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Eastside Dominates, Wins Regional
June 26, 2011

Eastside FC 94 Red completes a dominating display at the Far West Regional by blanking Cal North's Tigres, 2-0, in the final at Boise. Kyle Bjornethun and Maxwell Harvey score in the final, reversing a loss to Tigres a year earlier. Eastside finishes with a 19-1 goal differential for the week.

Saint Martin's Programs Start
August 23, 2007

Saint Martin’s plays inaugural men’s and women’s games at Cal State L.A., both falling by identical 5-0 scores. Both Saints teams compete in NCAA Division II and are coached by Rob Walker.

Kotoles Brace Brings Trophy to Magyars
March 22, 1959

A brace from Karmen Koteles fuels the Hungarians' 4-1 win over E&E Meats (6-2-0) and secures the Puget Sound Navigation trophy for the second half. E&E had only allowed six goals beforehand. Buchan (5-0-3) takes second.The Magyars (7-0-1/56-11 GD) will face the Vikings (5-2-1), first-half victors, in the state league final.

Pele´Pays First Visit
July 5, 1975

A national TV audience descends upon Seattle for the first time as newly-signed Pele´ visits with his New York Cosmos. The Sounders bring in additional bleachers, boosting capacity to 17,925 at Memorial Stadium. Hank Liotart scores from the spot and Tommy Baldwin seals the 2-0 win.

Washington Wins Pac-10 Men's for First Time
November 10, 2000

Kai Carroll scores a pair of first-half goals and three altogether, powering 13th-ranked Washington to a 4-2 win at Cal. The victory, combined with No. 1 Stanford's loss to UCLA, clinches the first Pac-10 men's championship. The Huskies had won the last two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation titles. Carroll's most important goal is his third, after the Bears rally from 3-nil down to 3-2. Jake Sagare assists on three goals, and Mark Hogenhout accounts for the other UW score.

Seattle Wins Going Away at Portland
August 7, 2008

Stout defense and an early Sebastien Le Toux goal give Seattle a victory in the final meeting with Portland in the USL era, 1-0, before 12,332 at PGE Park. It's Le Toux's third goal in three games, all wins. The Timbers are held to only seven shots with Chris Eylander making just two saves.

Washington's own (from left) Shannon Higgins, Lori Henry, Michelle Akers and Amy Allmann are members of the first FIFA Women's World Cup champions.
1991
(Courtesy Seattle Times)
1959
If Mike Ryan (far left) wasn't coaching the University of Washington or a state men's league club, he could likely be found doing so with a youth team such as Mercedes Benz.
1972
Hope Solo became the first women's soccer inductee to the Husky Hall of Fame in 2008. (Courtesy UW Athletics)
2008
(Courtesy Seattle Times)
1959
Seattle Sounders celebrate their second USL championship in two years after defeating Atlanta, 4-0, before nearly 5,000 fans at Starfire. (Courtesy USL)
2007
John Klein of Washington.
1984
Washington Huskies team photo. (Courtesy Washington archives)
1993
Geoff Hurst and the Sounders celebrate their first playoff victory, over Vancouver. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1976
In 2001, Sounders ownership envisioned construction of a suburban soccer-specific stadium with a surrounding youth complex. Among the locations considered were Fife and Kent. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
2001