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Huskies' Klaas Shares Pac-10 Award
November 18, 2004

Washington senior midfielder C.J. Klaas shares Pac-10 Player of the Year, becoming the first Husky to do so. Klaas, who has five goals and six assists, is also a Hermann trophy semifinalist. He shares the Pac-10 award with UCLA's Patrick Ianni. Dean Wurzberger of UW and the Bruins' Hugo Salcedo share coach of the year honors.

Cascade Competes Perfect Season in AAA
May 30, 1987

Cascade, behind a Chris Henderson winner, caps a perfect season by rallying for a 2-1 victory over Kennedy in the Class AAA championship game at Memorial Stadium. Henderson puts the Bruins ahead in the 58th minute off a corner kick from Clint Carnell. The Lancers' Mike Dennis scores first, off a Jayson Leveich throw-in in the 15th minute. Carnell ties it just two minute before halftime when his penalty kick caroms off the post and in. Cascade finishes 20-0-0.

David Can't Beat Goliath
August 28, 1977

In the final competitive game for legendary Pele´, the star-studded New York Cosmos defeat the underdog Sounders, 2-1, before a Portland record crowd of 35,548 in Soccer Bowl. Seattle’s tying goal by Tommy Ord is scored while the TVS broadcast is in commercial break. Steve Buttle hits the post with 7 minutes left after earlier equalizing attempts by Mike England and Dave Gillett hit the post and are saved, respectively. “David did not beat Goliath,” writes The Times.

Dunn, SPU Upsets Portland
October 5, 1991

Seattle Pacific gets a second-half goal from Jason Dunn and knocks off Portland, the 20th-ranked team in Division I, 1-0 at Newport High School for its ninth straight home win. gives D2 Seattle Pacific the 1-0 upset defeat of Portland, ranked 20th in D1. It’s Cliff McCrath’s 300th win with the Falcons. Dunn beats Kasey Keller in the 68th minute and Marcus Hahnemann holds the Pilots scoreless for the first time this season. UP had scored 15 goals in winning its last four.

Keller Calls Time on Internationals
July 2, 2007

Kasey Keller earns his record 102nd and final U.S. National Team cap, serving as captain for the Copa America match vs. Paraguay in Barinas, Venezuela. Paraguay wins, 3-1. Keller, 37, finishes his 18-year run in strong fashion, with two shutouts in six appearances. Since the 2006 World Cup he had been splitting time with Tim Howard.

Sounders' Dome Finale
August 24, 1983

In the Sounders' final home game, Peter Ward scores all three goals in a 3-2 victory over San Diego. However, the Kingdome attendance is only 7,331 and Seattle goes on to lose its final two games, failing to make the playoffs for only the second time in nine years.

Pacific Lutheran began its women's varsity program in 1981, under Colleen Hacker. (Courtesy PLU archives)
1981
Former UW star Theresa Wagner Romagnolo of Edmonds is named Notre Dame's new head coach in March 2014 after a successful run at Dartmouth. (Notre Dame photo)
2014
Sounders defender Brandon Prideaux started 27 times as a rookie out of Washington.
1998
Kai Carroll helped lead Washington to its sixth straight NCAA tournament in 2000. (Courtesy University of Washington Athletics)
2000
Defender Nathan Aune earned All-America distinction for Seattle University in 2017. The Redhawks allowed fewer than one goal per game.(Courtesy Seattle University Athletics)
2017
Liz Heaston accepts Willamette football coach's invitation to become Bearcats' placekicker, becoming the first female to score in a college game.
1997
Keelin Winters, Seattle Reign captain, vies for a high ball at Memorial Stadium as Kendall Fletcher looks on. Winters retired after the 2016 season, her fifth in Seattle, including one with Sounders Women. (Courtesy Seattle Reign)
2016
Burien's Michelle French debuts for the U.S. National Team while still a University of Portland sophomore.
1997
The Puget Sound Power & Light trophy was presented to the state league champion, beginning in 1925.
1950
Scenes from a Western Washington vs. Seattle University women's game. (Courtesy Western Washington archives)
1982