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Sounders Name New President of Business
February 16, 2023

Sounders FC majority owner Adrian Hanauer outlines a six-year growth strategy while also naming experience sports executive Hugh Weber as president of business operations. Weber, a Tacoma native, comes from Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, where he served as president for the parent company of the NBA Philadelphia 76ers, NHL New Jersey Devils, Prudential Center and other holdings including Premier League club Crystal Palace. Peter Tomozawa, who had served as Sounders president of business operations, has been appointed CEO fo SEA 2026, the local World Cup organizing committee.

Fishel Joins Reign in Record Deal
July 10, 2025

Seattle Reign signs Mia Fishel, 24, in what rates as the biggest cumulative contract in NWSL history. Fishel transfers from Chelsea and agrees to a contract through 2029 that is estimated at $2.5 million. Her two years in London were marred by a torn ACL. Earlier, Fishel won the Liga MX Femenil scoring title in the 2022 Apertura with 17 goals in 17 matches for Tigres. She has three USWNT caps.

Frimpong Goal Sweeps Bay Area
November 7, 2004

Tina Frimpong, with her back to the goal, scores on a header in the 28th minute, giving No. 17 Washington a 1-0 victory over No. 13 California in the regular-season finale at Husky Soccer Field. A crowd of 1,551 watches as the Huskies complete a sweep of the Bay Area schools. Frimpong assisted Kim Taylor when UW defeated Stanford, 1-0, in overtime two nights earlier. Washington reaches the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in five seasons. It's the sixth win in seven tries against top-20 opponents.

Record Crowd Turns Out to Honor Rapinoe
October 6, 2023

Seattle fans turn out in droves, setting an NWSL attendance record of 34,130 at Lumen Field for Megan Rapinoe's final regular season home match. OL Reign settles for a 0-0 draw with Washington. Before kickoff there are video tributes from Billie Jean King, Abby Wambach and Mikaela Shiffrin, among others. A tifo is unfurled and dozens of pink-wigged spectators give her a standing ovation following her postgame remarks. Rapinoe, Lauren Barnes and Jessica Fishlock have played for the Reign since its first season in 2013.

Totev Tags South Carolina for Unbeaten UW
September 28, 2003

Leo Totev twice scores on 11th-ranked South Carolina in Washington's convincing 3-0 win at Husky Soccer Field. Totev scores his second goal past Brad Guzan from 30 yards in the 56th minute, just two minutes after Kevin Murray made it 2-nil. At 6-0-1, UW is off to its best start since 1998, with Totev scoring five times.

Sounders Punch Ticket to Final
August 25, 1977

Seattle gets a 13th-minute header from Jocky Scott, and Adrian Webster marks out L.A. star George Best as the Sounders defeat the Aztecs, 1-0, before a raucous crowd of 56,256 to advance to Soccer Bowl. A potential late equalizer by Des Backos bounces behind goal line but is ruled out. Two Slate Sounders goals, by Tommy Ord and Steve Buttle, are called back by controversial offside rulings. It is the fifth straight win in the playoffs and seventh overall.

Courtesy Western Front archives
1964
Seattle's Mike England tackles the Cosmos' Seninho. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1978
FC Seattle (white) playing at Dundee's Dens Park during the Storm's postseason U.K. tour. (Courtesy David Gillett)
1987
1982
Clemson takes a victory lap around the Kingdome after winning the 1984 NCAA Big Kick. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1984
Lifting the NCAA championship trophy in Tampa was none other than Seattle Pacific coach Cliff McCrath.
1983
(Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
1956
Danny Leyva, at age 16, became the youngest Sounders signing in 2019 and the third-youngest player to ever appear in an MLS match. Leyva also was a regular starter for Tacoma Defiance and played in all seven matches for the U.S. at the Concacaf U-17 Championships. (Courtesy Tacoma Defiance)
2019
Preki was voted the MISL MVP for the second year in a row in 1989. (Courtesy NASL Jerseys)
1989
Lauren Barnes is joined by her family and OL Reign GM Lesle Gallimore while being recognized for becoming the first NWSL player to make 200 regular season appearances on June 10, 2023. Barnes has played for Seattle since the NWSL club’s inception in 2013.  (Courtesy Seattle Reign FC/Jane Gershovich)
2023