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Cirovski Named U.S. U18 Coach
April 17, 1998

Shannon Cirovski (nee Higgins) is named head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team. Cirovski resigns as George Washington coach after seven seasons, having been a two-time Atlantic-10 coach of the year. She becomes the newly-formed U18 program's first coach.

Kitsap Pumas Clinch Division
July 9, 2015

Logan Miller's early goal is sufficient for Kitsap Pumas to earn a point and thereby clinch a second straight PDL Northwest Division championship. Kitsap draws, 1-1, with Portland Timbers U23s at Bremerton's Gordon Field. Jake Bond charges down the right flank and crosses for Miller to score his fifth goal in three matches. Portland equalizes early in the second half but then goes a man down due to a red card.

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.

Hartsough Sends SU to Nationals
November 13, 1993

Keely Hartsough scores her second goal 23 minutes into overtime, lifting Seattle University to a 2-1 victory over Simon Fraser in the NAIA women's regional championship game at Salem, Ore. The Chieftains (17-4-1) advance to the NAIA national tournament Nov. 22-26 in St. Charles, Missouri. Hartsough, a sophomore defender who was NCSC player of the year, first scores on a 30-yard free kick in the 67th minute.

Hibernian Repeat in Kennedy Cup
August 23, 1998

Tim Tilbury and Jim Dempsey score first-half goals for Seattle Hibernian as they repeat as Kennedy Cup champions with a 2-0 win over Kelowna in Vancouver, B.C. Dave Gagner gets the shutout. It's Hibernian's third title, contested by Oregon, Washington and British Columbia senior men's champion.

Tacoma taps McNab for Coach
September 6, 1983

Bob McNab is named Tacoma Stars head coach less than two months before the club's first game. McNab, 40, was both hired and fired by Stars president John Best while both were with the Vancouver Whitecaps in 1980. McNab is a former Arsenal captain.

U.S. National Team coach Jill Ellis delivered the keynote speech at Washington Youth Soccer's 50th Anniversary Gala, 9/9/2016.
2016
Denzil Miskell's Sports Specialties was Seattle's first soccer shop.
1975
Following a title-clinching, 3-1 win at Pacific Lutheran, Whitman players celebrated the undefeated Blues' first outright Northwest Conference title in 2025. (Whitman Athletics)
2025
Boeing Airplane Co., founded in Seattle in 1916, soon formed its own state league side, this in 1922. (Courtesy Boeing/Mike Pavone Collection)
1949
Kasey Keller, Sigi Schmid and Travis Myernick, son of Glenn Myernick, are presented as the 2015 National Soccer Hall of Fame induction class. (Courtesy Stephen Brashear/ISI Photos)
2015
(Courtesy Seattle Times)
1959
Sounders defender Jeff Stock is poised to tackle vs. Manchester United. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1982
Immediately upon arriving at Lower Woodland the Greek-Americans were recognizable in their striped shirts.  (Courtesy Seattle Times)
1955
Osvaldo Alonso scores twice, late in each half, for Sounders to earn 2-2 draw at Comunicaciones, clinching a Champions League knockout round berth. (Sounders FC photo)
2011
The original crest for the Seattle Reign FC. (Courtesy Seattle Reign).
2012