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Sounders Women Christen New Stadium
July 28, 2002

First teams to play in Seahawks Stadium are the Sounders Select Women and Vancouver Breakers, who play prior to the A-League men’s match. Sounders Women win in overtime, 4-3, on Nikki Gamble’s 93rd-minute goal. Seattle native Jodi Campbell scores the historic first goal. Shelby Brownfield and Janelle Munnis contribute the team’s other goals

WWU Wins Regional, Seeks NCAA Title in Seattle
November 19, 2022

Two quick scores set up by Estera Levinte seize momentum and Western Washington rolls to a 3-1 home victory over Colorado School of Mines in an NCAA Division II women's quarterfinal at Harrington Field. Morgan Manalili gets her fourth postseason goal just 1:50 into the match, finishing Levinte's cross. Jayden Nguyen scores from 25 yards in the 12th minute and Tera Ziemer puts the Vikings up 3-nil after 35 minutes. As regional champion, Western advances to the finals, to be played at Seattle's Interbay Stadium.

Sounders Beat Timbers Before Huge Crowd
July 13, 2014

Clint Dempsey scores in his return from World Cup play to help the Sounders beat Portland, 2-0, in front of a crowd of 64,207, the largest MLS crowd of the season. Marco Pappa also scores, and Stefan Frei records his sixth shutout as Seattle maintains a seven-point cushion in the Supporters' Shield race. Five days earlier, the Sounders had eliminated the Timbers from the U.S. Open Cup, 3-1 in extra time.

Redhawks Advance to NAIA Regional Final
November 10, 2000

Carrie Geraghty's clutch save sends Seattle University past host Concordia in the semifinals of the NAIA West Regional women's soccer tournament in Portland. Geraghty stops Concordia's final tiebreaker attempt as the Redhawks prevail, 0-0 (5-4).

Hattrup, Kansas City Win Indoors
April 30, 1993

Peter Hattrup contributes a two-point goal and assist for Kansas City in the deciding Game 5 NPSL finals win over Cleveland, 19-7. Hattrup also starred in the Attack's Game 2 win with a three-point free kick. He is among a handful of Attack players who have been with the team since 1989 in Atlanta.

Behind McKenna, SPC Crushes BCIT
November 13, 1971

Behind a record four-goal performance by Doug McKenna, Seattle Pacific crushes British Columbia Institute of Technology, 8-3, at Interbay to temporarily take over first place in the Western Washington Soccer Conference. The Falcons, who also get two goals from Ken Covell, receive an NCAA tournament berth two days later, after finishing the regular season 6-2-4 one year after going winless.

NCSC play between Seattle University and Western Washington. (Courtesy Western Washington Front archives)
1979
John Best was the face of the Seattle Sounders in their first three seasons of NASL play. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1974
Federal Way native Justi Baumgardt played for the WUSA New York Power in 2003. (Courtesy JustiBaumgardt)
2003
The 50th Anniversary match featured an Emerald City Supporters tifo depicting players from all Sounders eras since 1974. (Sounders FC/Jane Gershsovich)
2024
President Joe Biden presents OL Reign and U.S. National Team player Megan Rapinoe with the Medal of Freedom at The White House (Courtesy OL Reign/Josh Morgan, USA Today)
2022
Reign FC overcame injuries and international absences to qualify for the NWSL playoffs. They went 6-3-3 in their first season at Tacoma's Cheney Stadium. (Courtesy Reign FC)
2019
Five-a-side tournaments took hold during the Forties as an end-of-season ritual. This is Ballard's entry in the 1945 youth tournament. (Courtesy Seattle Times)
1949
Laura Harvey completely turns around the Reign in their second season, earning NWSL Coach of the Year. (Jane Gersovich photo)
2014
Kasey Keller is all smiles follow a U.S. 2-0 shutout of Mexico at Columbus, clinching a berth in the 2006 World Cup. (Courtesy John Todd / ISI Photos)
2005
1967