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Badder is Spokane's Best
June 2, 1985

Spokane Cup holder Badder FC holds off Spokane Produce, 3-1, to win Inland Empire Soccer Association’s Division 1. Badder places five players on the all-league team: Hassan Hamdan, Khalid Alothman, Tarik Al-Gain, Abdul-Baset Musali and Alex Kwamina. Spokane Produce has four: Dick Cullen, Einar Thorarinsson, Robin Crain and Mark Belstad.
Huskies Drop 12 Goals on Lutes
September 27, 1978

Washington, behind junior Ron Dorn’s four scores, opens NCSC play by dropping a dozen goals on Pacific Lutheran, 12-0, at Husky Stadium. Mike Browne and Eric Anderson each add a brace in the Huskies’ fourth straight win since losing three in a row.
Sounders Named Pro Sport Team of the Year
May 20, 2010

Seattle Sounders FC is named as the 2010 Professional Sports Team of the Year by the SportsBusiness Journal and Sports Business Daily in New York. The Sounders are chosen from five nominees: Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Capitals. From its “March to the Match,” to its marching band, in 2009 the Sounders offered season-long innovation and ingenuity, becoming the model franchise for other sports teams to follow. Seattle qualified for the playoffs as an expansion team and set an MLS season attendance as well.

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.
Huskies Sweep Bay Area
October 9, 1988

Jeff Aumell nets a pair of goals in the opening 18 minutes, and Washington beats Stanford, 5-2, for the championship of the Pacific Coast Tournament in Berkeley. Glenn Howell scored in 1-0 win over host California the day prior. The Huskies are now 8-2-0.
Cooper, Rose Fuel Semifinal Rout
August 13, 2014

Kenny Cooper twice finds the net and assists on two other goals as the Sounders rout Chicago, 6-0, in U.S. Open Cup semifinal at Starfire. Andy Rose also scores a brace to send Seattle to its fifth USOC final in six seasons. The hosts grab the lead after six minutes through Chad Barrett and by halftime Rose makes it 3-0. A late flurry of three goals in five minutes includes two Cooper goals, giving him a record six for the tournament. He scores in each of Seattle’s first four USOC matches.

(Courtesy The Seattle Times)
1960
 Action from Pacific Lutheran at Parkland, ca. 1971. (Courtesy PLU archives)
1971
 Hope Solo visits with Sounders Women fans after a game at Starfire. (Courtesy Sounders Women)
2012
 Tacoma's Brent Goulet (back row, second from right), represents the U.S. at the Seoul Summer Games.
1988
 Brian Gardner, rising above the rest, finished his Pacific Lutheran career in 1989 with 49 goals. (Courtesy PLU archives)
1989
 Lynnwood and Edmonds boys during the 1978 season.
1978
 Hope Solo raises the World Cup trophy following a 5-2 victory by the United States over Japan at B.C. Place. (Courtesy Steven Limentani/ISI Photos)
2015
 To mark 50 years since Sounders first played, the original 1974 team – remembered for their entertaining style and involvement with the community – was the first inductee to the Eternal Circle of Legends. (Sounders FC/Jane Gershsovich)
2024
 Reaching the NCAA Division II men's tournament for the first time in 2016 was Western Washington. Brady Ulen scored twice in the Vikings' 3-2, first-round upset of No. 19 Dixie State. (Courtesy Western Washington Athletics)
2016
 NCAA Division II Player of the Year Bobby McAlister, scorer of 22 goals for Seattle University. (Courtesy Seattle University)
2004
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