Sounders keeper Andrew Thomas saves three shootout attempts and scores the clincher as Seattle advances past Louisville City, 2-2 (4-3) from the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 at Starfire Stadium. Seattle squanders a 2-nil lead in the final 23 minutes of regulation. Thomas stops a potential Louisville winner in the sixth round, then another in the seventh frame before burying his kick inside the right post.

Yakima's Summer Yates converts a second-half penalty kick which proves to be the winner for the Orlando Pride in a 3-2 road win over Washington. It's the second straight game-winner for Yates during the unbeaten (3-0-3) Pride's eventual record-setting eight-match win streak. She also scored in a 1-0 home win over San Diego on April 19.

Behind a late Jordan Morris brace, the Sounders erase a 2-nil deficit for the second time in four days, beating FC Dallas, 3-2. Raul Ruidiaz comes off the bench to start the comeback in the 78th minute. Morris ties it in the 88th and wins it four minutes into stoppage time. Seattle had trailed at Houston June 19 before getting second-half goals from Jackson Ragen and Paul Rothrock in a 2-2 away draw on June 19.

Scoring late, Seattle Prep denies Roosevelt a repeat championship and the Panthers proceed to win their fourth 3A girls’ title in a shootout, 1-1 (5-4), in Puyallup. Roosevelt, which had beaten Prep twice en route to the Metro League crown, takes the lead shortly before halftime on Malia Kelley’s score. With three minutes remaining in regulation, Mia Boltz ties it. During penalties, Prep’s Vivian Russell saves the Roughriders’ fifth attempt and Fine Vossler converts.

Three weeks prior to her 18th birthday, forward Emeri Adames of Dallas becomes the youngest Seattle Reign signee. Adames, who earlier committed to the University of North Carolina, inks a multi-year deal after training with the Reign throughout preseason. On July 19, Seattle signs another 17-year-old, defender Jordyn Bugg.

Spokane Velocity bolts out of the gate, scoring two goals in the opening 15 minutes of their inaugural match, a 2-1 victory over the Richmond Kickers. A USL League One expansion team, Spokane thrills the sell-out crowd of 5,086 with an opening goal by Romain Mètanire from his right-wing cross in the fourth minute. Ahmed Longmire makes it 2-nil on a header from Luis Gil's corner.

Argentine winger Pedro de la Vega signs with the Sounders on a club record $7.5M transfer from Atletico Lanús. De la Vega, 22, will occupy a Young DP slot and is signed through 2027. A first team regular for Lanús since age 17, he missed most of 2022 with a torn ACL.

At 23, Jordyn Huitema is youngest Reign player with a multi-goal match in a 5-2 loss at unbeaten Kansas City. Huitema, making her first start since missing seven April and May games through injury, nets her brace in the first half, but Seattle loses its fourth in a row.

The Big Ten era for Washington begins with the UW men traveling to Michigan State for their conference opener. It's the first of four regular season games to be played in the eastern time zone. In all the Huskies play in four different time zones before the NCAA tournament. The women's team travels to Maryland and Rutgers (NJ) the following week but has three former Pac-12 opponents in Oregon, USC and UCLA.

Sounders teen sensation Obed Vargas makes his debut for Mexico in the 83rd minute of El Tri’s 2-0 win over the United States in Guadalajara, snapping a seven-game losing skid against the U.S. Vargas, 19, had made a one-time switch in national team affiliation in June. Although born in Anchorage, his parents were both born in Mexico. Vargas becomes the first Alaskan to play for a senior men’s national team.

Osvaldo Alonso returns to Seattle to sign a one-day contract and officially retire as a Sounder. Alonso, 38, spent the first 10 of his 15 MLS seasons wearing Rave Green, and his defensive midfield bite was instrumental in the expansion team’s repeated playoff berths and trophy haul, culminating in a 2016 MLS Cup. He spent the last five seasons with Minnesota and Atlanta.

A capacity crowd of 5,086 welcomes the Zephyr to Spokane as they draw, 1-1, with Fort Lauderdale United at One Spokane Stadium. Moments after Emina Ekic is fouled in the box, she converts the penalty kick in the 17th minute for the Super League franchise's first goal. the visitors tie in the 72nd minute.

Megan Rapinoe’s jersey is retired by the Seattle Reign. Rapinoe played for Seattle during its first 11 NWSL seasons while wearing No. 15. No other player in Seattle pro soccer history has had their jersey retired. She holds Reign career records for goals (54) and assists (28), leading the team to three NWSL Shields and three finals. While with the club she was the 2019 Ballon d’Or winner and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Nick Perera pads his lead in MASL goals and assist by scoring four times and setting-up three more scores in the Tacoma Stars' 10-7 win over Utica City before 2,300 at accesso ShoWare Center, Perera's goals include a short-handed strike and Tacoma's game-winner. He is later named league offensive player of the week.

Claire Potter strikes with 32 seconds remaining in regulation to send Western Washington past 25th-ranked Azusa Pacific and into the second round of the NCAA Division II women's tournament in Pomona, Calif. The Vikings take a lead after just three minutes through Kyrsten McGuffey, but APU ties it in the 86th minute. Halle Noel crosses to Potter to head home for the winner.

Spokane's Jadon Bowton saves all three Seattle University penalty attempts as Washington wins the NCAA first round playoff at Husky Soccer Stadium, 0-0 (3-0). The Huskies had the closest scoring chances before the shootout, but the Redhawks have an 18-11 advantage in shots. Caden Buckle's header hits the crossbar in the 50th minute and in the waning moments of regulation Zach Ramsey's potential winner is cleared off the line.

After assuring the girls’ 4A ranks of a new champion, Lake Stevens proceeds to reach its first final and wins it, 1-0 over Woodinville at Sparks Stadium. The Vikings ousted two-time defending champion Skyline in the quarterfinals after losing their only game to the Spartans in districts. Noelani Tupua stakes Lake Stevens to a lead after 18 minutes and Tessa Anastasi locks down the goal for her third shutout of the tournament. The Falcons fall in the final for the second year in a row.

Second-half goals from Maia Tabion and Bailey Gourdine secure the Northwest Division for FC Olympia, 2-0 winners over the Tacoma Galaxy before 467 at South Sound Stadium in Lacey. It's Oly's second division crown in as many seasons. The win extends the Artesians' divisional unbeaten string to 20 games (17-0-3).

Making their first postseason appearance in four years, the Washington women upset No. 25 Utah State in an NCAA first-round game on the road, 0-0 (3-1). Mia Hammant comes off the bench midway through the overtime to make one save and then watches three Aggies penalty attempts miss the target. The Huskies advance after being picked 13th in the Big Ten preseason poll.

Cristian Roldan and Raul Ruidiaz lift the Sounders out of an early deficit to beat Portland on the road, 2-1. It ends a drought of nearly three years against the Timbers during which Seattle was 0-4-2 vs. its rival. Ruidiaz's 50th-minute winner is his 13th in the series and 85th overall for the Sounders. Seattle, Portland and Vancouver would all finish 2-2-2 in the Cascadia Cup table.

Behind a brace from Jordan Morris and Albert Rusnak’s goal and two assists the Sounders pound UNAM Pumas, 4-0, to advance to the Leagues Cup quarterfinals. It is Seattle’s biggest winning margin over a Liga MX team and comes two years after defeating Pumas 3-0 to win the Concacaf Champions League. Morris, whose goals both come in the final 32 minutes, hikes his club goal total to 79, tying him with Fredy Montero at No. 2. Over a hectic four-week stretch, Seattle is 10-2-1.

Peninsula College of Port Angeles is ranked No. 1 in the final USC Division II women's community college poll, and the men are No. 2. Both teams won NWAC championships. The women finished the season with a perfect 15-0-0 record, outscoring their opponents 74-4. The Pirates' men were 15-1-2. Walla Walla is No. 5, Columbia Basin No. 7 and Skagit Valley No. 17 in the final men's rankings.

With the state's number of USL League Two doubled to four, play begins on three fronts. The Tacoma Stars, in their inaugural outdoor debut after operating solely as a MASL indoor club, hold defending champion Ballard FC to a 2-2 draw at Bellarmine High School. Elsewhere, West Seattle Junctions ties Capital, 2-2, at Nino Cantu Complex, and Midlakes United falls, 3-1, at Lane United.

Sounders scoring king Raul Ruidíaz's departure is made official when the club's season-ending roster determinations are released, making him a free agent. GM Craig Waibel states Ruidíaz “left a lasting legacy.” Since coming to Seattle in June 2018, he scored a record 86 goals across all competitions, including braces in the 2019 MLS Cup semifinal and final as well as the 2022 CONCACAF Champions Cup final. After scoring seven goals through 12 games, he was briefly suspended for a locker room outburst following the June 22 win over Dallas in which he scored his final goal.

Nine months after rumors first began swirling, and five months since reaching an agreement in principle, the Seattle Reign’s sale from OL Groupe is finalized. A partnership of Sounders owners and global investment firm Carlyle Group take over for a price of $58 million. Sounder majority owner Adrian Hanauer will serve as governor on the NWSL board. Maya Mendoza-Exstrom moves from the Sounders COO to the Reign’s chief business officer. Reign staff move to the Sounders’ Longacres headquarters.

Kirkland's Sam Hiatt scores her first NWSL career goal to send Gotham on its way to a 3-1 home win over Orlando. Hiatt pokes home a loose ball in the 13th minute for the lead in what proves to be Gotham's seventh straight win. Orlando goes on to win the shield and championship.

Lake Washington's Dillon Davis scores in the first half as the Kangaroos prevail in the boys' 3A final, 1-0 over Garfield at Puyallup. Lake Washington claims its first state championship by winning four straight one-goal decisions, the last three against defending champion Lincoln, Ballard and Garfield, all from Seattle's Metro League.

Rookie winger Emeri Adames becomes the youngest player in Reign history to score in a 3-2 loss at Washington. Adames comes in as a substitute and strikes a stoppage-time volley at just 18 years, 51 days. She becomes the sixth-youngest scorer in NWSL history.

Chris Henderson is named Atlanta United's chief soccer officer and sporting director and reunited with Garth Lagerwey. Atlanta sends Inter Miami, where Henderson held the same titles, a second round 2026 draft pick for as compensation. His four seasons with Miami ended with trophies for the Leagues Cup and Supporters' Shield. Henderson also served six seasons in management with Lagerwey in Seattle.

Spokane’s magical first season finally reaches midnight in the USL League One final, with Union Omaha getting an early stranglehold on matters before winning 3-0 at Werner Park. UW grad Charlie Ostrem of Seattle starts for Omaha and celebrates winning before a record crowd of 5,849.

Four present and past Reign players are among the investors for a new USL W League team in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. Lauren Barnes, Jessica Fishlock, Olivia Van der Jagt and Sam Hiatt are joined by Jen Barnes, owner of Rough & Tumble Pub, and former Sounder Kelyn Rowe. Salmon Bay FC will be a sister club to Ballard FC in 2025 at Interbay Stadium.

At 19, Sounders midfielder Obed Vargas is voted No. 7 on the annual MLS 22 Under-22 list. Vargas, now a regular Seattle starter, has the fewest goals and assists of anyone in the top 8 and is the youngest player in the top 17. Vargas previously made this list in 2022 at No. 15. Former Sounders Fredy Montero (2010) and DeAndre Yedlin (2014) were once ranked No. 1 on the list.

What hope the Seattle Reign held out for returning to the playoffs is extinguished with two matches still to go. A 3-0 loss marred by a red card at Utah is the fifth in a row, eliminating Seattle from playoff contention. Those losses come without stalwarts Jessica Fishlock (injured) and Sofia Huerta (loan) and without scoring a goal. In addition, Claudia Dickey, Quinn, Lauren Barnes and Olvia Van der Jagt have missed extended stretches.

Omar Hassan, a Seattle teen and Sounders Academy player, is voted MVP of the prestigious Vlatko Markovic Tournament after scoring three goals for the U.S. U15 National Team, including the game-winner vs. Japan in the tournament final in Varazdin, Croatia. Hassan, 14, also scored two goals in a 4-3 loss to England.

Seattle University steams into the NCAA tournament in consecutive seasons for the first time in its Division I era by beating San Jose State, 3-0, for the WAC championship in Phoenix. The Redhawks collect a record sixth title. Seattle U gets goals from Luke Hammond at 22’, Davis Mungomba 30’ and WAC Defender of the Year Demian Alvarez at 61’. SU started off 2-3-2.

Cooper Brunell's goal with 21 minutes minutes to go gives Washington a 2-1 victory over No. 11 Seattle University in the annual Fewing Cup match on Montlake. The Redhawks' Jaden Manetta cancels out Richie Aman's early goal in the 60th minute. Brunell hits a quick 12-yard shot off the keeper and into the near corner following a combination movement.It's the Huskies' fifth win against the Redhawks in the last six meetings.

Seattle Reign execute their first major signing since being acquired by local ownership, adding Haitian international forward Nérilia Mondésir from France’s Montpellier for $200,000. She becomes the first NWSL player from Haiti. Mondésir, 25, scored 19 goals in her final three seasons for Montpellier. On Aug. 5, the Reign swoops to buy Swiss forward Ana-Maria Crnogorč ević from Atletico Madrid. She is Switzerland’s all-time leader in caps (159) and goals (74).

Hannah Cecil's breaks through for the lone goal with seven minutes to go, lifting Pacific Lutheran over Maryville (Tenn.), 1-0, in the NCAA Division III first round at Atlanta. Abby Winkler posts her third straight shutout, and the 21st-ranked Lutes extend their unbeaten string to 19 games, having not lost since August 31. PLU defender Kayden Hulquist's long clearance finds Cecil behind the Scots' defense and she scores her 13th goal at 83'.

A midseason resurgence by the Sounders peaks with a sixth straight win across all competitions, a 2-0 home victory over St. Louis. Seattle is now unbeaten in eight games (7-0-1) overall and rises to sixth in the Western Conference. Jordan Morris has six goals during the unbeaten run.

Landing the centerpiece for their rebuild, the Seattle Reign acquire NWSL career scoring leader Lynn Williams from Gotham FC. Seattle also gets goalkeeper Cassie Miller in the deal which sends Jaelin Howell, an international slot and $70,000 in allocation money to New Jersey. Williams, 31, has 73 regular season and postseason goals in 10 seasons and 21 goals in 75 U.S National Team appearances, winning 2024 Olympic gold.

After more than two years of magic, a bid by Ballard FC to repeat as USL League Two champion fizzles in the first stage of the playoffs. Up a goal early while playing at home at Interbay, Ballard is overtaken by Oakland's Project 510, 2-1. The host's opener, an own goal, is canceled out in the 83rd minute before they are eliminated by a score three minutes into stoppage time.

A quest for a third star above the Sounders crest is ended by the L.A. Galaxy in the Western Conference Final, 1-0, at Dignity Health Sports Park. Dejan Joveljic scores the game’s lone goal in the 85th minute. The Galaxy go on to defeat New York for the MLS Cup. Seattle reached the final four of two tournaments as well as the Open Cup quarterfinals in recovering from a horrible start to go 22-13-12 across all competitions.

Fall City’s Paris Price scores and assists in the U.S. Deaf Women's National Team's 6-1 win over Japan in Hirono, Japan. A former Mount Si High School and Eastside FC player, Price has two more assists in a 7-0 win over Japan two days later.

Western Washington completes the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's season undefeated with a 3-0 road victory over Montana State Billings. Emily Holdridge and Sophie Bearden Croft score in the first 30 minutes as the Vikings finish 11-0-3 in GNAC play and take a 14-game unbeaten run into the postseason. It's Western's second regular season title in three years.

By the narrowest of margins, it was still an opening round sweep for the Sounders over Houston in the MLS Cup Playoffs. After winning via penalties at home Oct. 25, Seattle do so again away against the 10-man Dynamo, 1-1 (7-6). Stefan Frei makes a seventh-round save while Cristian Roldan both scores in regulation and again in penalties. Top scorers Jordan Morris and Albert Rusnak both miss the game with injuries.

Bellevue’s Josh Atencio makes his first appearance for the U.S. at the 2024 Paris Summer Games. Atencio, who was originally selected to the squad as an alternate, is a 52nd-minute substitute in the 3-0 group stage win over Guinea. He is the first active Sounder to make an Olympic appearance.

Seattle's Ian Russell is named MLS Manager of the Matchday after guiding San Jose to a 2-0 road upset of Real Salt Lake Aug. 24. Russell, serving as interim head coach since June 24, earned his first career MLS win July 7 vs. Chicago.

The Tacoma Stars surge down the stretch, winning a record nineth straight game to close out the regular season with a 6-5 overtime road win over the Empire Strykers. After starting March at 7-8, Tacoma finishes third in the West at 16-8. Nani Mendoza decides it 4:17 into the extra period. The Stars' longest previous win streak had been five games.

Pacific Lutheran smashes runner-up George Fox, 4-0, at home on senior day to clinch the Northwest Conference championship for the second year in a row. The Lutes, on a 17-game unbeaten run (12-0-5), get a goal and two assists from Trevor Thompson. In a first round NCAA Division III loss at Colorado Christian, Thompson scores twice to finish with a PLU record 23 goals. Craig Johnson ties the career assist record (37).

Vancouver's Alex Harris scores twice in the second half to bring Cornell level and the Big Red go on to defeat Fordham, 4-2, in an NCAA first round game at Ithaca, N.Y. Harris, Ivy League co-offensive player of the year, nets his third brace in four games and finishes with 19 goals.

Reign rookie midfielder Ainsley McCammon scores for the U.S. in a 3-0 victory over England for third place in the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. One of four pros playing for the U.S., McCammon strikes from 20 yards for the second goal. Anna Babcock of Sedro Woolley and Crossfire Premier sees action in one tournament game.

Stefan Mijatovic's hat trick is capped by the winning goal with 87 seconds remaining as the Tacoma Stars open the MASL Western Conference semifinals with a 6-5 comeback home win over the Chihuahua Savage 6-5 at the accesso ShoWare Center. Tacoma trails until Tyler John equalizes with two minutes to go. It's the Stars' 10th straight win. Chihuahua wins the series two days later in a mini game tiebreaker, 5-0.

It may be an anniversary season but a 2-1 defeat at D.C. United officially gives the 10-man Sounders their worst start (1-5-3) over that half-century. They fall to 13th in West, 27th in the league overall. Seattle snaps a two-match scoreless stretch when Leo Chu scores the opener. Stefan Frei is sent off on a penalty call, but the red card is subsequently overturned the following week.

Spokane Velocity, once again finding a late winner, defeat the LA Force, 1-0, in a U.S. Open Cup second round match at home. After Andre Lewis sees his drive parried by Force goalkeeper Seth Torman, Luis Gil buries the rebound in the 85th minute before 2,423. Spokane succumbs to the Las Vegas Lights of the USL Championship, 2-1, on April 17.

Bethany Balcer, a fan favorite, is traded by the Seattle Reign to Louisville for midfielder Jaelin Howell. Howell has five U.S. caps since being a two-time Hermann Award winner and two-time NCAA champion at Florida State. Balcer was undrafted yet voted 2019 Rookie of the Year, and her 33 league goals is No. 3 in Reign history.

Going into their 12th season, the Reign shifts into reverse, reverting to their original name of Seattle Reign FC and bringing back the brand’s siren, or queen crest. The new color scheme features shades of blue and gold. The moves come as a new local ownership group prepares to close its purchase from France’s OL Groupe, which adopted a new name and logo in 2020.

A first-time hit by Joe Dale from a Chris Meyers corner kick to the far post for the game’s lone goal in Washington’s 1-0 win over No. 4 Oregon State, the first win over OSU since 2020-21. It is also the first non-conference meeting with the Beavers who UW has played 70 times across three conferences since 1989.

Aaron Lewis resigns as Gonzaga men's coach after four seasons, having compiled a 20-40-11 record. Chris McGaughey, an assistant for two seasons, is named the interim head coach. The Bulldogs had started out 6-1-0 in 2024 following an upset of No. 9 Seattle University on Sept. 12. However, they went 0-9-2 the rest of the way, finishing in the WCC cellar for the second year in a row.

FC Olympia achieves the biggest win in its brief history, upsetting the Oakland Soul, 2-1, on the road in the USL W League Western Conference semifinals. Kait Raffensperger’s shot from a Maia Tabion corner kick deflects into the net for the extra-time winner in Hayward. Northwest Division winners, the Artesians never trail, going in front on McKenna Martinez’s interception and solo run in the 59th minute. Oakland responds rapidly with the equalizer, forcing overtime. Colorado nips Olympia in the July 7 West final, 1-0.

Spokane’s professionals knock Ballard out of the U.S. Open Cup in a first-round match. Before 2,452 at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium, it appears headed to extra time when, after a weak clearance forced by a deep throw in seventh minute of stoppage time, the Velocity’s Andre Lewis finds top corner. It’s the Open Cup debut for both clubs. With Ballard’s league season two months away, its roster is unsettled while Spokane has played two USL League One matches.

A storybook first season for the Spokane Velocity adds another chapter when the No. 7 seed leaves Wisconsin with a USL League One semifinal shootout win over Forward Madison, 0-0 (5-4). The Velocity become the first expansion side to reach the League One final when goalkeeper Brooks Thompson denies Madison’s Cherif Dieye in the third round. In the fifth frame, Collin Fernandez delivers the clinching penalty. Forward had been 8-0-0 at home.

Exorcising their demon, the Sounders stun the West top seed LAFC away, 2-1 in extra time, to reach the final four for a seventh time. Injury-weakened Seattle benefits from an own goal and nine saves – some spectacular– from Stefan Frei. Jordan Morris fires past Hugo Lloris into the near corner in the 109th minute to snap a 10-match winless run (0-8-2) against LAFC through all competitions since 2021. The Sounders are unbeaten (6-0-4) since August.

The chain-reaction of Division I conference affiliation continues with Gonzaga announcing a move from the WCC to the reorganized Pac-12 in 2026-27. Washington State will also return to the Pac-12 from the WCC at that point. That move comes less than five months after Seattle University announced a move from the WAC to the WCC, effective in 2025-26.

Seattle's Josh Wilkens referees the Concacaf futsal final between Panama and Cuba (4-3) in Managua, Nicaragua. Wilkens, a veteran MASL official, referees four tournament games in all.

Braudilio Rodrigues scores twice and assists during his first game back from an extended, six-month hamstring injury in Tacoma’s 5-2 win over Portland Timbers2 at Starfire. Rodrigues only plays the final 21 minutes, substituting when the match is tied 1-1 and gets the go-ahead goal 10 minutes later, plus another in added time. Sebastian Gomez also has a brace.

Alex Harris of Vancouver is chosen by Colorado with the No. 4 overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft. Harris, a Cornell sophomore forward, is the highest pick produced by the Washington youth ranks since Kelyn Rowe was No. 3 in 2012.

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.

Seattle-born Paul Rothrock connects on his first MLS goal of the season as the Sounders celebrate their 50th anniversary match with a 2-0 win over Minnesota United before 31,026. Rothrock, a 7th-minute substitute, draws the foul that results in Albert Rusnak’s free kick to the head of Jordan Morris for the opening goal in the 28th minute. Rothrock, finishes a Leo Chu cross in the 57th as the Rave rise above the playoff line for the first time since a 1-5-3 start.

The Sounders conduct their first training session at Longacres. The new facility in Renton brings together the team and business operations at the same complex for the first time. There are four full-size training pitches (two grass and two turf) for the first team, second team and academy, plus 50,000 square feet of office space at The Providence Swedish Performance Center & Clubhouse, situated on what was once the back stretch of the Longacres thoroughbred track. Starfire was the training ground for the club's first 15 seasons.

Saint Martin's loses for the 18th straight time in men's play, ending a long season with a 4-2 defeat at Simon Fraser in Burnaby, B.C. The Saints, who lead 1-nil briefly in the first half, finish 0-17-0. They allow 74 goals and enter 2025 winless in 22 games (0-20-2), dating back to 2023.

Reign midfielder Jessica Fishlock scores her 45th goal for Wales to become the national team career leader in a 2-0 home win over Kosovo in European Championship qualifying. Fishlock, the leader in Welsh appearances with 154, puts Cymru ahead in the 8th minute.

Summer Yates, the second-year midfielder from Yakima and the Washington Huskies, finds the game's lone goal midway through the second period, and Orlando wins, 1-0, at Houston. It's the third game-winning goal for Yates, a halftime substitute, and fifth overall. The Pride extend their NWSL unbeaten streak to 17 games (12-0-5).

Following a 1-1 draw with NWSL cellar dweller Utah, the Seattle Reign sits 13th of 14 teams in the table. Their 11 points (2-9-5) is the lowest after 16 games in the club’s existence. The Reign are winless in nine games (0-4-5) and seven points out of the eighth and final playoff slot.

The original 1974 NASL Sounders team becomes the first inductee to the club’s newly established Eternal Circle of Legends. The pregame ceremony is part of the club celebrating 50 years of professional soccer in Seattle. Players — eight who are still living — and families from the team are presented with black jackets to commemorate the honor. There are about 120 alumni players representing every previous team on the field as part of the festivities. WA Legends curates an exhibit detailing the inaugural team’s profound impact, both on the field and in the community.

Seattle Center is chosen as the city's fan celebration hub for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It will be the state's largest and most interactive non-stadium fan experience, with big-screen watch parties, food and entertainment opportunities. An estimated 20,000-30,000 visitors are expected daily during the tournament per day during the World Cup. Seattle Center will be the northern terminus of fan events envisioned stretching along a corridor from Lumen Field, with activations also taking place in Westlake Park, City Hall Park, Pioneer Square, the Chinatown International District and Waterfront Park.

Sofia Huerta is loaned out by the Seattle Reign to France's Olympique Lyonnais through June 2025. Huerta, under contract through 2027, had played every minute of 19 matches. She scored on penalties in each of her final two Seattle appearances and her 31 career assists rank No. 7 all-time in NWSL.

Zach Ramsey caps his prep career with a hat trick in Mount Si's 3-1 victory over Camas for the boys' 4A state championship at Sparks Stadium. Ramsey, bound for Washington, scores three times in the final 8 minutes of the first half and finishes with 34 goals his senior season. It's the 10th-seeded Wildcats' first championship.

Tacoma caps a three-match homestand with its third straight win, coming from two goals down to defeat Sporting Kansas City II, 4-3, by scoring the tying and winning goals a minute apart in stoppage in time. Trailing 3-1 at halftime, Osaze De Rosario pulls the Defiance a goal back in the 48th minute. Two minutes into stoppage time, De Rosario knots the match at 3-3 off a rebound. Then Faysal Bettache, whose earlier penalty was saved, converts another rebound for the winner.

Ballard FC repeats as USL League two Northwest Division winner, clinching with 2-0 win over West Seattle Junction at Nino Cantu Complex. First-half goals by Alex Mejia and Peter Kingston –converting the rebound of his saved penalty – are backed by Charlie Lanphier's shutout. Ballard wins the division over United PDX with a superior +24) goal differential.

For the third straight Olympiad, the Seattle Reign send players to compete in the Summer Games. Jordyn Huitema and Quinn are both selected for defending champion Canada. Both would play in each of Canada's four matches before going out to Germany in a quarterfinal shootout at Marseille, France.

An Evening with Cliff McCrath pays tribute to the longtime Seattle Pacific coach and Northwest Soccer Camp founder for his soccer community leadership over six decades, including 38 seasons at SPU and 50 years of welcoming campers to Camp Casey and Bastyr University. McCrath is honored by speakers Ted Wacker, Dan Milgrom, Marcus Hahnemann, Art Thiel, Peter Hattrup and Anson Dorrance, plus dozens of video tributes. He is presented proclamations by Gov. Inslee and the King County Council, ‘47’ jerseys by SPU, Sounders and Kraken and named an ambassador for the Seattle 2026 World Cup organization. Nearly $47,000 is raised for the Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship at the Hilton Bellevue.

Seattle Reign winger Emeri Adames assists on three goals in a 7-0 group stage win by the U.S. against Paraguay in the FIFA U20 Women's World Cup in Bogota, Colombia. Reign teammate Jordyn Bugg also starts and contributes to the shutout. The U.S. goes on to finish third, and Adames' four tournament assists are the most for the USA since 2002. Bugg plays all but four minutes at center back and is later a finalist for U.S. Young Player of the Year.

With skydivers delivering the match ball and a championship banner unfurled, defending USL League Two champion Ballard FC defeats Bellevue's Midlakes United, 4-1, before a record crowd of 2,528 at Memorial Stadium. Pulling away from a halftime tie, Joe Dale, Ray Mendez and Taketo Onodera (twice) score.

Jadon Bowton makes a season-high six saves for his third straight shutout as Washington wins at No. 25 UCLA, 1-0, to enter the Big Ten tournament behind four straight wins. Freshman Zach Ramsey finishes a rapid counterattack in the 78th minute. The Huskies go 4-3-3- vs. ranked opposition to reach the postseason.

Josh Atencio, 22, of the Sounders is named one of four alternates for the U.S. Olympic Team by coach Marko Mitrovic. The Olympic rosters are restricted to players ages 23 and under, except for three overage selections. It's later revealed that Jordan Morris was sought but U.S. Soccer and the Sounders could not agree on his release terms.

Crossfire Premier claims the ECNL Boys’ U19 championship, 4-0 over the Florida Kraze in San Diego. Kevin Hernandez opens the scoring on an 18-yard blast just 50 seconds after kickoff, and Alex Olyukh, Sean Anou and Carter Gay tack-on goals. Kenneth Pierpoint stops a second-half breakaway to preserve the shutout. Crossfire’s Eric Frintu is named ECNL U18/19 National Player of the Year.

Seattle resident Mary Harvey, who backstopped the first world championship U.S. women's team, is voted to the National Soccer Hall of Fame from the Veteran Ballot. She will be inducted on May 3, 2025. Harvey had 13 shutouts in 27 USWNT appearances. She went on to serve in leadership positions with FIFA, the 2026 World Cup bid group and, most recently, chief executive of the Centre for Sport and Humane Rights.

While they will be playing at home, the Sounders find themselves in what is widely considered the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup's Group of Death. The draw pits Seattle against top-seeded Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid and Botafogo. PSG is the perennial winner of France's Ligue 1. Atletico is usually among the top three of Spain's La Liga. Brazil’s Botafogo won the Copa Libertadores for the first time. The Sounders qualify as 2022 winners of the Concacaf Champions League.

Laura Harvey becomes the first NWSL coach to reach 100 regular season wins with a 1-0 victory over North Carolina before a season-high Lumen Field attendance of 16,598. The winner comes seven minutes into stoppage time. Emeri Adames heads off the left post, Courage keeper Casey Murphy and into the net. It's Seattle's first league win since May 3, a nine-match winless (0-4-5) run which is the longest since 2013.

Pedro de la Vega, the Sounders’ prized offseason acquisition, enters as a substitute and scores in his debut, a 2-1 loss at LAFC. The Argentine winger starts the second match but then sustains a right hamstring strain which causes him to miss 17 of the next 18 MLS matches.

Pacific Lutheran chalks up yet another Northwest Conference championship by beating George Fox, 2-1, at home. It's the Lutes' eighth NWC crown in a row, surpassed only by Puget Sound's 14 straight. Bella Hanna nets the game-winning header at 86’ after Olivia Boehm gets the PLU opener at 13'.

Seattle's Leo Burney is named Ivy League Defender of the Year for the second time in three seasons at Penn. Burney, a four-time all-Ivy selection, led a Quakers backline that allowed only 16 goals in 19 games. He also won the award in 2022. On Dec. 9 Burney signs a Seattle Sounders homegrown contract.

Rose Lavelle and Emily Sonnett leave Seattle fans gutted as the U.S. National Team free agents choose to sign with Gotham. Lavelle, 28, played three seasons for the Reign while Sonnett, 30, spent one year. Their final match for Seattle was a 2-1 loss to Gotham in the NWSL championship final. Earlier the Reign lost Megan Rapinoe to retirement and Elyse Bennett and Alyssa Malonson in the expansion draft.

Summer Yates is part of only the second double in NWSL history as the Orlando Pride defeat the Washington Spirit, 1-0, in the championship match at Kansas City. The Pride goes a combined 21-2-6 during the regular season and playoffs, setting a new league points record en route to the NWSL Shield. A regular contributor, Yates comes into the title game in the 66th minute.

USL League Two gains a sixth club with Snohomish United announcing its formation for 2025. A modular stadium will be erected at Stocker Fields in Snohomish, 10 miles from downtown Everett. Snohomish United was founded in 1989 as a premier club, making it the only local USL2 team rooted in a youth organization.

Two perfectly placed free kicks from Ioanna Papatheodorou are the difference in Washington’s 2-1 upset of previously unbeaten No. 5 Michigan State on Montlake. Papatheodorou, the Greek international who also had a brace earlier in the week vs. Michigan, pulls UW even from 33 yards in the 21st minute. Her winner comes from 22 yards into the upper right corner in the 86th minute. The victory is the Huskies' first over a top-5 foe since 2017, when they beat No. 2 Florida.

A total of six matches are awarded by FIFA to Seattle's Lumen Field for the 2026 World Cup. Beginning June 15 there will be four first-round and two knockout-round contests, including a June 19 appearance by the U.S. men’s national team. In all, FIFA unveils the match dates for 104 matches taking place in 16 cities across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Ahead of celebrating their 50th anniversary, Sounders FC creates the Eternal Circle of Legends. Categories for future ballots are Builders and Coaches (all eras), Veterans (1974-2008) and MLS Era Players (since 2009). Voting for selection, beginning in 2025, will include Alliance Members (25 percent), Sounders FC alumni (20%), Alliance Council (15%), Sounders ownership (15%), media (15%) and Sounders staff (10%).

Albert Rusnak and the Sounders exploit a calamitous Columbus goalkeeping situation for a 4-0 road win. Third-string keeper Abraham Romero is shown a red card in first half stoppage time of his Crew debut. With field player Sean Zawadski taking Romero's place, Rusnak scores on the ensuing 25-yard free kick. Two goals from Rusnak and another from Jordan Morris in an 11-minute span deliver the 10-man Crew only their second home loss in 25 MLS matches. It is Rusnak's first MLS hat trick.

A 2-1 road victory at Sacramento advances the Sounders to the U.S. Open Cup semifinals for the first time since 2014. A half-volley by Josh Atencio puts the visitors in front to stay in the 16th minute, then Jordan Morris finishes a through ball from Reed Baker-Whiting in the 31st. It’s part of an eight-match unbeaten (7-0-1) streak across all competitions for Seattle.

Tziarra King's first goal in nearly five months renews the Seattle Reign playoff hopes with a 3-2 win at Angel City. After not winning consecutive games all year, the Reign take their third in a row. Ji So-Yun's free kick in first-half stoppage time gives Seattle the lead and King increases it to 3-1 in the 58th minute. The Reign are now only three points out of the eighth and final NWSL playoff spot with seven games to go.

At 16 years, 337 days midfielder Ainsley McCammon signs to become the youngest player in the Seattle Reign history. Later in the same day she makes her professional debut in the Summer Cup against Utah Royals, a 2-1 win. McCammon, signed through 2028 and one of three teens signed during the season, goes on to play in four matches.

After months of rumors, FIFA announces that Seattle's Lumen Field will be among 11 venues for 2025 Club World Cup. During an Oct. 15 visit, FIFA President Gianni Infantino says all three group stage matches for the Sounders will be at home. Altogether, six CWC dates are set for Seattle. Inter Miami club is later selected as the host country qualifier after winning the MLS Supporters’ Shield.

DeAndre Yedlin moves in a trade to FC Cincinnati after two seasons at Inter Miami as a regular starter. Yedlin fulfills wingback role and contributes three assists, but it's the first time since 2020 he does not earn a USMNT cap.