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Galindo Joins Sounders
September 9, 2005

Cuban defector Maykel Galindo, 24, is cleared to play for the Sounders by U.S. Soccer and starts In the final regular season game versus Montreal (1-0). Galindo, who's been in training for several weeks since his defection July 7, plays 67 minutes.

Hungarians Awarded Forfeit in Challenge Cup
December 31, 1964

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

Lutes Claim 8th Straight NWC Women's Title
November 3, 2024

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'.

Stanford's Second Bite Beats Huskies
November 23, 2014

Megan Kufeld nearly saves the day for Washington, but 3rd-ranked Stanford scores on a penalty kick rebound to end the Huskies' season, 1-0, in a third round NCAA game at Palo Alto. Kufeld, who makes seven stops, parries a 43' Lo’eau LaBonta penalty attempt, but LaBonta is first to the rebound and scores. The Cardinal has not lost to UW since 2004 and has won 23 straight postseason games at home.

MLS Takes Huskies' Hart Seventh
February 6, 2000

Washington midfielder Wes Hart is taken with the seventh overall pick by Colorado in the MLS SuperDraft. It's the earliest selection yet for a player from a state college. Ricci Greenwood of Seattle Pacific went 20th to Columbus in 1996.

Seattle U Wins WAC on Penalties
November 15, 2015

Hamza Haddadi's penalty kick forces overtime and Seattle University converts all five of its spot kicks in the tiebreaker as the 15th-ranked Redhawks win their second WAC men's title in three years. Seattle U prevails, 1-1 (5-4), over Utah Valley in Kansas City. Haddadi, out the previous nine games due to injury, comes off the bench to score the equalizer in the 87th minute. He later delivers the clinching shootout conversion. UVU misses its initial attempt. With 49 seconds remaining in regulation, Utah Valley keeper Collin Partee is sent off for hard foul on David Olsen.

Murphy's Pub team photo. (Courtesy Jason Farrell)
1993
Hope Solo returned to her home state to sign with the Sounders Women for 2012, and soon after her USWNT teammates followed. (Courtesy Sounders Women)
2012
France's OL Groupe joins Reign founder Bill Predmore to announce the club's rebranding to OL Reign in 2020. (Courtesy OL Reign)
2020
Liga Hispana del Noroeste (Hispanic League of the Northwest) grows to 72 teams under the direction of president Exequiel Soltero, right.
2007
Seattle Pacific's Bruce Raney is shown vs. Seattle University, coached by his father, Pat, in 1981. (Courtesy SPU archives)
1981
Brent Goulet came home to sign with his hometown Tacoma Stars in 1989.
1989
Kitsap Pumas not only celebrate winning their first Premier Development League title but do so at home, in Bremerton, after defeating Laredo, 1-0. (Kitsap Pumas photo)
2011
With the distinctive star over their heart, E&E Meats delivered one of the few blemishes to the Bakers' 1953 championship campaign. (Courtesy Seattle Times)
1953
Tara Bilanski led Washington with eight goals in 1993. (Courtesy UW Athletics)
1995
Ray Serrano scored a brace for Tacoma Defiance in a June 27 win, 2-0, over LA Galaxy II. (Courtesy Sounders FC/Charis Wilson)
2021