2024: A Very Good Year
Truly, because of our very supportive soccer community, the future of WA Legends has never looked brighter.
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.
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.
WA Legends’ Jimmy Gabriel Scholarship Awarded to Five
Washington State Legends of Soccer has selected five young people from around the state as recipients for the 2024/25 Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship. They bring the number of WA Legends scholarship recipients to 27 since 2019.
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.
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.
Adrian Webster: Original Sounder
Adrian Webster, known around Seattle as a fixture for the original Sounders, both on and off the field, has died in England. Webster, who celebrated his birthday on Nov. 6, was 72. Webster was there from the outset of Seattle professional soccer, starting the inaugural match in 1974.
Partners: Sounders & WA Legends
Washington State Legends of Soccer is now a proud museum and cultural partner to Seattle Sounders FC. WA Legends is providing resources and expertise, specifically in celebration of the Sounders’ 50th anniversary season through 2024.
Mike Henderson: An Impactful Coach and Mentor
SEATTLE (September 22) – Michael Francis (Mike) Henderson, a prominent and popular Seattle coach over four decades and celebrated volunteer, died earlier this week. He was 70.
Cheers to 2022!
It was truly an amazing year, and now 2022 is ready to be revisited at our online museum.
Ron Copple 1945- 2022
Ronald L. (Ron) Copple Sr., former Washington Youth Soccer president and longtime coach and administrator, passed away at his home in Estrella Mountain Ranch, Goodyear, Arizona August 6, 2022.
New on YouTube: Why History Matters
Frank MacDonald interviews Jamie Clark, Dr. Colleen Hacker, Pablo Mauer, Amy Griffin, Peter Hattrup and Grant Wahl about why history matters.
NINE SELECTED FOR WA LEGENDS’ FIRST JIMMY GABRIEL SCHOLARSHIP
Washington State Legends of Soccer has selected nine recipients for the first year of the Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship.
THE JIMMY GABRIEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Washington State Legends of Soccer is pleased to announce establishment of the Jimmy Gabriel Memorial Scholarship Fund
MAKING HISTORY: IT’S A PROCESS
There’s a fair amount of rigor that goes into producing content at our online museum. While it would’ve been great to publish our entire history of Washington soccer when this platform first launched in 2018
