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Huskies Salvage Key Road Split
October 22, 1978

Mike Browne’s brace enables Washington to salvage a much-needed road split in the Bay Area with a 4-2 win at California. John Graves and Paul Retchless score the Huskies' other goals as they atone for a 3-0 defeat at Santa Clara that snapped a five-game unbeaten spurt. UW completes a season sweep of Cal.

Free Clinic, Showcase Held Near Yakima
July 28, 2023

Community First Soccer and ELLA Sports Foundation conduct a free soccer camp for kids ages 4-18 at the SOZO Sports Complex outside Yakima. The camp also features a college showcase for high-school aged players to demonstrate their skills to local college coaches. ELLA is focused on empowering Latina athletes to pursue their goals. CFS co-founders Sebastian Navarro and Iovani Rodriguez want to show kids from Yakima Valley they can follow their dreams and accomplish their goals without leaving home before high school graduation.

Reign's Rapinoe Scores Twice v Spain
June 24, 2019

Reign FC's Megan Rapinoe converts two penalty kicks to lead the United States past Spain in a World Cup knockout match, 2-1 at a steamy Reims, France. Rapinoe’s first comes in the seventh minute. With it tied, 1-1 in the 75th minute, video review is used to confirm a foul on Rose Lavelle that gives the pink-haired Rapinoe the game-winner, slotting the ball just under the outstretched arm of goalkeeper Sandra Panos. It's the captain's second and third goals of the tournament.

Saints Record Performance Good for Big Draw
November 6, 2008

Saint Martin's gets an early goal at Bellingham and manages to hang on for a 1-1 draw at No. 15 Western Washington behind the record 14-save performance of goalkeeper Ashley Engel. After the Vikings equalize in the 76th minute Engel denies them a winner, with a double save in the 86th minute. She makes six saves in the second half of regulation and and seven more in overtime.

Columbia River Rolls On in 2A Boys
May 27, 2023

Getting two goals from state player of the year Alex Harris, Columbia River completes a perfect season with a 4-2 win over North Kitsap in the boys' 2A championship game in Puyallup. The Rapids (24-0-0) score three times in a 7-minute span of the second half to go up 4-1 on strikes by Tyler Brown (58'), J.P. Guzman (59') and Harris (65'). Harris and teammate Cole Benner are also playing the state tennis tournament, 25 miles north in Seattle. North Kitsap had won 19 in a row going into the final.

Vikings Eliminate Hungarians in Challenge Cup
November 16, 1969

Behind the four goals from Geoff McKeown, Leif Erikson Vikings overpower Seattle Hungarians, 6-2, in overtime of a National Challenge Cup regional quarterfinal at Interbay. Harold Myrhold and Reidar Olsen add scores for the Vikings while Les Mueller and Steve Furjesi score in regulation for the Hungarians.

Kitsap Pumas not only celebrate winning their first Premier Development League title but do so at home, in Bremerton, after defeating Laredo, 1-0. (Kitsap Pumas photo)
2011
Concacaf Champions League action between the Sounders and Santos Laguna of Mexico in 2012. (Courtesy Sounders FC)
2012
Dylan Teves delivered a hat trick for the second straight NCAA tournament game, bringing the Huskies from behind to defeat Indiana, 3-2, in overtime. (Courtesy University of Washington Athletics)
2021
Seattle Pacific poses after claiming the state's first NCAA women's championship in just the Falcons' eighth season of varsity play. (Courtesy Seattle Pacific)
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Marcus Hahnemann is lifted onto the shoulders of fans following the Sounders' second straight A-League championship. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1996
Jack Brand set a Sounders and NASL record with 15 shutouts in 1980. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1980