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McCrath Honored at WA Legends Event
October 30, 2024

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.

Goulet Gets Collegiate Record
November 12, 1986

Tacoma native Brent Goulet scores the 107th goal of his career, believed to be a collegiate record, in Warner Pacific College’s 3-0 win over Pacific (Ore.). Goulet surpasses the 106 of Erskine’s Sam McGinty, set in 1970. He finishes with 108.

Catfish Rules Five-a-Side
April 30, 1950

Catfish Five win the grand prize of $125 in savings bonds for the 7th annual Five-a-Side tournament at West Seattle Stadium. The Catfish defeat Acme Tyee, 4-1, in the final 15-minute game. Acme received a consolation prize of sport coats. They had advanced from the semifinals on the corner kick tiebreaker after tying Black Diamond. Proceeds benefit youth soccer programs.

Keller Debuts for Millwall
May 2, 1992

Kasey Keller, 22, makes his debut for Millwall in the final match of the league season. Keller gets the shutout, 2-0, over Southend at The Den. Thirteen days later, he starts his first USMNT game in two years, a 1-0 loss to Scotland in Denver.

East Side Youth Rapidly Growing
December 11, 1966

Officials with East Side Junior Soccer report growth of 30 percent in the past year. Players from five clubs – Bellevue, Lake Hills, Sunset, Newport Hills and Mercer Island – now number over 1,700.

Carter, Vikings Open Strong
September 13, 1984

Coming off a perfect 1983 campaign, Western Washington opens with a resounding 9-0 thumping of Seattle University at the Chico Invitational. Debbie Carter scores five times as the Vikings' win their 25th straight.

Ramlosa FC poses with their successfully retained U.S. open championship trophy at Memorial Stadium. (Courtesy Mike Ryan family)
1981
Alex Bogdan of the Hungarians. (Courtesy Seattle Times)
1962
Whitman won a share of its first Northwest League title in 37 years in 2018. (Courtesy Northwest Conference)
2018
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
1963 University of Washington action.
1963
Mike Ryan's (top left) Buchan Bakers Juniors. (Courtesy Mike Ryan family)
1968
Sounders forward Eddie Johnson scores the second USMNT goal in 2-0 World Cup Qualifier win over Panama before over 40,000 at CenturyLink Field. (Courtesy Joe Nuxoll / ISI Photos)
2013
The original 1974 Seattle Sounders. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1974
Kelyn Rowe of Federal Way was voted Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and helped UCLA reach the 2010 NCAA quarterfinals. (Courtesy UCLA Athletics)
2010
Kasey Keller and Michelle Akers present the Golden Scarf to two representative Washington Youth Soccer players, marking the organization's 50th anniversary. (Courtesy Sounders FC)
2016