cal North’s Sporting, 2-1, and Washington Premier 99 Black fall in the BU18 final, 4-0 to Cal South's West Coast.

A penalty kick by JJ Allen in the 49th minute proves the difference in the boys' 4A state final as Todd Beamer High School defeats Pasco, 2-1, at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup. It's the first state title in any sport for Beamer, which opened in 2003. The game's first two goals come in the first 15 minutes. A Pasco free kick in the third minute finds the head of David Uribe. At 14:47 Mark Filmonov hits from 30 yards to tie it for Beamer.