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Tacoma's Abbreviated MASL Season Ends
March 28, 2021

Tacoma's abbreviated MASL season comes to a close in the playoffs and on the road, as always. All 13 regular season and postseason games have been away from home due to COVID-19 restrictions, and yet the Stars go 4-7 and take eventual champion San Diego to overtime in both playoffs. They fall to the Sockers for the second time in three nights, 6-5, at Ontario, Ca. Game 1 of quarterfinals had an identical score.

Crowd of 8,000 Jams Woodland Park
November 7, 1949

A huge crowd estimated at more than 8,000 jams into Upper Woodland to witness the battle for first place in the Northwestern League. Todd Dry Dock, behind a goal and assist from Rudy Dernac, trims Electro Dentists, 2-1.

Road Sweep Propels WSU toTop 20
October 26, 2014

Getting a goal and assist from both Kourtney Guetlein and Kaitlyn Johnson, Washington State scores four first-half goals and completes a road sweep of Colorado and Utah with a 4-2 win over the Utes. Johnson also had the winner in the 2-1 verdict over Colorado. WSU earns the program's first national ranking, No. 19, the following week.

Megson, Howes Reap A-League Awards
September 28, 2000

Neil Megson is named A-League Coach of the Year after leading the Sounders to the Pacific Division title, their first since 1994. Seattle went 18-7-3 for it's best win percentage in Megson's five years. A day earlier, Greg Howes won Rookie of the Year honors and Darren Sawatzky was named first team all-league. Howes, a Tacoma native who attended Oregon State, led the team with 17 goals and 41 points. In his first season back home, Sawatzky had 16 goals.

WSU Ends UW Pac-10 Title Hopes
November 7, 1998

Deka DeWitt delivers the game’s only goal with four minutes left in overtime to give Washington State a 1-0 win over Washington in Pullman. It’s the Cougars’ first win in the series since 1992 and ends the Huskies’ Pac-10 title hopes.

SPU Wins D2 Title
December 2, 1983

An early counterattack goal from Gerard McGlynn stakes Seattle Pacific to an early lead that is never relinquished as the Falcons silence a capacity crowd of 4,000 and top-ranked Tampa's potent attack, 1-0, to claim the NCAA Division II championship. Bill Glandon made seven saves as the Spartans were shut-out at home for the first time in three years.

From the pages of Soccer America magazine.
1983
Megan Rapinoe strikes her iconic pose after scoring in the USWNT's 2-1 World Cup quarterfinal victory over host France in Paris. The Reign star scored both goals in the match and six during the tournament. (Courtesy Brad Smith / ISI Photos)
2019
Shari Noah (l) scored the winning goal for Pacific Lutheran in the 1989 NAIA championship match (Courtesy PLU archives)
1989
Washington's state select team awaiting their SeaTac departure. (Courtesy Shannon Higgins Cirovski)
1982
In 2017 Roosevelt became the first Seattle public high school to win a state 3A or 4A title since 1985. (Courtesy WIAA)
2017
The Sounders captured the 1981 Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup championship by defeating Southampton and Celtic and drawing at the Cosmos. (Courtesy Frank MacDonald)
1981
Huskies' Craig Beeson turns on Chuck Sekyra and the SPU defense. The teams finished this match tied, 2-2, at Memorial Stadium. (Joanie Komura photo)
1986
(Courtesy Seattle Times archives)
1984
Against Portland, Megan Rapinoe scored both of her goals at the Brougham End of Lumen Field, to the delight of OL Reign supporters. (Courtesy Jane Gershovich)
2021
After bouncing around campus and the region, the Washington men's and women's programs finally have a dedicated home as Husky Soccer Stadium opens in 1997.
1997