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Falcons Edge Huskies in Overtime
October 27, 1993

Freshman Ricci Greenwood comes off the bench to score with less than four minutes remaining in overtime as Seattle Pacific earns state collegiate soccer bragging rights by beating Washington, 1-0, before a crowd of 2,300 at Newport High School. Marcus Hahnemann makes five saves to earn his 10th shutout. The Huskies' Dusty Hudock made three outstanding saves to keep it scoreless after 90 minutes of regulation. Greenwood, playing for the first time in four weeks, finds the net in the 116th minute, fires home from the left side of the box. SPU is unbeaten (23-0-2) in 25 home games played on the Eastside and has not lost to UW in the last three meetings, dating back to 1989.

Seattle U Women Repeat as WAC Champs
November 10, 2019

Jessie Ray scores in the 99th minute to lift Seattle University to the 2019 WAC Tournament Championship in a come-from-behind effort at home against Utah Valley, 2-1. Leahi Manthei ties the match in the 86th minute, and then Ray wins the Redhawks' second straight WAC title and automatic NCAA postseason berth. Olivia Ovenell sends a looping ball towards the box, where tournament MVP Ray corrals it and smashes it to the left side of the net. It's the seventh win in eight games for Seattle U, which had earlier won its fifth conference regular-season title since 2013 .

Bellevue Christian Snaps Seattle Christian Streak
September 27, 1997

Bellevue Christian snaps Seattle Christian's 70-game unbeaten streak, 1-0, in the championship game of the Tournament of Champions at Juanita High School. The Warriors last lost in October 1992, 2-1 to North Mason. Becky Ylvisaker scores BC's lone goal and goalkeeper Catherine Kraayveld earns the shutout despite Seattle Christian outshooting BC, 27-3.

Women's Pro Team Coming to Spokane
October 7, 2022

Spokane's USL ownership group announces plans to bring a women's professional club to the new downtown stadium. Ryan and Katie Harnetiaux, with Aequus Sports, LLC, had already committed to a men's USL League One franchise. The women's team will be the state's first entry into the women's first division-sanctioned Super League, set to kick off in 2024.

Purcell Blanks Mexico in Concacaf Final
March 12, 2022

Neeku Purcell of Seattle posts her fourth tournament shutout as the United States wraps up the Concacaf U20 Women's Championship with a 2-0 win over Mexico in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Purcell pushes a dipping drive over the crossbar in the 86th minute for her most difficult stop of her four outings.

Lutes Earn First Postseason Win
November 13, 1987

Ruth Frobe and Laura Dutt connect for a pair of first-half goals to help Pacific Lutheran ease to its first NAIA postseason victory, 5-0, over Willamette in Olympia. Senior co-captain Frobe serves a corner kick to Dutt, a freshman, in the 8th minute to get things started. It's the same combination in the 40th minute to make it 4-nil. Frobe finishes her career (1984-87) with a record 43 assists. It's also Gail Stenzel's 16th shutout.

(Courtesy The Seattle Times)
1971
Sounders midfielder Cristian Roldan made 14 appearances for the USMNT in 2019, including a start vs Uruguay in St. Louis. (Courtesy Bill Barrett / ISI Photos)
2019
Windsor Del Llano was one of the Tacoma Tides' top players. (Shanaman Sports Museum)
1976
Jason Farrell of Murphy's Pub.
1993
MASL MVP Nick Perera celebrates with Alex Caceres after scoring vs. the Mesquite Outlaws. Perera scored 33 goals in 2022-23 and led the league in points and assists. (Courtesy MASL Media)
2023
A NWSL record-breaking crowd of 34,130 at Seattle’s Lumen Field features a pregame card stunt tribute to Megan Rapinoe for her final regular season match on Oct. 6. 2023. (Courtesy Seattle Reign FC/Jane Gershovich)
2023
Sounders Dave Gillett (l) and Arfon Griffiths converge on Cosmos' Pele.
1975
Preki splits a pair of Scotland defenders during a U.S. National Team friendly at Washington, D.C. (Courtesy U.S. Soccer)
1998
Ralph Black of the Tacoma Stars. (Courtesy NASL Jerseys)
1985
Federal Way's Totem Force at the 1981 regionals. (Courtesy Bill Sarver)
1981