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PRESERVE. CELEBRATE. INSPIRE.

Legacy matters. History matters. You have to know who paddled the canoe before you got in, and I think we live in a culture where we all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us and if we don't know their names and we don't know the difficulties and the trials and the passion and the challenges that we face, we lose a major part of our Legacy.

DR. COLLEEN HACKER

Former U.S. National Team assistant coach and Pacific Lutheran head coach

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Jimmy Gabriel Scholarship Applications for 2024-25

Washington State Legends of Soccer is now accepting applications for the Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship. You may download the form here or complete our online application here.

This scholarship fund is intended to aid those young people who wish to better themselves, their families and the greater world through education, through either college or vocational training. The deadline for applications is April 14, 2024, and the scholarship is for the 2024-25 school year. Once awards are determined, announcements will be made in early May.

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Now Accepting Jimmy Gabriel Scholarship Applications for 2024-25
Now Accepting Jimmy Gabriel Scholarship Applications for 2024-25

Washington State Legends of Soccer is now accepting applications for the Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship.. This scholarship fund is intended to aid those young people who wish to better themselves, their families and the greater world through education, through either college or vocational training. The deadline for applications is April 14, 2024, and the scholarship is for the 2024-25 school year. Once awards are determined, announcements will be made in early May.

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The Pioneering Claudia Best (1945-2023)
The Pioneering Claudia Best (1945-2023)

Claudia Best, one of the first women to hold senior management positions in North American professional sports, died last month. Claudia, who would have celebrated her 78th birthday December 8, passed in Seattle on Nov. 2.

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ON THIS DATE

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.

It's been nearly 50 years since this very 1st Sounders-Whitecaps meeting on June 9, 1974. Jimmy Gabriel (pk) and Davey Butler scored in a 2-0 Seattle win at Empire Stadium. The rivalry is renewed Saturday at Lumen Field. #TBT
Just back from spring break? If you know someone who should apply for the 2024-25 Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship, time is short. Applications must be received by this Sunday night, April 14. Good luck! https://buff.ly/4aclEJ2
In the beginning there were socks. Then shinguards, and they would slip up and down and all around. And then, in 1985 – VOILA! – the near life-changing advent of the TRACE Soc-Guard! And getting stuck-in was never so good. #TBT
Our 2023 Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship recipients recently sent back good news on their first semesters/quarters. They're making friends, being challenged and looking forward to what's next. Applications for the 2024 JGMS are being accepted thro
For 33 years (1943-76) the Seattle Five-a-Side tournament marked the final event of the state's soccer season, with boys' and men's teams entering from throughout WA, OR and BC. However, five-a-sides date back even further, to the 1909 Alaska Yukon E
In the 90s, this is what passed for an 'all-weather' surface for Liga Hispana matches at Fort Dent (nowadays Starfire). In these conditions, there was no problem settling the ball. Getting it to move was another matter. 📷 Siete Dias/Raul Perez #TBT
In the run-up to the 2026 World Cup, there's sure to be plenty of published works coming at us. What was the first soccer book you remember reading – and what was the best? #TBT
They're back this Sunday, in navy blue and behind a much-loved crest. Let it Reign! Btw, that's Christine Nairn, scorer of Seattle Reign's very first goal, in 2013. #TBT
Although some high schools started earlier, organized prep play began 55 years ago as a winter sport in Seattle's Metro League. This is also the last year of soccer in Memorial Stadium as we know it. Here Shoreline and Shorecrest are seen in that 196
Tacoma's Sandi Gordon progressed from the vaunted Sounder-ettes to the mighty Cozars, and on July 9, 1987 became the 1st Black American to play for the U.S. Women's National Team. #TBT #BlackHistoryMonth

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