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You have probably three or four really fertile areas for soccer history, the Pacific Northwest being one of them.

PABLO MAURER

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Reg Evans (1938-2024)
Reg Evans (1938-2024)

Reginald “Reg” Evans, an advocate for the game, master technician and tactician and dedicated youth coach in our state, died Oct. 20, 2024, at age 86 in Edmonds.

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TBW Law Joins WA Legends as McCrath Event Title Sponsor
TBW Law Joins WA Legends as McCrath Event Title Sponsor

Washington State Legends of Soccer is pleased to announce TBW Law as title sponsor for An Evening with Cliff McCrath – Celebrating Six Decades of Being Our Uncle Nubby and 50 Years of Northwest Soccer Camp.

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6/22/1974

Memorial Stadium is packed with 13,876 fans –first recorded sellout in modern American pro soccer history – to see first-year Seattle Sounders defeat defending NASL champion Philadelphia Atoms, 2-0.

9/23/2007

Amidst swirling rumors of Major League Soccer naming Seattle as its subsequent expansion franchise, Sounders beat Atlanta Ruckus, 4-0, before a sold-out Starfire Stadium for the club’s fourth championship.

There's no record of how Tacoma AFC made the journey up to Seattle on Thanksgiving Day 1890, but it seemed a much shorter trip home. That's because the City of Destiny's team beat the stuffing out of Seattle AFC, gobbling four first-half goals in a 4
Back in 2008, how many of you asked Sanna for that first jersey or (Le) Toux? #TBT
We're throwing it back to late October today. Why? Well, time is running out on 2024. In fact, can you guess how many days are left on this year's calendar? #TBT
Two weeks of WA girls' state tournament play begins Nov. 12 and culminates Nov. 23. Our featured pic throws it back to 1982 and Shorecrest High's Michelle Akers. The Scots would be runners-up that season but claim the first of 5 state titles in 1983.
Our first scholarship recipient told her story Wednesday night of how education has made such a difference in her life. Please consider joining those paddle-raisers in giving to our Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship. You will make a difference. Dona
On the 50th anniversary of Seattle Parks installing its first Cintrex surface at Lower Woodland, we invite you to apply that brick-colored tone OVER your skin rather than under it. See our shop for these one-of-a-kind Ts.
There is no equal to our soccer community, as was evidenced again last night during An Evening with Cliff McCrath. We'll share more about that in the coming hours and days. One example is this poem, penned by our title sponsor TBW Law's principal, Te
"Hey coach, the new guy is asking your address for trick-or-treating tonight. Says his name's Jason." Thanks to all who came dressed as themselves last night. #TBT

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