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Lynass-Fueled Cougs Rout Zags
October 30, 1991

Kim Lynass scores four times while playing just over 45 minutes and Washington State routs Gonzaga, 15-0, at Martin Stadium. Only four goals separated the teams earlier in the season. The win snaps a three-game losing skein for the Cougars, all in southern California.

Hungarians Ousted in San Francisco
January 31, 1965

Seattle Hungarians score first but cannot hold on in San Francisco, losing a National Challenge Cup regional semifinal to Greek American AC, 2-1, at Balboa Park. The visitors go in front when John Phelps chips the keeper in the fourth minute. But the Greek Americans dominate the second half, tying and then winning on Jim Frame's drive from 15 yards in the 50th minute.

UW Women Win Sixth in a Row
October 30, 1998

Washington maintains its share of the Pac-10 lead by winning its record sixth straight, 1-0, over California at Husky Soccer Field. Freshman Caroline Putz gets the game's only goal on Theresa Wagner's record seventh assist, and Gretchen Mensinger posts the shutout.

Quick Start Paves Way for UPS Semi Victory
November 26, 2004

University of Puget Sound senior defender Bridget Stolee scores two goals, the first coming during the first minute of play, and the Loggers proceed to beat Messiah College (Pa.), 3-0, in the NCAA Division III semifinal at Greensboro, N.C. Stolee first strikes at 41 seconds, heading in Katie Wullbrandt's long free kick into the box. Freshman Adrienne Folsom gets her 12th goal of the season in the 26th minute, and another Stolee header makes it 3-nil at 30:46. Erin Williams notches her record 15th shutout of the year.

Falcons' Garner Completes Hat Trick of Hat Tricks
October 16, 2000

Dana Garner scores a hat trick in his third straight game for Seattle Pacific, a 13-0 rout of Montana State Billings at Interbay. After scoring four times in the first nine outings, Garner now has 10 goals in the last four, including earlier hat tricks vs. Chico State (7-1) and Northwest Nazarene (13-1).

Sounders Women Win West Playoff
July 27, 2007

Lyndsey Patterson scores the winner in the 70th minute, and the Seattle Crossfire Sounders Women upset top-seeded San Diego, 2-1 on the road, for the W-League West championship. The SunWaves, who snapped the Sounders' six-game win streak five days earlier, open the scoring in the 30th minute. But Seattle quickly answers when Dani Bridges scores. Patterson gets her fifth goal in six games off a pass from Tafara Pulse. It's Seattle's first trip to the national semifinals since 2003.

Seattle's Celtics, shown here in 1913, adopted hoops like their Glasgow namesake.
1919
Alan Hinton addresses his players on the road. (Courtesy NASL Jerseys)
1980
Kasey Keller prepares to lift the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
2005
Scenes from an NCSC women's match between Puget Sound and Oregon State. (Courtesy Puget Sound archives)
1979
Lake City's Sporthaus Bobcats won the 1981 stat cup for U14 boys. (Courtesy Walter Schmetzer)
1981
FC Seattle players in the locker room prior to one of their U.K. tour matches. (Courtesy John Hamel)
1987
1982
Lifting the NCAA championship trophy in Tampa was none other than Seattle Pacific coach Cliff McCrath.
1983
Seattle's Ekaterina (Katja) Koroleva referees a USWNT friendly versus Russia at Frisco, Tex. Courtesy Brad Smith / ISI Photos.
2017
(Courtesy Seattle Times)
1966