Three second-half goals propel the Spokane Zephyr to a 3-0 home win over the USL Super League's second-place Dallas Trinity. Spokane is the hottest side in the league at the outset of the spring season, going 5-1-1 out of the winter break. Four of the wins have been shutouts. Ally Cook and Katie Murray each score three goals during the run.

Alex Buck draws the foul and connects on the resulting penalty kick to send No. 17 Washington past No. 15 Wisconsin, 1-0, at home to clinch the Big Ten women's regular season title. UW had been picked ninth in the coaches' preseason poll. Winners of six in a row and four of those by shutout, the Huskies are 8-0-2 in conference play.

Jess Fishlock scores in her 200th Seattle Reign league appearance, and Jordyn Bugg's long-distance bomb beats North Carolina on the road, 2-1. Fishlock, 38, becomes just the fourth NWSL player to appear in 200 regular season games. Bugg, 18, strikes from 34 yards for her first professional goal in the 56th minute. It's Seattle's first win at Cary since 2022.

Fans around the world take exception to FIFA's dynamic pricing strategy for 2026 World Cup tickets following the tournament draw. The New York Times reports Category 1 prices jumping from $410 a month earlier to $700. The Athletic finds Category 1 prices were hiked for 80 of the 104 matches, with only 11 matches dropping in price. A lower-level ticket to the World Cup final in New Jersey went up nearly $2,000, to $8,680. The new prices will hold steady until February, when FIFA randomly selects applicants for tickets and charges the listed price.

For the first time, the Sounders blow a 3-nil lead in drawing, 3-3, with Colorado. Albert Rusnak's second goal puts Seattle seemingly comfortably on top in the 47th minute. But the Rapids convert two penalty kicks within four minutes and find a 70' equalizer.

Storming back from two goals down, Gonzaga leaves Capitol Hill with a 3-3 draw versus Seattle University in their first West Coast Conference meeting. Yeider Zuluaga's hat trick (goals at 34', 62' and 64’) puts the Redhawks up, 3-1. The Bulldogs' Drew Pedersen finds Alex Bazia to close the gap, then Pedersen gets guests level in the 82nd minute.

Seattle Reign signs Mia Fishel, 24, in what rates as the biggest cumulative contract in NWSL history. Fishel transfers from Chelsea and agrees to a contract through 2029 that is estimated at $2.5 million. Her two years in London were marred by a torn ACL. Earlier, Fishel won the Liga MX Femenil scoring title in the 2022 Apertura with 17 goals in 17 matches for Tigres. She has three USWNT caps.

Snohomish United registers the first win at Interbay Stadium by a USL2 road team in clipping first-place Ballard FC, 2-1. United's win clinches second place in the Northwest Division and a playoff berth in the team's first season. Aaron Leon's first-half penalty kick is coupled with Connor Lofy's second-half marker.

Surpassing their inaugural season win total with still 17 games to go, the Spokane Velocity vanquish Richmond, 1-0, to stretch their unbeaten streak to 11 (8-0-3). Neco Brett's first goal from Shavon John-Brown's cross is the difference. Spokane (8-1-4) rises to the top of the League 1 table.

Rave reviews welcome the Sounders' new 2025-26 secondary kit, known as the Salish Sea kit. It's the third community kit, following the Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee versions. A mix of blues and greens within a geometric pattern is inspired by the art traditions of Coastal Salish tribes. Three local indigenous artists collaborated on the project.

In their biggest match on the world stage, the Sounders give South American champion Botafogo all it could handle before falling, 2-1, in the Club World Cup opener at Lumen Field. The Brazilians twice take advantage of a weakened Seattle back four with headed first-half goals. From then on, it is all Sounders (23-12 advantage in shots), and Cristian Roldan’s 75’ goal, the first by an MLS player in CWC play, heightens the intensity. Close-range chances to tie by Albert Rusnak and Pedro de la Vega in the final minute of stoppage time are blocked and saved, respectively. Seattle plays without top forward Jordan Morris and top defender Yeimar, both injured.

Caroline Penner punctuates her Senior Day sendoff by scoring four goals in Seattle University's 6-1 romp over Oregon State at Championship Field. It's the Redhawks' first four-goal performance since Sydney Carr in 2021. Penner, who also assists on the first SU score, finishes with 17 goals, tying for eighth in Division I.

It's a brief but costly Concacaf Champions Cup run for the Sounders. Cruz Azul sends Seattle home in the second round after winning the home leg, 4-1. The teams drew 0-0 March 5. In Mexico City, Jordan Morris's sprint toward a potential tying goal ends when he pulls up with a hamstring strain. In the first half, Paul Arriola is lost to a torn ACL for the season.

The Everett City Council votes 6-1 to approve $7.25 million of one-time funds toward property acquisition, design and construction of an $82M downtown stadium to host professional baseball and soccer. The rest of the money would come from Snohomish County, the state, the AquaSox, the United Soccer League and bonds. The next step for the city will be to complete lease agreements between the baseball and soccer organizations.

Danny Leyva, who signed with the Sounders as a 15-year-old in 2019, is transferred to Mexico's Necaxa. Leyva, 22, earned 1,000 minutes of 2025 season playing time in midfield. He has dual citizenship for the U.S. and Mexico. Sounder at Heart reports that incentives could boost the price to $1.2M.

Sounders midfielder Obed Vargas is named No. 1 on the annual MLS 22-Under-22 list. It’s the third time a Seattle player has topped the list — he joins Fredy Montero (2010) and DeAndre Yedlin (2014) when it was a 24-Under-24 selection. Vargas, 20, is the first MLS academy product to claim the honor since Jesús Ferreira in 2022.

Columbia River captures its second state 2A boys’ crown in three seasons with a 4-1 win over North Kitsap at Federal Way. Beginning on the half-hour, Tyler Massengale, JP Guzman and Johnny Avalos stake the Rapids to a 3-0 lead over a 15-minute spell spanning halftime. Guzman later adds a second goal to answer the Vikings’ Owen Leslie. Columbia River finished 23-1-1.

Rather than look overseas, Seattle trades with FC Dallas for forward Jesús Ferreira and, on Jan. 13, winger Paul Arriola. Ferreira is acquired in exchange for Léo Chú, $1M in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM), $500k in 2026 GAM and up to $800k GAM if certain performance metrics are met and a 2025 International Roster Slot. The Sounders use a 2026 first round draft pick and up to $300,000 in GAM for Arriola. Ferreira and Arriola have a combined 73 caps and 25 goals for the U.S. National Team. Ferreira was Best XI and 2022 MLS Young Player of the Year.

Once more going the distance and then some, Washington takes down No. 7 Virginia at Charlottesville in a shootout, 1-1 (5-4), to reach the NCAA quarterfinals. Kalea Eichenberger scores the game’s opener in the 12th minute, but after the Cavaliers equalize the visitors play shorthanded because of Eichenberger's red card in the 80th minute. Tanner Ijams makes one shootout save while Anna Menti, Julia Hüsch, Alex Buck, Samiah Shell and Lucy Newlin convert. UW has won three of its last four in overtime or tiebreakers.

Cristian Roldan assists both Haji Wright goals in a USMNT 2-1 comeback win over Australia in Commerce City, Colo. Roldan's through ball allows Wright to equalize in the 33rd minute. In the 51st, he plays Wright into a 1v1 situation for the winner. The assists are Roldan's first since 2021.

A day after Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer notes the contrast of his team’s homegrown talent facing Inter Miami’s star-studded lineup, the Sounders offer fans a free Paul Rothrock jersey in exchange for any Lionel Messi jersey. Fans respond by forming a long line outside the Lumen Field Pro Shop, and the trade-in maximum of 100 shirts is reached in just over an hour before the teams’ Leagues Cup final.

Seattle Reign’s Lynn Biyendolo scores twice in her 33-minute shift off the bench in a 4-0 U.S. win over Jamaica in St. Louis. Biyendolo volleys home just three minutes after entering the match to make it 3-nil. She adds her second and 24th of her international career at 88’.

Spokane owners are part of a supermajority voting to implement a promotion and relegation system in the United Soccer League. The USL plans to add a Division One tier for 2027-28. Promotion/relegation will encompass the USL Championship (D2) and USL League One (D3), of which the Spokane Velocity are members. League Two teams will not be part of the system initially.

A resilient Spokane Velocity concedes goals early in each half and goes down, 2-0, to One Knoxville in the USL League One final in Tennessee. Spokane, which advanced after shootouts vs. South Georgia and Portland (Maine), is held scoreless for the first time in eight games. Nico Rosamilia puts Knoxville ahead in the fourth minute, and Kempes Tekiela converts a penalty in the 53rd. Spokane became the third side to reach two USL League One final appearances in its first two seasons.

Donning their new Orca kit while recognizing their 1995 A-League champions, the Sounders get a Danny Musovski brace and a 69' winner from Pedro de la Vega to beat San Jose, 3-2. Musovski comes off the bench following a shoulder injury to Jordan Morris early in the game.

Nikki Stanton of North Bend factors in the first goal of Canada's inaugural Northern Super League final, with the Vancouver Rise clipping host AFC Toronto, 2-1. Formerly a midfielder for the Sounders Women and Reign, Stanton steers her corner kick in the 54th minute to the near post, where it deflects off a defender for an own goal to pull Vancouver level.

Alex Buck strikes for the third time in Washington's two NCAA tournament games, scoring a golden goal for the purple-clad Huskies to defeat No. 4 Arkansas, 1-0, at Charlottesville, Va. The overtime win sends UW to the Sweet 16. Buck, who scored early and late in a first-round home win over Montana, connects on Washington's first shot in extra time, at 98:01, on a brilliant solo effort. She storms downfield for 50 yards, eventually beating two defenders to hit the far corner from 18 yards.

Fresno's Valley 559 FC bars the door on Ballard FC reaching the 2026 U.S. Open Cup with a 1-0 victory at Interbay Stadium in the final qualifying round. A curling free kick by Ernesto Espinoza wins it in the 87th minute.

Legendary goalkeeper Kasey Keller joins the ownership group of USL League One's Athletic Club Boise, set to debut in 2026. Keller has owned a second home in Idaho since 2005.

The world's largest soccer clinic takes place on Seattle's Pier 62 as 1,038 participate on the afternoon prior to the city's FIFA Club World Cup opener. Sounders ambassador Brad Evans conducts the 30-minute clinic featuring footwork and heading from a stage under sunny skies. Among those attending are Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell, Sounders and Reign alumni and fans traveling to support clubs competing in the CWC. The turnout eclipses the old Guinness Record of 956 set in San Jose.

UEFA Champions League holder Paris Saint-Germain secures first place in the Club World Cup's Group E with a 2-0 win over Seattle before 50,268 at Lumen Field. The Sounders' high press nearly produces a Jesús Ferreira 19' opener, but he shoots wide. Achraf Hakimi breaks through at 35', and a shot deflects off Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s shoulder blade for the 66' clincher. An injury-struck Seattle finishes 0-3-0 while PSG eventually reaches the CWC final before falling to Chelsea.

Woodinville wins its first state boys’ championship following a 2-1 victory over Hazen in the 4A final in Puyallup. After the Highlanders’ Vitaly Polyukh ties it midway through the first half on a deep cross from Stephen Cruz, the towering Cooper Conley scores his second goal and 41st of the season with 68 seconds remaining in regulation. A junior, Conley had scored Woodinville’s semifinal overtime winner vs. Chiawana and the opener vs. Hazen, both on free kicks.

With seven second-half goals punctuated by a Pedro de la Vega golazo, the Sounders stun Concacaf champion Cruz Azul, 7-0, in Leagues Cup group play at Lumen Field. De la Vega scores three minutes into his 17-minute, substitute shift, to make it 5-nil. However, it's Pepo's blazing 20-yard volley off Alex Roldan's cross to the left edge of the box which goes viral online. It is both a Seattle all-competitions record for goals in a half and a match, plus the biggest Leagues Cup win by an MLS team over a Liga MX opponent.

Claudia Dickey of the Seattle Reign gets a clean sheet while earning her first cap for the U.S. National Team in a 4-0 win over the Republic of Ireland in Commerce City, Colo. Defender Jordyn Bugg, 18, is also capped for the first time in a substitute role that night. Dickey, Bugg and Reign midfielder Sam Meza, making her USWNT debut, all start in another 4-0 win over Ireland on June 29 in Cincinnati. Dickey finishes the year with six caps, Bugg five and Meza two. On Dec. 1, Bugg is named a finalist for U.S. Soccer Young Player of the Year.

Holding their inaugural Queens Match, Seattle Reign marks the 40th anniversary of the first U.S. Women's National Team match by honoring The 85ers, who featured seven players from Washington. All 17 USWNT veterans, including Michelle Akers, join the Reign and Rave Foundation's opening of a new community mini-pitch. The Queens Match will annually honor the storied legacy of the city and spotlight those women who were pioneers in developing the beautiful game. Seattle squanders a 3-nil lead and draw, 3-3, with Chicago on goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher's equalizer.

First-time fans wishing to sample a 2025 Sounders home match are being offered free tickets and more. Entitled 'First Match on Us,' the club will provide two tickets, gift and specially designed welcome experience to those who have never before purchased Sounders tickets. There are 12 matches to choose from.

Newly acquired Seattle Reign striker Lynn Biyendolo, née Williams, scores 42 seconds into a United States 2-1 win over Australia at the She Believes Cup in Glendale, Ariz. It's the 22nd international goal for Biyendolo, who married in the offseason. She scored four times in 2024.

Nil Vinyals scores the equalizing goal in the 121st minute, and Carlos Merancio makes two shootout saves to send the Spokane Velocity back to the USL League One final for the second year in a row. Before 2,680 in Spokane, the Velocity wins the semifinal shootout, 6-5, following the 2-2 draw with Portland (Me.) Hearts of Pine. Luis Gil puts the hosts on the board in the 45th minute, but Portland responds early in the second half. After falling behind in the opening two minutes of extra time, the Velocity stays alive when Vinyals, an overtime substitute for Gil, whirls and finds the left corner from 10 yards in added time. Jalen Crisler scores for Spokane in the seventh round, and Merancio dives right for the decisive stop.

Drought conditions in Central Washington are affecting playing conditions. Yakima’s Davis High School girls’ team is forced to use an auxiliary field just south of the school, which itself was a noticeably hard surface. For the second straight year, the school district reduced its water usage by about 40% in response to the city's conservation request during Central Washington's ongoing severe drought. Large patches of grass still appear yellow or brown.

Jess Fishlock scores the historic first goal for Wales at a major women’s championship. The Reign and Dragons’ all-time scoring leader, Fishlock, pokes home from close range in the 13th minute of a 4-1 loss to France in St. Gallen, Switzerland. At 38, she becomes the oldest goalscorer in European Championship history. On Oct. 25, she plays her record 166th and final match for Wales vs. Australia.

Emina Ekic puts the Spokane Zephyr on the verge of a playoff berth by delivering a second-half brace capped by a late Olimpico in the penultimate USL Super League match at Washington, D.C. Ekic, who sparked a comeback win over the DC Power two months earlier, opens the scoring in the 65th minute on a counterattack. After the Power ties it, 1-1, Ekic swerves her left-footed corner kick into the far corner for the 84' winner. It's her fourth goal vs. DC and 10th of the season. Spokane is 8-1-2 down the stretch, needing a win in its final game to reach the postseason.

The Div. 3 Tacoma Defiance nearly pull off the upset of the U.S. Open Cup's round of 32 before succumbing to the Portland Timbers, 3-2, in added time at Starfire. Goals by Osaze De Rosario and Yu Tsukanome in the first six minutes of the second half give the Defiance a 2-1 lead. However, Gage Guerra comes off the Portland bench to equalize at 80', and a penalty by Kevin Kelsy three minutes into stoppage time settles it.

Washington's unlikely run through the Big Ten and NCAA tournament comes to an abrupt end in the quarterfinals. No. 11 Duke eliminates the Huskies, 3-0, in Durham, N.C. UW is the only school with both women's and men's teams advancing to the Elite Eight. The Huskies, picked to finish ninth in the Big Ten preseason poll, reach the final eight for the third time and first since 2010.

Jordan Morris delivers what proves to be the Sounders' decisive goal vs. LAFC and tops the club scoring list in the process. Paul Rothrock slips a ball to Morris to pound home from 8 yards in the 77th minute for a 3-1 lead. Morris kisses the badge in celebration. It's his 87th goal across all competitions, surpassing Raul Ruidiaz. Kalani Kossa-Rienzi starts the 5-2 victory barely 10 minutes into his first MLS start with a long run and left-footed strike.

Seattle's FIFA World Cup organizing committee announces nine locations across the state who will host fan zones, in addition to the Seattle Fan Celebration hosted at the Seattle Center. Hosting fan zones will be Bellingham, Bremerton, Everett, Olympia, Spokane, Tacoma, Tri-Cities (Pasco, Richland and Kennewick), Vancouver and Yakima. Specific locations in each city are to be determined.

Spokane Velocity makes the most of its four shots by sinking Madison, 1-0, in the Wisconsin capital on Anuar Peleaz’s eighth goal of the season. The Velocity’s third straight victory, backstopped by Carlos Merancio’s four saves, lifts Spokane (11-2-5) back into first place in USL 1. Merancio leads the league with eight shutouts.

USL League One rules Spokane’s 3-2 road win July 16 at Westchester a forfeit due to the Velocity’s use of an ineligible player. Defender Javier Martín Gil, who was not listed on the matchday roster, entered the match in the 59th minute before exiting in the 75th. Westchester is awarded a 3-0 victory. Spokane, which had gone 8-0-3 in league play since March 22, remains at the top of the table.

Spokane Zephyr star Emina Ekić earns the first-ever USL Super League Player of the Year award. Ekić , a three-time team of the month selection, scored 10 goals and added six assists in her inaugural season. Spokane's Hope Hisey is named goalkeeper of the year. She totaled nine shutouts to share the Super League lead and had two goalkeeper of the month citations.

Kate Short's header seven minutes into overtime sends Puget Sound into the NCAA Division III women's second round with a 1-0 win over No. 23 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in Claremont, Calif. It's the Loggers' first postseason victory since 2015. Several of Gianna Maldonado's six saves are difficult in posting her 13th shutout and fourth in a row. Short connects with a Hayden Goodman corner kick for her ninth goal and fourth in as many games. UPS is eliminated the following day by No. 5 Pomona Pitzer.

One day after FIFA's 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., pairings and start times are confirmed for Seattle's four group stage matches. On June 15, action will get underway with a Group G pairing of Belgium vs. Egypt. The United States hosts Australia on Juneteenth for the second round of Group D. Qatar will face a playoff qualifier, either Italy, Northern Ireland, Wales or Bosnia & Herzegovina, on June 24. Each of those fixtures starts at 12 noon. Egypt vs. Iran will be the venue's sole night game, at 8 p.m. on June 26.

Two gushers of goals on either side of halftime lift Washington from a 2-nil deficit to a 7-2 statement victory at Seattle University. Both of Zach Ramsey's goals punctuate outbursts. Ramsey follows Harry Bertos by just 16 seconds to give UW a 3-2 lead at 42:18. Chad Sovde doubles the advantage 31 seconds before intermission. Egor Akulov and Ramsey score 1:47 apart to blow open the Fewing Cup, 6-2, in the 66th minute. It’s the Huskies' first seven-goal game since 2000. Ten months earlier UW and SU met in an NCAA tournament game settled by a shootout.

The highest scoring game in Tacoma Defiance annals does not have a happy ending. Tacoma blows a 3-0 halftime lead and allows four goals in the final 16 minutes of a 6-4 loss at Colorado. After going 1-5-3 since an impressive Open Cup run, Defiance coach Herve Diese parts ways with the club three days later.

Snohomish United's fields are underwater as the Snohomish River hits record flood levels. Crews move equipment to higher ground at Stocker Field, located just east of the river, which rises to 34.1 feet at noon. The fields are under 10 feet of water. Consecutive atmospheric rivers over eight days aimed at the Pacific Northwest result in catastrophic flooding across more than 10 counties, prompting more than 1,200 rescues and evacuations and the closure of scores of roads and highways.

Seattle's Reed Baker-Whiting plays a substitute role as the United States advances to the FIFA U-20 World Cup quarterfinals with a 3-0 victory over Italy in Rancagua, Chile. Baker-Whiting starts once and features in four of five matches overall as the U.S. eventually falls to Morocco, 3-1, on Oct. 12. His Sounder teammate, Obed Vargas, is a regular starter for Mexico, another quarterfinalist.

Tyler John scores for the fifth time in two games and the Tacoma Stars come home with a 3-2 win over the Empire Strykers. Coming off a four-goal effort against Baltimore, John put the visitors up 2-0 midway the first period. Off to its first 3-0 start since 2015-16, Tacoma gets a Logan Jones goal in the third period.

A Morgan Manalili goal late in the first half is sufficient for Western Washington to get a 1-1 tie with Simon Fraser at home and wrap-up the GNAC women's regular season title. The Vikings will go on to finish the regular season on a 16-game undefeated streak and 11-0-3 in conference, good for their second straight regular season crown and third in four seasons.

Seattle's Lumen Field is among 14 proposed U.S. venues for the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup. The combined bid from the U.S., Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica is the only one received.

Another major trophy joins the Seattle Sounders’ collection following a convincing 3-0 win over Lionel Messi and Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup final before a record attendance of 69,314 at Lumen Field. Although playing without a handful of veteran starters, Seattle sets off a thunderous roar when Osaze De Rosario finishes an Alex Roldan cross at 26’. Messi and Tadeo don’t capitalize on prime chances early in the second half before the Sounders pull away late. Georgi Minoungou sets up championship MVP Roldan’s 84’ penalty kick, and Paul Rothrock tallies at 89’. Miami’s Luis Suarez initiates a postgame fracas involving his spitting on a Seattle staffer. The Sounders are 10-1-4 across all competitions since the Club World Cup.

Western Washington's home field advantage in the NCAA tournament goes for naught in a 1-1 (6-5) shootout loss to Azusa Pacific in the second round at Harrington Field. Claire Potter's opener appears to be the winner until APU scores with 65 seconds left in regulation. Western plays without top scorer Morgan Manalili (17 goals), who sustained an ankle injury in the GNAC semifinals. Unbeaten at home, WWU finishes with just one loss (14-1-7).

A spectacular surge over the second half of their inaugural USL Super League season ends in disappointment as the Spokane Zephyr draws, 1-1, vs. Fort Lauderdale United before 3,596 at One Spokane Stadium. Fort Lauderdale finishes identical to Spokane at 11-8-9 and 42 points, but United gets the final semifinal playoff berth by virtue of winning the series 1-0-3. The Zephyr zoomed from last place into contention by going 8-1-3 and scoring 22 goals since March 8. Emina Ekic (7), Ally Cook (5) and McKenzie Weinert (4) boosted the attack during the run.

Ballard FC’s bid for a second USL League Two championship in three years is denied by an added-time goal by the undefeated Vermont Green before a packed stadium of 5,000 in Burlington, Vt. Ballard pulls level at 1-1 when Charlie Kosakoff scores his fifth playoff goal and 12th altogether in the 62nd minute. Max Kissel of Vermont finds the winner seconds into the 91st minute.

Charlie Kosakoff puts Washington ahead to stay early in the second half, and Alex Hall seals a return to the College Cup with a 3-1 win at No. 4 Maryland. It's the Huskies' fourth straight road victory in NCAA tournament play, making them only the second team to do so since the bracket expanded to 48 teams in 2001. UW trails for 19 minutes, until Richie Aman's 38' equalizer. Kosakoff gives the visitors the lead in the 55th minute, and Aman assists Hall in the 70th. Wins at Oregon State, No. 5 SMU and No. 12 Stanford preceded Maryland. The Terrapins had ended Washington's Big Ten title hopes on Halloween, 1-0.

Ivan Torres, a key figure in Spokane's Hispanic and Latino community and its youth soccer scene, dies in a single-car accident on state Route 281 in George, Wash. Torres, 40, focused on empowering youth through sports with the Union Fútbol Club. He believed in the transformative power of the sport and sought to provide underserved children in the community with free soccer lessons. In memory of Torres, USL Spokane dedicates 10 percent of each Zephyr kit sale to Union FC.

For the second year in a row, Spokane Velocity eliminates Ballard FC from the U.S. Open Cup in the first round by a 1-0 count in Seattle. With Ballard still two months away from its regular season opener, retired Sounder Kelyn Rowe is among the additions filling the cup roster. The stalemate is settled in the 120th minute of extra time, when Anuar Peláez’s shot deflects off a defender and in.

Spanish giant Atlético Madrid pushes the Seattle Sounders to the brink of Club World Cup elimination with a 3-1 victory in a weekday matinee before 51,636 at Lumen Field. Paul Barrios scores twice as Atlético repels a second-half comeback sparked by Albert Rusnak's 50' goal. Axel Witsel answers Rusnak just 5 minutes later to restore a two-goal cushion. Seattle must win its third match, versus European champion Paris Saint-Germain, to have any chance of advancing.

Wearing orange ribbons of tribute in their hair, the 13th-ranked Washington Huskies dispatch Wisconsin, 2-1, in the Big Ten semifinals at St. Louis before learning some tragic news. Mia Hamant, their teammate who had starred in a shootout at the conference playoffs a year earlier, dies of kidney cancer at age 21. Samiah Shell and Maylen Montoya score less than two minutes apart late in the first half.

Nick Perera gets a goal and assist in the first quarter as Tacoma goes up 3-0 and holds on to win 5-4 at Kansas City. The Stars’ fourth straight win and 8th in 10 games lifts them above the MASL playoff game with one game remaining. They started 2-11. Unfortunately, Tacoma falls 7-2 at San Diego on March 30 and is eliminated from contention.

Puget Sound returns to the Northwest Conference women's throne for the first time since 2018, with Zoe Witter's fourth-minute strike versus Whitworth holding up for a 1-0 victory in Tacoma. After starting out 1-2-1, the Loggers go 12-0-4 in the NWC. They get the automatic NCAA berth over Pacific Lutheran (22-4) by virtue of goal differential (28-3) in NWC matches (PLU is 22-4). The Loggers and Lutes draw in both meetings.

Sofia Huerta steps to the spot to secure the Seattle Reign's return to the NWSL playoffs with a 2-1 win over Utah. It comes in Lauren Barnes' final home match as she returns to the lineup for the first time in four outings. Ainsley McCammon heads Seattle ahead in the dying seconds of the first half. After the Royals pull level, Maddie Mercado is taken down in the box, and Huerta delivers her first goal since returning from her year-long loan to Olympique Lyon in July. It's the Reign's eighth postseason berth and first since 2023.

Charlie Kosakoff's brace is the difference as Ballard FC books its place in the USL League Two final by beating Flint City, 2-1, before standing room only crowd at Interbay. Flint City's 1-nil lead lasts just eight minute before Kosakoff's 58' equalizer. His second, in the 75th minute, wins it. The Bridges go 9-0-2 at home vs. league foes.

Osaze De Rosario presented the first MLS NEXT Pro Pathway Player of the Year award. De Rosario scored 10 goals with Tacoma Defiance, earning a first team signing in May. He totaled five goals for the Sounders.

Sounders homegrown product Josh Atencio is traded to Colorado for $1.3M in General Allocation Money and up to $300,000 more in performance clauses. A Bellevue native, Atencio, 23, made 111 appearances for Seattle since 2020. With a logjam in midfield, had transitioned from defensive midfield to central defense in preseason.

Ten-man Spokane Velocity is victorious for a record sixth straight match across all competitions, 1-0 over Richmond, before 2,644 at One Spokane Stadium. The streak includes five league wins for the Velocity (6-1-2). Anuar Peláez stabs home his USL One-leading sixth goal in the 44th minute after a Luis Gil free kick creates chaos in the box. Spokane plays the final 77 minutes shorthanded following Cameron Miller's 13' red card.

Behind Charlie Kosakoff's hat trick in the first half-hour, Ballard FC blasts the Tacoma Stars, 11-0, in a record performance at Bellarmine Prep. It's part of a 9-0-3 start for Ballard, which goes on to win a third straight Northwest Division title by a 35-4 goal differential.

Brian Lanier makes a season-high eight saves for Seattle Pacific, but Western Oregon wins the inaugural GNAC men's tournament, 2-1, in overtime at Burnaby, B.C. Christopher Soto stakes SPU to the lead in the 30th minute, and the Wolves pull level midway through the second half before scoring the winner at 101:04. The Falcons earn an at-large NCAA berth on Nov. 17, their first since 2021.

Following the Spokane Zephyr's fifth victory in six matches, coach Jo Johnson announces she will depart after the season to spend more time with her family. The announcement comes with three games remaining.

Nicole Lukic is named coach of Spokane Zephyr eight games (2-2-4) into the 2025-26 USL Super League campaign. Lukic, who comes from U.S. Soccer where she identified prospects for the youth national teams, takes the reins from interim coach and technical director Josh McAllister.

Mike Bartley, whose Snohomish County high school teams achieved great success, dies at age 63 from pancreatic cancer. Bartley, a Cascade High School and Everett Community College alumnus, began his prep coaching career in 1986 at Eastside Catholic, then returned to Snohomish County when he took up coaching duties with Jackson, Meadowdale and Archbishop Murphy. He won four state titles between the boys and girls teams at Archbishop Murphy, most recently in 2021.

Spokane's James Gunn helps Tufts University win the NCAA Division III championship, 2-1, over Trinity (Texas) in Salem, Va. Gunn, a central defender who scored in the 2-1 semifinal win over St. Olaf, is named to the all-tournament team.

Mia Hamant, the Washington goalkeeper who had been diagnosed with kidney cancer, dies following a months-long ordeal with the disease. She was 21 years old. After starring for UW in 2024, in April 2025 she was diagnosed with Stage 4 SMARCB1-deficient kidney cancer, an ultrarare form of the disease. She immediately began chemotherapy treatment and stepped away from the Huskies, though she attended every home game during what was supposed to be her senior season.

Mount Si complete an unlikely run to their first girls' 4A championship as the 12th-seeded Wildcats blank Tahoma, 2-0, in the final. Reese Stanley and Bella Seidenstucker score in the first half for Mount Si, which had never advanced past quarterfinals previously. but toppled top seed Issaquah in the semifinals. Second-seeded Tahoma was seeking its third title overall and first in 20 years.

Lynn Biyendolo scores her first Seattle goal as the Reign pick up their third signature win of the young season, 1-0, over defending NWSL champion Kansas City. Biyendolo takes her NWSL career-leading goal total to 81 across all competitions. Already Seattle has wins over traditional contenders North Carolina, Portland and the Current.

Tori Waldeck-Zierenberg scores midway through the second half and the Spokane Zephyr go on to beat Dallas, 2-0, to give new coach Nicole Lukic a victory in her first match at One Spokane Stadium. The Zephyr, who also get an own goal, are now unbeaten in five games (3-0-2).

A late regular season spurt of three straight wins by the Sounders ends with Jackson Ragen burying a late header to beat New York City, but the mood is tempered by injury news. Back from two extended injury spells, Jordan Morris scores for the first time since July, and Ragen wins it, 2-1, in the 87th minute in New York. However, winger Pedro de la Vega goes down with a season-ending right knee patella fracture.

Emory Bozzuti of Seattle helps Atlanta's Emory University reach the NCAA Division III women's title game by assisting on the first goal in a 3-0 semifinal victory over Tufts in Salem, Va. Bozzuti totals a goal and two assists during the tournament run, which ends with a 2-1 loss to Washington (Mo.).

Idyllic Puget Sound weather, some high-profile giants and a competitive home side lure well over 200,000 supporters for six FIFA Club World Cup matches at Lumen Field. A precursor to Seattle hosting 2026 World Cup games, the CWC features strong turnouts from not only the Sounders but also Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds and Argentina's River Plate traveling fans. Italian powerhouse Inter Milan edges River, 2-0, on this day before 45,135. In all, 214,614 attend games, with several starting on weekday afternoons.

For the second year in a row, Crossfire Premier boys are victorious in the U18/19 ECNL championship game. Anthony Garcia scores in stoppage time on XF home turf at Redmond's 60 Acres Park, to edge Chicago's Eclipse Select, 3-2. It's unbeaten XF's third U19 national title in four seasons.

Tanner Ijams makes two shootout saves, and Julia Hüsch converts the clinching penalty for No. 13 Washington to complete the women's Big Ten double by winning the tournament final, 1-1 (4-1), over No. 9 Michigan in St. Louis. Kalea Eichenberger gives UW the lead in the fourth minute, but the Wolverines answer on an 11' penalty. Ijams stops six Michigan shots in the second half and overtime. She then twice guesses correctly left in the shootout while the Huskies score each of their four.

The One Roof Stadium Partnership, a consortium of the Seattle Kraken, Climate Pledge Arena and the One Roof Foundation, announces that $30 million in private funding is secured. Plans are now going forward for the groundbreaking later in 2025 for a new 6,500-seat Memorial Stadium at Seattle Center. A lead gift of $5 million from Seattle Kraken owner Samantha Holloway and Climate Pledge Arena developer and operator Oak View Group. It also includes the redevelopment project’s first corporate commitment from WaFd Bank, with a $2 million donation. The new stadium will be designed by Kansas City's Generator Studio, a specialist in sports venues. Funding the costs will be $66.5 million, along with nearly $4 million in state funding and $40 million from the city of Seattle.

MLS owners vote to adopt a new competition calendar beginning in 2027. The MLS regular season will run from mid-July to April, with playoffs staged in May. There will be a winter break in December and January. Ahead of the transition, MLS will stage a “sprint season,” likely to be 14 games from mid-February through May in 2027. The move aims to put MLS in a more competitive position for player transfers, while also freeing up players for national team duty during the summer, when many major international tournaments take place.

Washington moves to the top of the Big Ten women's table by beating No. 4 UCLA on Montlake, 1-0. Jadyn Holdenried hits her sixth goal and fourth game-winner while the defense limits the Bruins to a season low five shots. It's Washington's biggest upset since 2017 against No. 2 Florida. The Huskies (4-0-2 in league) had beaten No. 15 USC away on Sept. 11.

Tom Powers of Seattle's Woodland Soccer Club is named 2024 U.S. Youth Soccer Recreational Boys Coach of the Year in Chicago. Powers, who has volunteered as coach of his son's team for eight years, is a self-proclaimed "fitness and attitude" coach. His coaching style was born from his experiences of working in both education and mental health.

Three days after becoming the first player to mark 250 NWSL career appearances, Lauren Barnes says she will retire following the Reign's final 2025 game. Barnes, 36, has been a defensive stalwart for Seattle since its inaugural season of 2013.

Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei is taken from Lumen Field via ambulance after sustaining a concussion on the final play in stoppage time of a 1-1 draw with Columbus. Following a Crew free kick, Frei collides with Amar Sejdic and is left lying motionless. He remains conscious as medical personnel attend to him for five minutes. Both teams plead with referee Ismir Pekmic to call the match, which he eventually does. Frei misses the next eight MLS and Leagues Cup matches.

An extra-time strike from the red-hot Osaze De Rosario sends the Tacoma Defiance past the Oakland Roots of the USL Championship, 2-1, in a third-round U.S. Open Cup match at Starfire. Tacoma is the last remaining MLS Next Pro team remaining in the round of 32. In the 108th minute, De Rosario delivers the upset of the Div. 2 Roots with his fifth goal in the first seven games across all competitions. He scores four times in his next four games to earn a Sounders first-team contract on May 8.

In a match that begins on a Sunday and ends 49 hours later, Jess Fishlock finds a last-minute winner for the Reign's 1-0 win over Louisville at an empty Lumen Field. A scoreless first half ended Sept. 14 with Racing's Savannah DeMelo collapsing and requiring medical attention. Officials abandon the game and restart it with the second half two days later. DeMelo is conscious and alert when taken to the hospital. The 90' winner comes off a backpass intercepted by Jordyn Huietma, then Maddie Dahlien centers to Fishlock.

Sounders midfielder Cristian receives his first call-up from Mauricio Pochettino and draws praise for his starting role in the United States’ 2-0 win over Japan in Columbus. A last-minute addition who cut short a family vacation, Roldan was a substitute in a 2-0 loss to South Korea on Sept. 6. He plays the full 90 vs. Japan, the Yanks’ first shutout in five matches.

Danny Musovski notches his first MLS hat trick and newly-signed teen Snyder Brunell scores in his first start in Seattle's 5-2 home win over Sporting Kansas City. It's Musovski's third multi-goal game and his third goal, a penalty kick, boosts his season total to 15 in all competitions. Kirkland native Brunell, 18, signed July 29 after starring in midfield for Tacoma Defiance. His senior debut came July 31 vs. Cruz Azul.

Applying attacking pressure from the outset, Washington scores twice in the first half on its way to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Furman in the NCAA semifinals at Cary, N.C. The Huskies, returning to the College Cup for the first time since 2021, break through in the 32nd minute as Alex Hall slips a ball ahead to Zach Ramsey, who scores from the top of the box. It's 2-nil in the 40th after Charlie Kosakoff strips a defender and converts. Furman, from nearby Greenville, S.C., does not dent the UW net until after Asher Hestad scores with five minutes remaining. North Carolina State edges St. Louis, 2-1, in the other semifinal.

Two teams with Washington state ties begin play at The Soccer Tournament, a 7v7 men's and women's competition in Cary, N.C., with $1 million awaiting the winners. Hope Solo comes out of a 10-year retirement to form Solo FC. Eleven members of the Tacoma Stars are scattered amongst four men's teams, with the majority playing under the Sneaky Fox 97, sponsored by Stars owner Lane Smith. Both Sneaky Fox and Solo FC reach the knockout rounds before being eliminated.

Gov. Bob Ferguson signs a bill for $45 million toward Seattle's 2026 World Cup costs related to security, Lumen Field improvements and upgrades to training facilities. More than $19 million goes toward the installation of grass at Lumen, creating more space for media and adding backrests for the north end bleachers. As proposed training facilities for visiting national teams, both the University of Washington and Gonzaga facilities will get field improvements.

Richie Aman, a key catalyst for Washington's NCAA championship run, is named one of three MAC Hermann Trophy finalists, based on voting by NCAA Division I men's coaches. The winner is announced Jan. 9, 2026. Aman becomes Huskies' second finalist for the award, joining Dylan Tevez in 2021. The Big Ten midfielder of the year, Aman led Washington with 14 assists, including three in the final three wins. The other finalists are Grand Canyon University freshman Junior Diouf and NC State junior Donavan Phillip.

Todd Shulenberger, the winningest and longest tenured coach of Washington State, leaves Pullman after 11 seasons for Ole Miss. Shulenberg guided the Cougars to their first College Cup appearance in 2019 and was 113-67-34 overall. In all, WSU made five trips to the NCAA Tournament, including three straight from 2017-19 but but none in the last four seasons. The Cougs were affiliate members of the West Coast Conference the past two seasons, taking fourth and seventh, respectively.

Eleven months after being named interim men's coach, Gonzaga makes Chris McGaughey's appointment permanent. McGaughey replaced Aaron Lewis in December 2024, and the Bulldogs went 4-8-3.

FIFA's Club World Cup dynamic ticket pricing prompts a tepid response from local fans prior to the Sounders-Botafogo June 15 opener. One fan tells The Seattle Times they purchased tickets during the December presale period, paying $153 per seat for a 300-level ticket. Now, 300-level tickets for can be purchased for less than $62 after taxes and fees. The Sounders, attempting to placate fans, offer two free tickets to the Botafogo game for anyone who had bought tickets through the club during the presale period.

Bellevue wins its third 3A girls' crown in 10 years with a 1-0 victory over Liberty at Sparks Stadium. Paris Baker's goal from the top of the box to start the second half is the difference for the No. 3 seed Wolverines, who also won titles in 2016 and 2022. Katelyn Moore makes two saves for the shutout. Top seeds Gig Harbor and Mount Spokane were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Yu Tsukanome and Tacoma Defiance continue their strong start with a 2-1 win at Ventura County. Now 4-1-0 in MLS Next Pro, Tacoma gets a second-half brace from Tsukanome. It’s the best start in Defiance annals.

Two months after guiding Ballard FC to the USL League One final, James Riley steps down after two years as coach. On Oct. 2, assistant Mutanda Kwesele is elevated to head coach.

Crossfire Premier boys' teams collect three ECNL national championships in Richmond, Va., and set a record with four altogether for 2025. Of the six age groups contested, Crossfire takes U13, U14, U17 and, earlier, the U18/19. With a 2-0 win over Southern California's Legends FC, the XF U13s finish 31-0-0 with a goal difference of 173-13. Owen White scores in the final minute for the U14s’ 1-0 victory over Atlanta's Concorde Fire Platinum. Oscar Santana's brace fuels the U17s' 4-0 conquest of St. Louis Scott Gallagher. The XF '08s also won the 2023 ECNL title.

William Miranda-Ortiz scores the go-ahead goal for undefeated Whitman College, clinching their first NCAA Division III tournament berth with a 3-1 victory over Pacific Lutheran in Tacoma. Miranda-Ortiz finishes Spencer Lovell's feed just 53 seconds into the second half for a 2-1 advantage after the Blues trailed early. Whitman wins its first outright Northwest Conference championship and automatic national qualification by finishing the regular season at 14-0-6.

While they tallied seven goals and finished the series with a plus-2 goal differential, the Sounders go out of the MLS playoffs in the first round at the hands of Minnesota United. Seattle is edged, 3-3 (7-6), in a St. Paul shootout in the deciding third game of the series. Seattle squanders a 2-nil lead, but Jordan Morris scores in the 88th minute to force the tiebreaker. The Sounders had won Game 2, 4-2, after losing a shootout decision in Game 1, 0-0 (3-2) in Minnesota. They end the season on 7-game unbeaten run.

After traveling 2,400 miles, the Spokane Velocity brings the USL League One playoffs back home, thanks to a 1-0 victory over Naples (Fla.). Luis Gil scores in the 87th minute to clinch hosting rights in the quarterfinals. All three 2024 playoff games had been away. Naples, also playoff-bound, had been 5-0-1 in the last six home games.

Five days after dropping their first game at Interbay, FC Olympia gets a gritty, 0-0 home draw against Salmon Bay to clinch a third consecutive Northwest Division crown at Lacey. The Artesians get a solid performance from Faith Nguyen in goal to finish 7-2-1 and one point ahead of Salmon Bay (6-1-3). Olympia's Ginny Lackey goes on to be named division player of the year after scoring 12 times in 10 games.

After scoring just twice in three winless outings, Gonzaga gets three goals in the final 50 minutes against Seattle University for a 3-2, come from behind victory at chilly Luger Field. The Redhawks' Caroline Penner assists and then scores for a 2-0 lead after 12 minutes. Samantha Snorsky pulls one back for the Bulldogs before halftime. In the 68th minute, Amelia Severn ties it, and Snorsky passes to Katelynn Rigg for the winner with six minutes to go.

A record Chicago Stars crowd is silenced in the final minutes as the Seattle Reign storms back to gain a 2-2 draw before 26,492 at Soldier Field. Down 2-nil, Lynn Biyendolo strikes left-footed from the top of the arc in the 87th minute. Jordyn Bugg finds the equalizer just two minutes later when her right-wing cross squeezes through traffic and inside the back post. Entering stoppage time, Maddie Mercado forces a diving stop on a potential winner.

Sounders FC announces plans to pursue a strategic capital raise, a new large minority investor, with the objective of fueling growth initiatives. Among the club’s ambitious projects would likely be exploring a new stadium. States majority owner Adrian Hanauer: “We’ve built a foundation of excellence over the past 51 years, and we believe that now is the right time to seek additional partners who can help us achieve our vision for the next 50 years.”

President Donald Trump warns host cities including Seattle and Los Angeles may be in danger of having their games relocated due to “safety” concerns. Alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office, Trump says, “If we think there is going to be a sign of any trouble, I would ask Gianni to move that to a different city.” He then mentions newly elected Seattle mayor Katie Wilson and adds: “Gianni, can I say we will move the event to some place it will be appreciated and safe?”

It is a deluge of goals south of the border for the Tacoma Stars as the Chihuahua Savage wins 21-8. The Stars, playing without goalkeeper Chris Toth, allow seven goals in both the second and third quarters and twice trail by as much as 14. Tacoma's Moises Gonzalez tallies five goals to match Chihuahua's Erick Tovar.

Snohomish United becomes Washington's sixth USL W League club after announcing plans to start play in 2026. In 2023, FC Olympia (then Oly Town) was the state's only league club.

Tacoma Stars standout Chris Toth is named MASL Goalkeeper of the Year for a fifth time and the second year in a row. The all-time league saves leader, Toth led MASL with a .752 save percentage and was second in saves with 279.

Homegrown Sally Menti starts it, and teenager Emeri Adames finishes the Reign’s 2-1 win at San Diego, snapping the Wave’s six-game unbeaten run. In her first start for her hometown club, Menti opens the scoring at 67’ from outside the box. In the 87th minute, Adames splits defenders to score the winner. She is one of an NWSL record six teenagers starting for both teams, including Jordyn Bugg (18) and Ainsley McCammon (17).

Nick Perera rises to No. 1 in MASL career assists as the Tacoma Stars' slow start continues. Perera contributes his 226th assist on Nani Mendoza's tying goal in the third period of a 4-3 road loss to the Empire Strykers. It moves him past Kansas City's Leo Gibson. Perera also ranks No. 3 in career points and No. 4 in goals. Tacoma suffers its fourth loss in a row after opening with a win over San Diego.

Claire Potter's two goals pace 12th-ranked Western Washington past rival Seattle Pacific at Harrington Field, extending the Vikings' unbeaten run to 13 games after starting 0-1-2. Potter has four goals and one assist in the last five games.

Despite mounting a furious, two-goal rally in the final 11 minutes, Whitman is unable to overcome hometown favorite Texas Lutheran in an NCAA Division III first-round men's game at San Antonio. Down 3-nil, the Blues get goals three minutes apart from Jude Clum-Stockton and Kevin Serrano to make it 3-2. They force two corner kicks and fire three shots in the final five minutes before sustaining their first loss of the season.

Stumbling out of the gate for the second season in a row, the Sounders fall, 3-0, at upstart San Diego. Already without Paul Arriola and Jordan Morris, Seattle must pull Alex Roldan and Albert Rusnak early. The Sounders are 1-3-3, tying for their second-worst start in the MLS era.

Jesús Ferreria notches his first goal in Rave Green, and Stefan Frei makes seven saves for his 121st MLS career shutout in the Sounders' 1-0 home win over San Diego. It caps a 6-1-2 run following a disastrous, injury-marred 1-3-3 start in league play. It's the 400th Sounders appearance for Frei, 39.

Sounders players wear pregame T-shirts that read “Club World Cup Ca$h Grab” in protest demanding a bigger share of the prize money for upcoming FIFA tournament. Seattle will earn $9.55 million as a club for participating in the tournament, with a chance to win additional prize money from wins. Currently, there is a provision of the collective bargaining agreement that caps at $1M how much prize money can go to players. After going 5-0-2 in the first seven MLS home games, the Sounders lose, 3-2, to Minnesota.

Two goals in just over two minutes wipe out a 2-nil deficit, and Whitman goes on to win, 4-3, at George Fox to remain undefeated (7-0-3). Remy Marcks and Alex Evans get the Blues back on track by scoring in the 35th and 37th minutes. Just before intermission, Lucas McAllister's eighth goal of the season and sixth in four games gives the visitors the lead. Fernando Lopez-Vega tallies what proves to be the winning goal in the 52nd. The victor keeps Whitman two points ahead of Pacific Lutheran in the Northwest Conference race.

Danny Musovski can't stop scoring. With Jordan Morris out injured, Musovski scores in his fifth consecutive match as the Sounders return home from Houston with a 3-1 win. Musovski had rarely started and not scored in 25 MLS appearances before beginning his torrid stretch with a May 12 winner at Dallas, the start of a five-game unbeaten (4-0-1) run. He becomes the fourth Sounder to score in five straight outings. Albert Rusnak's second-half brace is the difference at Houston.

JJ Diaz's brace and assist boost a resurgent Seattle Pacific in its 4-1 win over Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho, earning the Falcons a share of the GNAC regular season title. SPU ties Western Oregon for first after winning five of the final six games, outscoring opponents 21-7 over that span.

Mercer Island starts strong and then holds on for its second 3A boys’ title in four years, 3-2, over Shorewood at Sparks Stadium. Following a penalty kick save by Adam Kiviat, the Islanders get all their goals in a 15-minute span beginning just before halftime. Ben Park, Bridge Gerry and Tyler Shelton build a 3-nil advantage before the top-seeded Stormrays, playing in their first final since 1980, score twice in the final 10 minutes.

The final phase of Seattle's Memorial Stadium demolition ends with the removal of the last remaining north grandstand column. Demolition began in earnest in July, following the final public open house on June 26. The 78-year-old multipurpose venue’s complete renovation has a target completion of fall 2027.

Harrison Bertos bangs home the golden goal in the second minute of overtime to lift Washington to its first NCAA championship, 3-2, over crowd favorite NC State in Cary, N.C. The Huskies never trail after Zach Ramsey's opener, an empty-net goal from outside the box with 1:12 left in the first half. Richie Aman spots Joe Dale in the 62nd minute for a short-lived 2-0 lead. The Wolfpack, with most of the 10,316 shivering (28 degrees) fans behind them, answers four minutes later. They force overtime at 86:32 through Taig Healy. UW presses forward to start the extra period, with Aman sparking a four-touch sequence in the box involving Charlie Kosakoff and Egor Akulov, who finds Bertos 4 yards outside the left post. It's the sixth straight upset win while traveling over 10,000 miles with 21 days on the road since Nov. 18. Ramsey, who also scored in the semifinal, is named the tournament's outstanding offensive player and keeper Jadon Bowton, with five saves, earns defensive honors.

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

There are so many incredible footballing cities in this nation. But in terms of the football culture, the football history, the deep-rooted, longtime passion for their club, their team, no fan base, no football culture connects to the history of football in this nation like yours, Seattle.

Seattle Reign and USWNT forward Lynn Biyendolo announces that she and husband Marley are expecting their first child. The NWSL all-time leading goal scorer across all competitions and four-time league champion, Biyendolo last played for the Reign on Aug. 24. She scored two goals in 13 appearances.

Richie Aman finds a sliver of an opening to score an unlikely golden goal in a 3-2 comeback win for Washington at Oregon State to begin NCAA tournament play. After agonizing over whether it would receive an at-large bid earlier in the week, UW trails OSU 2-1 after 77 minutes. But Connor Lofy ties it in the 85th minute, and Aman dribbles into the left side of the box and scores from an acute angle 13:27 into sudden death. It snaps a three-game losing streak for the Huskies.

Federations for Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, complain to FIFA over their 2026 World Cup match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. The site and date for the Group G Egypt-Iran match is June 26, which local organizers say will include a “once-in-a-lifetime moment to showcase and celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities in Washington.” All such events will occur outside the stadium. Seattle's PrideFest has been held since 2007.

Claudia Dickey makes five saves in a 0-0 draw at Gotham to bring the Seattle Reign closer to clinching a playoff berth. Dickey's career-best seventh shutout of the year is also the 13th of her career, tying her with Phallon Tullis-Joyce atop the club record book. The draw is part of five-game unbeaten (2-0-3) run to finish the regular season.

Charlie Kosakoff's brace plus two assists from Zach Ramsey fuel Washington's 5-0 home drubbing of Ohio State. Jadon Bowton makes a season-high seven saves. It's the Huskies' sixth win in a row following a 1-2-2 start. During the streak, UW outscores foes 15-1 and sets up an Oct. 31 showdown at Maryland, with the winner likely getting the Big Ten regular season crown.

With Lumen Field undergoing a grass installation, hosting six World Cup matches and then replacing the grass with turf, the Sounders' 2026 schedule is unlike any before. Following the home opener vs. Colorado they take a five-game road trip – their longest ever. The Sounders return home to the grass field for six of the next seven games and ultimately take a 52-day World Cup break. Seattle hosts Portland July 16, then must leave for the turf installation prior to the Seahawks' preseason.

Yu Tsukanome scores his 18th goal of the season across all competitions, setting a Tacoma Defiance/S2 season record, in a 2-1 home win over Houston. Leo Burney also scores, and Sounders Academy keeper Noah Newman makes seven saves in the Defiance's first win since Aug. 10, snapping a five-game losing streak. Tsukanome's 17' goal is his 15th of MLS Next Pro season, tying Braudilio Rodrigues’s total in 2023.