Seattle's DeAndre Yedlin, three years into his play in England, scores his first Premier League goal for Newcastle. Yedlin comes forward from his right back position to finish a cross from Salomón Rondón in the 30th minute of a 2-1 loss at Manchester City. It is the first Premier League goal by a U.S. international in four years. In his previous outing, Yedlin figured both ways in a 2-1 loss to Chelsea, assisting on one goal and committing an own goal.

Oscar Jimenez scores Louisville City's first goal as the USL Championship side upsets the New England Revolution, 3-2, in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup in Louisville. Jimenez later assists on the first LouCity goal in a 2-1 quarterfinal win over USL Nashville on June 20. Louisville is eliminated by Chicago in the quarterfinals.

Dominating the final quarter, the Tacoma Stars open the MASL playoffs by beating San Diego, 5-2, at ShoWare Center. It's the Stars' fourth straight win and ends a six-game losing streak against the perennial power Sockers. Taylor Bond's goal with 11:19 left puts Tacoma ahead, 3-2. Jamael Cox and Raphael Cox close out the scoring. Two nights later in San Diego, the Sockers win Game 2, 9-3, and the deciding mini game, 6-2.

Kirkland's Northwest University moves on to the NAIA women's quarterfinals by blanking Cardinal Stritch, 1-0, in Orange Beach, Al. Kat Sanchez makes seven saves before Bailey Travis heads home a feed from Stephanie Wilson in the 81st minute. The Eagles fall to Keiser (Fl.), 4-0, two days later. It ends the most successful season since the program started in 2006.

Ending a month-long scoring drought, Blake Bodily scores and Ethan Bartlow notches his first collegiate tally as No. 25 Washington beats No. 22 Oregon State, 2-0, in the regular-season finale for both teams at Husky Soccer Stadium. A four-match win string lifts UW to 12-7-0, and a day later Washington gets its third straight NCAA bid.

For the second time in eight days, Seattle Reign strikes first in Portland, only to have the Tobin Heath, Lindsey Horan and the Thorns overtake them. After finishing the regular season against their rivals, the Reign return for their NWSL semifinal and fall, 2-1. Jasmyne Spencer stakes Seattle to a lead, but Heath replies just before the interval. Horan, the league MVP, scores her fourth goal of the season vs. the Reign in the 77th minute. Christine Sinclair's cross meets Horan's forehead and the ball deflects off the post and into the net.

Rocky Fresh of Camas’s Salmon Creek TS accepts his award for 2018 National TOPSoccer Coach of the Year at the U.S. Youth Soccer Association gala in Chicago. Fresh coaches East Clark County children with special needs. The award is given to a volunteer who, according to USYSA, “demonstrates patience, understanding, dependability, flexibility and ability to adjust to ever-changing on-field situations.” TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) is a national, community-based training and team placement program that helps differently-abled children learn how to play.

Washington State Legends of Soccer launches its free online museum. Thanks to DCG One and donations from boards members and wider community, WA Legends can now share an unabridged, evolving history of the sport in Washington. It begins with test, images and in some cases video from 14 past years. However, the objective will be to eventually cover the game to its very roots, dating to the late 19th century.

Seattle-based referee Ekaterina Koroleva is named one of three U.S. officials at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, which begins November 13 in Uruguay. Koroleva is one of 15 referees. Koroleva goes on to call one group stage match and the Japan-New Zealand quarterfinal.

Seattle's new-look Reign gets out of the gate with a 2-1 home win over Washington at Memorial Stadium. It's the club's first game under Vlatko Andonovski after five seasons under Laura Harvey. Megan Rapinoe wastes no time scoring the season's first goal in the seventh minute. Rapinoe also assists on the second. England international Jodie Taylor debuts with what proves to be the game-winner in the 35th minute.

A gutsy performance from Washington State earns a hard-fought draw, 1-1, with undefeated and No. 1 Stanford in Pullman. It's the first WSU result vs. a top-ranked team in nine contests all-time. Short-handed Wazzu nearly weathers a punishing attack (19 shots) by the Cardinal in the opening half while falling behind 1-nil. In the 76th minute, Morgan Weaver intercepts a pass just outside the 18 and scores the equalizer. Stanford had not allowed a goal in more than a month. Rachel Thompson stops nine shots and her defense clears another three shots on goal.

Rooted in the NASL era, the most heated and celebrated rivalry in MLS celebrates a golden milestone as the Sounders visit PGE Park for the 100th meeting. It is nearly 43 years to the day – May 2, 1975 – since the two teams first met on the professional level. Seattle won that round on the same ground. This time around, the Timbers prevail, 1-0, after which Seattle leads the all-time series 50-36-14 across all competitions.

With attendance on the decline, Kitsap Pumas owner Robin Waite ceases club operations after 10 seasons. The Bremerton club had begun as a USL Premier Development League franchise, then moved to the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in 2017. Waite said Kitsap needed to average crowds of 1,000-1,500, but only 150 attended the final home game.

Mexican champion Chivas pulls away in the second half of their CCL second leg quarterfinal with Seattle Sounders in Guadalajara, winning 3-0 (3-1 on aggregate). Playing without playmaker Nico Lodeiro, Seattle then loses Will Bruin and Chad Marshall to injuries. Oswaldo Alanis hits a free kick in the 50th minute to cancel out Clint Dempsey's first-leg goal. Five minutes later, Javier Lopez puts the Goats ahead and Jose Godinez ensures matters in the 80th minute. Chivas goes on to win the Champions League on penalties.

Freshman goalkeeper Riley Travis shatters the Seattle Pacific single-game record with 16 saves in backstopping a 0-0 draw at Chico State. Travis faces the Wildcats' 31-shot barrage to extend the season-opening scoreless run to 290 minutes. She surpasses the previous record, set by Molly Stinson in 2016, by three saves.

Spokane Shadow completes an undefeated regular season by drawing at home with Kitsap Pumas, 1-1. Chase Reidt's volley from 30 yards puts Spokane ahead in the 66th minute. Tomas Jamett levels it with two minutes to go. It turns out to be the Pumas final outing. The Shadow win the NPSL Northwest Division at 7-0-5.

A fast start fueled by Jaret Townsend results in No. 23 Washington nipping No. 14 Akron, 2-0, at Husky Soccer Stadium. Townsend scores a goal and adds an assist in the first 12 minutes for the Huskies' third straight win.

Seattle is included in the list of 23 finalist cities chosen as potential hosts for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Seventeen of the venues are in the United States, with the others in Canada and Mexico. The Sounders led MLS in overall attendance their first eight years of operation before falling to No. 2 behind Atlanta last season. Seattle did not rank among the finalist for the 1994 World Cup.

FC Mulhouse of Portland finally solves the Spokane Shadow, winning their NPSL West Region quarterfinal, 2-1, at Spokane Falls CC. It's the first loss of the year for the Shadow, who had been 1-0-2 vs. FCM during the regular season. Spokane takes the on a goal from Mike Ramos, but the visitors tied it in the 10th minute and got the winner just before halftime.

A golden goal caps a furious comeback and propels Western Washington past host Concordia, 3-2, in a second-round NCAA women's match in Portland. The Vikings trail 2-nil with less than five minutes remaining in regulation but score twice in 63 seconds to force overtime. The rally begins with senior defender Hattie North connecting with net from 23 yards out at 85:20. With the Vikings pressing after the ensuing kickoff, Gabriela Pelogi gains possession and beats the keeper from 18 yards at 86:23 with her 45th career goal. In the eighth minute of sudden death, Emily Bunnell heads home the improbable winner.

India Jencks breaks open a scoreless stalemate to give Gonzaga its first away win over Seattle University at Championship Field. After outshooting the Redhawks 9-1 in the first half, the Zags finally go in front in the 75th minute when Jencks collects the rebound of a blocked shot for her fourth goal of the young season. The Bulldogs, who have not allowed a goal over the last 277 minutes, get a two-save shutout from Isabel Jones.

A close contest erupts into a one-sided blowout for Washington State in its NCAA first round game against Montana. The Cougars shell the Grizzlies for four second-half goals, twice scoring three minutes apart, in a 5-1 win in Pullman. Morgan Weaver scores in her fourth straight contest and totals 13 for the year. Maddy Haro picks up her 14th and 15th assists of the season to extend her single-season record. WSU falls to No. 2-seeded Georgetown, 1-0, in the second round.

Hosting 2026 World Cup matches in Seattle could cost the city over $10 million, according to estimates from Mayor Jenny Durkan's office. However, the estimates of $10.5M for five games would almost entirely offset by reimbursements from FIFA. Stadium security is the biggest expense, at $1.3M per game.

Seattle University takes an unusual path to claim its fourth WAC tournament championship, upsetting top seed UM Kansas City in the title game at Orem, Ut. Kelsey Vogel scores the game's only goal a penalty kick late in the first half after Mikaela Morey is taken down in the box. The third-seeded Redhawks had won their first three WAC titles as the top seed. Each championship has come at UMKC's expense.

Forty-five minutes from an embarrassing elimination, Seattle erupts for four second-half goals to eliminate Santa Tecla, 4-0 (5-2 on aggregate), in the Champions League Round of 16. Will Bruin opens the floodgates a minute after intermission, and Clint Dempsey serves up a rare Nico Lodeiro for the go-ahead goal in the 69th minute. Chad Marshall and Magnus Wolff Eikrem tack-on goals in the final 10 minutes.

Despite playing a man down for the final hour, Seattle Sounders Academy comes from behind to take the U17 Generation adidas Cup Premier Division at Frisco, Tx., 2-1 over New York Red Bulls. In the eighth minute, NYRB goes on top on a penalty kick. Seattle responds with sustained pressure and levels it in the 13th minute. Left back Connor Drought comes forward, going to the endline before a cut-back to Marlon Vargas for his fourth goal of the tournament. In the 29th minute a midfield tackle results in a red card for Ray Serrano. Yet in the 61st minute substitute Alec Diaz breaks down the right side. From a tight angle Diaz finds the far post for the lead. Vargas wins the Premier Division Golden Ball, totaling four goals and five assists.

Western Washington gets its second win in 11 days over a top-10 opponent with a 2-1 result vs. No. 7 Colorado School of Mines in Bellingham. Senior Gabriela Pelogi scores to put the 15th-ranked Vikings ahead in the 15th minute, and freshman Dayana Diaz converts a penalty kick. Western had beaten then-No. 7 MSU Denver on Sept. 8.

Morgan Weaver's hat trick extends Washington State's mastery of the Apple Cup with a 3-1 victory over Washington in Pullman. The Cougars extend their unbeaten streak to 15 games against the Huskies. Weaver sets things in motion in the 11th minute, gets the eventual winner in the 62nd and seals the deal in the 88th. On the latter she is sprung by Maddy Haro's long ball upfield. Weaver outruns the UW defense, latches onto it and rounds the keeper to score.

Sounders 2 heats up on a hot night and delivers a 3-0 beating to Las Vegas Lights to snap a six-game losing skid at Cheney Stadium. It's still 90 degrees when Antonee Burke-Gilroy breaks through with a brilliant solo effort at 74 seconds. David Estrada, a 60th minute substitute, buries a penalty kick at 68’ and, four minutes later, he chips a through ball to Lamar Neagle, who's on loan from Seattle.

Finally ending a win drought of more than two months, Sounders 2 finishes the season with a 4-1 win at Tulsa. David Estrada scores his 11th goal of the season early for the visitors to go in front in the second half. Antonee Burke-Gilroy and David Olsen pile on in the final half-hour in the battle of West cellar dwellers. S2 had entered the game winless (0-7-5) in 12.

Dominique Bond-Flasza, a former Washington Husky, converts the decisive penalty kick to send Jamaica to its first FIFA Women's World Cup. The Reggae Girlz earn third place in Concacaf qualifying with a 2-2 (4-2) result against Panama in the third-place game at Frisco, Tx. Jamaica becomes the first Caribbean nation to qualify for the World Cup. Bond-Flasza, 22, and Mireya Grey, 19, teammates at both UW and Sounders Women, are both named to World Cup squad, along with former Reign midfielder Havana Solaun.

Added-time goals by Nicolas Lodeiro and Will Bruin deliver Seattle from certain defeat at Minnesota and extend the win streak to four games with a 2-1 win. After United handball, Lodeiro converts from the spot in the 91st minute. Bruin's improbable winner comes on a chip in the seventh minute of stoppage time Seattle is riding a seven-game unbeaten streak (5-0-2). Lodeiro and Bruin have combined to score seven of the team's last 11 goals during the run.

A three-goal lead is squandered and Seattle University's postseason hopes are dashed with a WAC semifinal exit. San Jose State storms back to oust the Redhawks on their home field, 3-3 (6-5). Noe Meza, Kees Westra and Connor Noblat score to put SU up 3-0 early in the second half before the Spartans respond. First they score twice in 44 seconds, then force overtime with 2:24 remaining before prevailing on penalties.

Stretching its unbeaten run to nine games, No. 18 Western Washington defeats No. 6 and GNAC rival Concordia, 2-1, at Harrington Field. The Vikings strike first in the 38th minute through sophomore Alice Hiebert. After the visitors tie it, sophomore Grace Eversaul nods in the game-winner from Peyton Chick. WWU is 8-0-1 since a loss to Concordia in Portland and goes on to clinch the conference regular season title by one point over the Cavaliers.

Megan Rapinoe wears the captain's armband and scores her seventh international goal of the year as the U.S. beats Jamaica, 6-0, in the Concacaf semifinal in Frisco, Tx. The USWNT goes on to win the final and finish the year 18-0-2. Rapinoe leads the team with 12 assists, tying her career best.

The Sounders' RAVE Foundation opens its flagship free-to-play soccer field, in Seattle's Yesler Terrace Park. It is the foundation's first play area, which will be installed in underserved communities across the state. The outdoor gathering space features an event plaza, basketball court and a soccer field. Yesler Terrace Park lies at the crossroads between the city's Pioneer Square, Chinatown-International District and First Hill and will serve as an anchor for soccer activities in the community.

Seattle Reign nearly pulls off an upset of faraway NWSL leading North Carolina before settling for a draw. It what proves to be the final game at Memorial Stadium after five seasons, the Reign draw, 1-1, before 4,455. Although the once-beaten Courage dominate possession and chances, a corner kick from Jessica Fishlock finds the head of Theresa Nielsen for a 1-nil lead in the 67th minute. Lydia Williams and the defense keep its tight until the sixth minute of stoppage time. Lynn Williams scores on Carolina's 29th shot.

Raul Ruidiaz and the Sounders continue on their tear at Vancouver while claiming Seattle's first Cascadia Cup since 2015. Ruidiaz tallies twice in the first half before an MLS franchise record-breaking crowd of 27,863 at BC Place. He finishes a quick combination involving Kelvin Leerdam and Cristian Roldan in the 21st minute, then catches the Whitecaps keeper outside his box and taps into an open net three minutes before half. It's a record ninth straight win (2-1) for the Sounders, now unbeaten in 12 (10-0-2) and up to fifth in the West following a disastrous start.

Garfield comes from a goal down in the final 12 minutes to dethrone Metro League rival Roosevelt for the boys' 3A championship at Sparks Stadium. A corner kick from Avery Jacobson finds Hayden Barnow near the left post for the Roughriders in the fifth minute. Not until the 68th does Tommy Tolgu tie it for the Bulldogs. With two minutes left in regulation, Josh Chestnut hits a header from Oscar Harding's long free kick for the winner. Brian Doherty makes six second-half saves to help Garfield win its first crown.

Seattle Reign FC acquires U.S. international midfielder Allie Long from Portland as part of a three-way trade involving Sky Blue FC. It's the first trade during Vlatko Andonovski's coaching tenure. Long totaled 30 goals and 13 assists in five season with the Thorns, making two NWSL Best XIs while winning two championships.

Bethany Balcer continues her fine, late-season form with a brace in a WPSL playoff-opening victory for Seattle Sounders Women at Starfire. Balcer scores in the 49th and 63rd minutes of a 4-3 win over L.A. Villa. Sounders Women had won the divisional title by going 6-0-1.

Western Washington celebrates a Senior Night takedown of Simon Fraser, the No. 1-ranked team in NCAA Division II, at Harrington Field. The Vikings, blanked by the Clan, 3-0, on Oct. 14 in Burnaby, B.C., never trail in their 2-1 upset. Senior defender Stephen Jinneman puts WWU up in the 27th minute by sliding into Drew Barker's corner kick to the far post. Western doubles the lead in the 70th minute when Christian Rotter beats a defender and fires home from 11 yards. Simon Fraser entered the game 16-0-0 while outscoring opponents 59-7.

The last kick of the regular season sends the Tacoma Stars into the MASL playoffs. Raphael Cox scores in overtime to defeat Kansas City, 7-6, in front of 3,320 at Kent's ShoWare Center. With three straight wins to end the season, the Stars finish 11-11. Down 4-3, Tacoma gets two goals from Cox and one by Vince McCluskey in the fourth quarter to finished knotted with the Comets, 6-6, at the end of regulation. The Stars begin overtime period on the power play, and it takes just 67 seconds for Cox to find the winner.

Sounders Academy forward Alfonso Ocampo scores the equalizer during a United States comeback win over Brazil at the 2018 International U17 Youth Tournament in Nantwich, England. The U.S. comes from 2-nil behind for their first win in the tournament. Ocampo Chavez ties it at 2-2 and Joseph Scally's penalty later wins it. Ocampo Chavez finishes the year with four goals, including an August 6 winner vs. Mexico.

Both Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan of Seattle Sounders are among the starters in the first U.S. National Team match of 2018, a 0-0 draw with Bosnia & Herzegovina in Carson, Ca. Federal Way's Kelyn Rowe comes on as a substitute. DeAndre Yedlin leads Washingtonians with five caps for the year, including his 50th international appearance March 27 vs. Paraguay.

Sam Hiatt of Newcastle leads the United States out to its first match at the FIFA U20 Women's World Cup. Hiatt, a junior at Stanford, is the captain of the squad, which falls to Japan, 1-0, in Concarneau, France. The U.S. takes third in its group and does not advance.

Goals from Saskia Slater on either side of halftime lift Skyline to a 2-1 triumph over Camas in the girls' 4A title match at Sparks Stadium. The Spartans, who started the season 4-6-1, rally after the Papermakers go in front. Jazzlyn Paulson finds the left corner from 10 yards in the 36th minute. Slater ties it three minutes later, pouncing on a rebound. Her winner in the 56th minute comes off a Calvert Lee feed. Skyline finishes the season on an 11-1-0 run for its fifth crown – tying Bellarmine – and first since 2012.

Oscar Jimenez helps set-up the decisive goal as Louisville City repeats as USL Championship champion by defeating Phoenix Rising, 1-0, at Lynn Stadium. Jimenez's corner kick finds the feet of Luke Spencer in the 62nd minute, when he scores from short range.

David Chavarin's goal early in the second half proves to be the winner, and Whitman earns a share of its first Northwest League title in 37 years by defeating Whitworth, 3-1, in Walla Walla. Two minutes after the Pirates eras an 1-nil deficit, Chavarin shoots low and firm inside the right post to put the Blues back in front at 53 minutes. Oscar Harding seals with a third goal just before full time. By virtue of head-to-head records, Pacific Lutheran receives the league's automatic NCAA tournament berth. The NWC title is the first for Whitman since winning it outright in 1981. The Blues finish on a 4-0-2 run after starting 1-3-0.

It made for compelling theater, but ultimately the Sounders season ends after 120 exhausting minutes, plus penalties, against Portland. The Timbers lose the second leg of the MLS West semifinal, 3-2, but prevail on penalties, 4-2, after the aggregate ends 3-3. Raul Ruidiaz rescues Seattle in the third minute of regulation stoppage time with his third goal of the series. Nico Lodeiro's penalty in extra time again pulls the Rave even. But Dairon Asprilla, who scored first in overtime, later gets the decisive penalty conversion.

Gig Harbor rallies for its first girls' 3A championship, finishing the season undefeated following a 2-1 win over Holy Names at Sparks Stadium. The Cougars, playing in their first final since 1999, find the net first, taking the lead on Julie Causbie's drive to the upper left corner from 19 yards in the 23rd minute. Alyssa Gray pulls the Tides level on the hour on a deflected shot. The deciding goal is a 13-yard effort by freshman Ashley Wright with four minutes left in regulation. Gig Harbor, a four-time runner-ip in the 90s, goes 23-0-0.

Othello Unified wins the Division I (five-on-five) gold medal at the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle. Othello, competing as Washington Huskies, avenges a pool play loss to Northern California, 1-0 at Championship Field. Josh Lembeke gets the game's only goal. Lembeke also scored in the semifinal win over Washington Titians, 3-2, in overtime. The state champions had 11 qualifying students ranging in age from 15-21 years. Joining Lembeke are Dusty Carlson, Hilario Murillo, Natasha Montejano, Vincent Montejano, Giselle Monroy, Rilee Heist, Carlos Murillo, Christian Quiroz, Candace Montejano and Hunter Sparks. with a 1-nil victory over that same team on Thursday. Division I Washington state champions had 11 qualifying students ranging in age from 15-21 years. The team includes Lembcke, Dusty Carlson, Hilario Murillo, Natasha Montejano, Vincent Montejano, Giselle Monroy, Rilee Heist, Carlos Murillo, Christian Quiroz, Candace Montejano and Hunter Sparks.But on Thursday, on the biggest stage he's ever played on, the day belonged to Lembcke

Seattle Pacific celebrates 50 seasons of men's play with 5-0 win over Hawaii Hilo at Interbay Stadium. Freshman Alden Massey nets three first-half goals before alumni are honored at midfield during halftime. A book is published to detail each of the 50 seasons and five NCAA Division II championships. One week later, the Falcons play their 1,000th match at Concordia.

Runner-up the year before, Pasco returns to the state boys' 4A championship game and goes the distance to defeat Skyline at Sparks Stadium. Ivan Ceja comes forward from defense to take possession and then hit the match-winning strike in the fourth minute of overtime of a 1-0 victory. Ceja's shot comes just moments after the Spartans' Emmet Bowler hits the underside of the crossbar and bounces in front of the goal line.

Gonzaga claims its first-ever women's victory over Portland to complete their second straight 10-win season. On a cold, rainy night at Luger Field, the Zags break through in the 54th minute. India Jencks scores from a feed from Jodi Ulkekul. Drew Williams gets the shutout. The Bulldogs were picked eighth in the WCC Preseason Poll and ended the season going 5-1-2 over the final eight. They had been 0-25-1 vs. the Pilots since the program's inception.

Back after missing three games due to injury, Megan Rapinoe hits Sky Blue for a brace to move the Reign (4-1-1) up to second in the NWSL table. After Jess Fishlock is celebrated for her 100th club appearance, Steph Catley puts a ball in the box for Jodie Taylor to head home in the fifth minute. Rapinoe scores the next two, the first from the edge of the box, then a chip to make it 3-nil. Allie Long gets the fourth with five minutes left.

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.

Will Bruin's brace lifts Seattle Sounders out of their doldrums and into the win column for only the second time in eight matches for an Independence Day victory at Colorado, 2-1, to start a three-game road trip. Bruin bags the game-winner in the 59th minute, beating Tim Howard following a Rapids turnover. Stefan Frei returns from injury to make a spectacular save on Shkëlzen Gashi in the final minutes.

Washington State's perfect start continues as the 14th-ranked Cougars open Pac-12 play with a 1-0 win at No. 8 UCLA. A strike in the 61st minute by junior Morgan Weaver is the difference. Rachel Thompson's makes a career-best nine saves. WSU is off to its best-ever start at 8-0-0 while also breaking the record for consecutive wins. The Cougs eventually get to 10-0-0.

Jodie Taylor bags her first brace on this side of the Atlantic to put Seattle Reign back into the NWSL playoffs. The Reign beats Houston, 2-0, on a night thick with haze from wildfires in British Columbia and California. Taylor strikes twice, three minutes apart, early in the second half. She has nine goals, including four during the current four-game unbeaten run.

A golden goal from Makenna Wheeler sends Northwest University past No. 5-ranked Vanguard, 1-0, in the opening round of the NAIA national tournament in Costa Mesa, Ca. A Jaclyn Metz corner kick reaches Wheeler in the fourth minute of extra time.

A sold-out Cheney Stadium roars approval of Sounders 2's arrival in Tacoma, and the team responds with a 2-1 win over Portland Timbers 2. The visitors strike first, but goals two minutes apart from Felix Chenkam and Nick Hinds bring the crowd of 6,049 to its feet at the halftime whistle. Calle Brown's three saves preserve the 2-1, season-opening victory.

Sigi Schmid, coach of Sounders FC for its first six and a half seasons, dies in Los Angeles. He was 65. Schmid passes three weeks after being hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center in need of a heart transplant. He was the winningest coach in MLS history (266 in regular season and playoffs) and won MLS Cup titles in Los Angeles and Columbus before coming to Seattle. Under Schmid, the Sounders won four U.S. Open Cups and a Supporters' Shield.

Northwest University's third straight appearance in the Cascade Conference championship game finally pays off with a title as the Eagles upset top-seeded Eastern Oregon, 1-0, in Eugene. It earns Northwest an automatic berth in the NAIA national tournament. Senior Sharaya Roberts scores the game's only goal in the 61st minute, finishing a corner kick by Jaclyn Metz. It's the sixth in seven games for the Eagles, who started the season 0-5-0. Katie Michkiosky had scored her record 20th goal in 4-0 semifinal win over College of Idaho, her fifth straight game with a goal.

Hope Solo finishes a distant fifth in the U.S. Soccer Federation presidential election, held in Orlando. Carlos Cordeiro is elected on the third ballot with 68.6 percent. None of the challengers gets more than 11 percent, with Solo at 1.4. However, the recently retired USWMNT and Reign goalkeeper takes aim at Cordeiro, a USSF director since 2007 and vice president since 2016, for being part of the ineffective establishment.

It's a very costly Seattle Sounders loss to start the season. In the first leg of their round of 16 Champions League match, the Sounders fall, 2-1, at Santa Tecla, El Salvador. They also lose forward Jordan Morris to a season-ending knee injury. Morris crumples untouched in the 85th minute, sustaining a torn ACL in his right knee.

Sounders and U.S. National Team star Clint Dempsey stuns some by announcing he's retiring at age 35 after 15 years of playing professionally. Suffering from a lower back injury, Dempsey had only made three appearances since June, all as a substitute. Dempsey scored 57 goals for Seattle across all competitions since his 2013 arrival, including nine vs. Portland. He finished his international career tied with Landon Donovan with 57 goals. After missing the second half of 2016 with a heart condition that put his career in jeopardy, Dempsey was cleared by doctors and was the 2017 MLS Comeback Player of the Year with 15 total goals.

The first coaching change in the four-year existence of Sounders 2 sees Ezra Hendrickson resign and his replacement is John Hutchinson, his assistant. Hendrickson is off to rejoin Sigi Schmid at the L.A. Galaxy. Hutchinson, a 10-year pro in Australia's A-League, names Sounders Academy coach Wade Webber as his top aide.

Steve McCrath, a Seattle native and former Seattle Pacific player, guides Miami's Barry University to the NCAA Division II men's championship, 2-1 over West Chester in frigid Pittsburgh. It's the first national title for the Buccaneers, who score their two goals six minutes apart in the second half. In his third season, McCrath had taken Barry to the 2000 final, which the Bucs lost in four overtimes. Barry finishes with 16 wins, more than tripling the total from 5-6-2 in 2017.

Seattle Reign's Megan Rapinoe tallies the game-winner in the United States's 1-0 victory over Germany in the She Believes Cup in Columbus. Seventeen minutes in, Rapinoe runs onto a long, upfield ball at the top of the box and tucks it away on her first touch. On March 7, her cross is bundled into the net by England for an own goal in another 1-nil U.S. tournament win.

At 15, Danny Leyva becomes the youngest player in Sounders 2 history to start a USL match, topping the record set by his teammate, Ray Serrano, earlier in the season. A member of the Sounders Academy, Leyva is also the second-youngest player in USL history to start a match, behind Los Dos player Efrain Alvarez. He goes the full 90 in a 3-1 loss to San Antonio. Leyva is among six teenagers starting that night. The next youngest is Alec Diaz, 16. Azriel Gonzalez, who scores the S2 goal, is 17.

Seattle seemingly hits bottom before a big home crowd and at the feet of their fiercest rival. The Sounders (3-9-3) sink to 10th in the MLS West following a 3-2 loss to Portland before 47,521. Larrys Mabiala scores off of two corner kicks, the second the winner in the 74th minute. Diego Valeri assists on all three goals for the Timbers, unbeaten in 10 games. After introducing new $7M signing Raul Ruidiaz pregame, Seattle (3-9-3) twice comes from behind to tie it. However, headers by Victor Rodriguez (60') and Chad Marshall (68') are wiped out by Mabiala's second.

After scoring just twice in three outings, Seattle Reign packs plenty of punch in winning before over 16,000 fans in Portland. The visitors, on the East Coast for their last three games, come west and never trail during a 3-2 win over their rivals. Beverly Yanez and Jodie Taylor twice put the Reign ahead. But after Lindsey Horan brings the defending champion Thorns level in the 70th minute, Rumi Utsugi unleashes a 25-yard drive to win it in the 75th.

Second-half goals from Celia Delgado and Pascale Dumensil deliver the WPSL championship to Seattle Sounders Women in oppressively hot Norman, Ok. After Pensacola FC cancels out Jenna Holtz's opener, Georgia Cloepfil finds Celia for the go-ahead header in the 55th minute. In the waning minutes of added time Dumensil makes it 3-1. Mireya Grey's goal had beaten Fire & Ice, 1-0, in the previous day's semifinal, when temperatures soared past 100. Seattle finishes undefeated (10-0-1).

Seattle caps a furious four-month comeback by earning a first-round playoff bye on Decision Day. Before 42,617, red-hot Raul Ruidiaz scores twice in the final 11 minutes for a 2-1 victory over San Jose. An own goal spots the Quakes the lead, but Ruidiaz responds. He redirects a cross from Cristian Roldan in the 79th minute to tie it, then finishes a three-way passing movement with Nico Lodeiro and Victor Rodriguez in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Seattle's 14-2-1 mark in the second half is the best in MLS history. Ruidiaz finishes with 10 goals in his first 14 appearances.

Skagit Valley College's newly-renovated soccer facility is rededicated as Wally Sigmar Field to honor the Cardinals' founding coach. Sigmar died in 2000. A marker with his image is unveiled in Mount Vernon. The turf field replaces an often soggy pitch which Sigmar dealt with since the early days of the men's program during the Seventies. Sigmar started the SVC program in 1974 and coached them for 11 years, winning five NWAACC championships. He also served as SVC Dean of Administration and Student Services.

David Estrada, whose pro career started with the Sounders, returns and signs to bolster the S2 attack. Estrada, 30, will also be an assistant coach in the Sounders Academy. Since playing in Seattle from 2010-14, he has been with D.C. United, plus three USL clubs.

Seattle Sounders Women wait until late to snap a tie and move past FC Tucson for the WPSL Western Conference champions ship at Starfire Stadium. Bethany Balcer puts the Sounders in front, 3-2, in the 75th minute, and a Celia Delgado penalty kick at 87' cements matters.

Goals from Hal Uderitz and Noe Meza lift Seattle University to a come-from-behind, 2-1 win over Texas-Rio Grande Valley at Championship Field. It marks Peter Fewing's 300th career coaching win and it's part of a six-game win streak for the Redhakws. After going a goal down, Julian Avila-Good finds Udertiz for a 10th-minute equalizer. In the 65th minute, Meza curls in a free kick, dipping just below the crossbar.

The Tacoma Starts open the 2018-19 season with a record-tying 12-2 victory over Turlock before 3,437 at Kent's ShoWare Center. Philip Lund opens the scoring with two goals in less than two minutes in the first quarter before ex-Sounder James Riley picks up his first MASL goal with 3:56 left in the first. Tacoma leads 7-0 at halftime and cruise behind Nick Perera's hat trick. The 12 goals tie a record set vs. St. Louis in 2015-16. The Stars continue the strong start, going 4-1 out of the gate.

Before an overflow crowd on Montlake, Seattle University knocks off No. 16 Washington, 2-0, in the WAC/101 Cup. Noe Meza and Declan McGlynn score in the second half as the Redhawks stun the Huskies in front of 2,994 fans – the third-largest UW crowd since Husky Soccer Stadium opened in 1997.