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SPU's Pixler Doubles Up as Champion Harrier
October 21, 2006

Seattle Pacific freshman Jessica Pixler wins the GNAC cross country championship by 3 seconds in Lacey. What's extraordinary is that Pixler's primary focus is soccer she's a reserve defender for the Falcons, appearing in seven games to date. Pixler goes on to win the NCAA West Regional and finish 10th nationally, with SPU 20th as a team.

Stars Win to Make Playoffs
February 26, 2016

Getting goals from Vince McCluskey and Michael Ramos in the final four minutes, Tacoma rallies to beat Ontario, 5-4, in the MASL regular season finale to snatch a playoff berth at the ShoWare Center. The Stars surged down the stretch, winning six of the last eight, including an 8-7 victory over San Diego Feb. 20 with Ramos again supplying the late winner.

Ten-Man SPU Goes Out of NCAAs on Penalties
November 14, 2015

After going in front in their NCAA West Region semifinal, Seattle Pacific is first reduced to 10 men, then tied, 1-1, and finally eliminated in a penalty kick shootout, 3-2, by Cal State Dominguez Hills in a steady rain at Interbay Stadium. Matt Merchant comes off the bench to score the SPU opener that was canceled out by a second-half Tony Alfaro penalty. Two 10-minute, sudden-death overtime periods end scoreless. Dominguez goalkeeper Chase Gentry makes nine saves in regulation and overtime, plus another two in the tiebreaker. The Falcons, unbeaten in their final 10, finish with just a single loss (14-1-4), the fewest in program history.

Sounders Tailspin Continues in LA
August 9, 2015

Seattle's epic tailspin in the wake of injuries and suspension continues with further calamity in a 3-1 road loss at LA Galaxy. Chad Barrett no sooner scores after 50 seconds than the Sounders forward strains his hamstring while celebrating. It's a club-record fifth straight league loss, the Rave Green are 1-9-1 dating to an Open Cup loss to Portland. An injured Obafemi Martins has not played since that night, and Clint Dempsey, through suspension and injury, has appeared just once. Osvaldo Alonso, a third DP, also misses the LA game. The Sounders drop to 10-12-2, already matching the club record for losses in a season, with 10 games left.

Morris Leads Stanford to NCAA Title
December 13, 2015

Jordan Morris scores two goals in leading Stanford to its first NCAA championship, 4-0 over Clemson, in the College Cup final in Kansas City. Morris puts the Cardinal ahead of the second-seeded Tigers in the second minute and adds another in the 50th minute. He finishes as the tournament's top scorer with five goals. It equals the largest margin of victory in a championship game.

Pirates Overpower George Fox, Remain Unbeaten
October 21, 2012

A brace in four minutes Andrew French breaks open Whitworth's 6-0 drubbing of George Fox in Spokane, extending the 9th-ranked Pirates' unbeaten start to 15 games (12-0-3). Ryan Wood and Sam Selisch each assist on two goals.

Team America's Bobby Moore, far right, pumps the ball upfield against Brazil in a Bicentennial Cup match in the Kingdome. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1976
A referee wearing stripes was a common sight during the Fifties, here for Seattle leg of the Jack Oldershaw series for Cascadia youth boys supremacy. (Courtesy Seattle Times)
1953
Barney Kempton, who would become Washington's first National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee, is pictured in 1935 with sons George and Jim, players for both O'Dea High School and Westerman's youth entry in the Seattle Soccer League. (Courtesy Seattle Times)
1949
Sounders Academy product Jordan Morris enrolled at Stanford in 2013 where he was voted All-Pac-10 as a freshman. (Courtesy Sounders FC)
2013
Brian Gardner, rising above the rest, finished his Pacific Lutheran career in 1989 with 49 goals. (Courtesy PLU archives)
1989
(Courtesy Gonzaga University archives)
1990
The $10M Starfire Sports Complex opened in 2003 in Fort Dent Park. (Courtesy Deacon Corp.)
2003
1972
Tommy Hutchison of Seattle and Vancouver's Bob Lenarduzzi go shoulder to shoulder. (Courtesy NASL Jerseys)
1980
Osvaldo Alonso quickly establishes himself as one of the most tenacious players, here going nose to nose with New York's Macoumba Kandji.
2009