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Fewing Gets 300th Seattle U Win
October 26, 2018

Goals from Hal Uderitz and Noe Meza lift Seattle University to a come-from-behind, 2-1 win over Texas-Rio Grande Valley at Championship Field. It marks Peter Fewing's 300th career coaching win and it's part of a six-game win streak for the Redhakws. After going a goal down, Julian Avila-Good finds Udertiz for a 10th-minute equalizer. In the 65th minute, Meza curls in a free kick, dipping just below the crossbar.

Jenkins Takes Helm of Storm
October 14, 1986

Tommy Jenkins is elevated to head coach of FC Seattle Storm two months after Jimmy Gabriel announced his resignation. Jenkins, a former Sounder, had been an assistant since the team began play in 1984.

White Stopped by Blood Clot
April 28, 2011

Sounders forward O’Brian White, in midst of scoring surge with two goals and two assists in four games, undergoes surgery for blood clot in leg.

Storrs Earns SPU Shutout Record
October 30, 1987

Jeff Storrs secures a record 14th shutout in Seattle Pacific's 1-0 win at Chapman in Orange, Calif. Storrs, who also has four consecutive shutouts, surpasses Sergio Soriano's mark of 13 in 1978. Danny Machado converts a rebound of his own shot off the post in the 63rd minute. The defending NCAA Division II champion Falcons are virtually assured of a 16th postseason appearance in 17 years.

Interlake Reigns Among Schoolboys
December 10, 1919

Forced into a replay following a scoreless draw the first time around, Interlake dispenses with Hawthorne, 3-0, for a third straight Seattle grade school championship.

Keller Among Those Receiving Top Sports Awards
January 25, 2012

Recently retired Kasey Keller is voted Professional Sports Star of the Year award at the 77th Seattle Sports Star of the Year at Benaroya Hall. Keller, 41, retired after helping lead the Sounders to their third straight U.S. Open Cup, recalled in his speech that he spent his first 17 years in pro soccer in Europe. He played three years in Seattle following 17 in Europe. Longtime Seahawks and Sounders executive Gary Wright is honored as the Sports Executive of the Year. Bob Robertson, the original broadcast voice of the NASL Sounders is given the Keith Jackson Award. Robertson is known primarily for his 52 years broadcasting Washington State football and basketball games.

Craig Waibel is introduced as Sounders general manager as head coach Brian Schmetzer looks on. (Courtesy Jane Gershovich/Sounders FC)
2022
1992
Many Washingtonians attended 1999 World Cup matches, including the record 90,185 in the Rose Bowl for the USA-China final. (Frank MacDonald)
1999
Gio Miglietti tears away after scoring for Washington in an NCAA quarterfinal win over St. Louis. (Courtesy Scott Eklund/Red Box Pictures)
2021
1964 Seattle CYO All-Stars (Courtesy Mike Mikkelsen/Pep Peery Collection)
1964
(Courtesy Seattle Times)
1969
Tod Leiweke brings soccer into the fold of Paul Allen’s Vulcan Sports & Entertainment, with the Seattle MLS franchise joining the Seahawks and Portland TrailBlazers.
2007
Newcastle native Sam Hiatt captained Stanford to an NCAA College Cup championship in 2019. Hiatt marshaled a Cardinal backline that allowed just 12 goals in 25 matches, including only two in six postseason games. (Courtesy Stanford Athletics)
2019
When the Sounders hosted the first sporting event in the Tacoma Dome, it was only natural to have a native son, Mark Peterson, on the program cover.
1983
Seattle University's Tom Hardy earned first team All-America honors in 1997, along with teammates Arne Klubberud, Jason Palmer and Kurt Swanson. (Courtesy Seattle University Athletics)
1997