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Reign Legend Barnes Plans to Retire
October 13, 2025

Three days after becoming the first player to mark 250 NWSL career appearances, Lauren Barnes says she will retire following the Reign's final 2025 game. Barnes, 36, has been a defensive stalwart for Seattle since its inaugural season of 2013.

MLS Names First Seven Cities
June 15, 1994

Major League Soccer announces seven of the 12 cities that will receive teams to begin play in spring of 1995, but Seattle is not among them. MLS Chairman Alan Rothenberg says the city will remain under consideration in the coming months for one of the final five spots. The areas selected are: New Jersey, New York/Long Island, Boston, San Jose, Los Angeles, Columbus and Washington, D.C.

Walla Walla Records First Win
October 4, 2014

After a humbling start to its existence, Walla Walla University achieves its first varsity men's victory, 2-1 over Multnomah at Portland. The Wolves lost their first seven outings by a combined 40-1, beginning Sept. 7 in Everett with a 1-0 defeat to Trinity Lutheran.

Huskies' Surge Resumes vs. SPU
November 2, 1994

Resurgent Washington posts its fifth consecutive shutout with a 1-0 victory over Seattle Pacific at Husky Soccer Field. Erik Penner volleys in John Cowmey's lofted free kick in the 19th minute for the Huskies' first win over SPU since 1989. Freshman Bill May needs only one save. UW is 7-1-1 over its last nine matches. Three of the 3rd-ranked Falcons' (11-4-3) four losses are to Div. I programs.

Hungarians Dethrone Five-a-Side Champs
April 16, 1967

The Hungarians dethrone four-time Five-a-Side tournament champion Vancouver O’Keefe’s, 1-0, on Les Mueller’s strike with 30 seconds to go in the final at West Seattle. Thirty-two teams from Washington, Oregon and B.C. started the day, with 19 being Canadian. A Bellevue teams featuring four juniors shocks the senior Vikings, 4-0, in the first round but bows out to the Hungarians at the quarterfinal stage.

Grandma Guides Tahoma to Title
November 22, 1986

Betty Ellis, a grandmother and first female to officiate a U.S. professional game in 1980, coaches Tahoma girls to state AA title, 2-0 over Edmonds after upsetting undefeated Mountlake Terrace, 5-1, in the semifinal. Stephanie Johnson scores both Bears goals in the final.

Steve Buttle (15) and Adrian Webster (16) combine to win the ball vs. California's Steve David. (Frank MacDonald Collection)
1979
Pac NW 05 Maroon was one only five teams to win 2020 state championships before the pandemic onset. (Courtesy Washington Youth Soccer)
2020
Fredy Montero's (r) penalty kick was enough for the Sounders to earn a 1-1 draw at Vancouver to retain the Cascadia Cup, which is lifted by Cristian Roldan. (Courtesy Sounders FC/Jane Gershovich)
2021
Clint Dempsey connects on a penalty kick as part of his hat trick in rally to draw at Portland. (Sounders FC photo)
2014
Fans pack Pier 62 and, beyond, Waterfront Park’s Overlook to view the United States World Cup knockout win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 1. (Corky Trewin)
2026
(Courtesy Seattle Times)
1982
Washington's Tanner Ijams, who made two shootout saves, lifts the 2025 Big Ten tournament championship trophy in St. Louis, completing the Huskies' double. (UW Athletics)
2025
Summer Yates scored eight goals to earn all-Pac-12 distinction in 2019. Yates also was called in to the U.S. Under-20 National Team. (Courtesy Washington Athletics)
2019
Action from a physical education class at Renton's Bryn Mawr Elementary.(Courtesy Seattle Times)
1966
Clint Dempsey leaps in celebration after scoring for the U.S. vs. Cuba in the 2015 Gold Cup. (Courtesy Jose L. Argueta/ISI Photos)
2015