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The Western Washington Premier League (WWPL) has reached 10 member clubs. The elite men's adult amateur soccer league is planning for its second season of play in 2019. The off season has seen the addition of 4 new clubs and the subtraction of 1. Most recently, Crossfire Premier was announced. Before that Puget Sound FC,... Continue Reading →
The soccer program, put on by the Mount Rainier Futbol Club, is meant for elementary-aged athletes. Source: Futures Academy aims to teach lessons for a lifetime | Courier-Herald A group of elementary school-aged kids run the length of the mini soccer field. The ball moves toward the goal, thanks to one part skill and two... Continue Reading →
A pair of Crossfire BU-18/19 DA players returned from Europe this week, after spending the previous ten days on trial with Norwegian first-division professional club Stabæk Fotball. Crossfire Premier arranged the professional trial for Christian Soto-Rincon, a four-year starter in the Crossfire Academy program, and Wesley Frankl, a pacy forward/winger with an eye for goal,... Continue Reading →
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WA--- Snohomish County Football Club has three new members in its Founders Club, and the addition is a kind of morale booster for the club. "We are always excited when a new member joins the Founders Club," says Steelheads General Manager David Falk. "This family brings us something new as well: support from... Continue Reading →
Senior Trina Davis scored 4 goals and helped the Fijian National Team qualify for the OFC Nations Cup. Source: Marysville Pilchuck soccer star becomes celebrity in Fiji | HeraldNet.com
REDMOND, WA--- Crossfire Premier will be back on the pitch in men's soccer in 2019 in the Western Washington Premier League (WWPL). The initial news of the latest addition was posted today on the league's Facebook page. Crossfire fielded a men's side in the USL2 (formerly called the Premier Development League or "PDL") from 2010-2016.... Continue Reading →
Heading into the 2018 NWSL regular season, many fans, media and women’s football pundits expressed concerns about a team that had seen its… Source: Seattle Reign FC 2018 Season Recap – TheBold: Seattle Reign FC ...most significant transformation since the end of its inaugural season in 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U09b0kl8WjY
Peninsula High School standout soccer player Madison Grande has made her college decision: She’ll be continuing her academic and soccer career at Division II Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. on a full-ride scholarship. “The first time I walked onto campus, it felt like a place where I belong,” Grande said. Source: Peninsula High soccer standout... Continue Reading →
SEATTLE -- Víctor Rodríguez scored twice and Will Bruin and Cristian Roldan added a goal apiece, pacing the Seattle Sounders to a 4-1 blowout over the Houston Dynamo at CenturyLink Field on Monday night. Source: Víctor Rodríguez, Seattle Sounders throttle Houston Dynamo 4-1, inch closer to playoff berth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL5CaVszRnY Both sides were short-handed with a... Continue Reading →
NPSL Managing Director Cindy Spera responds to a series of questions from goalWA.net in the Q & A posted below. The questions were submitted to the league over a month ago and reflect the time they were sent. The NPSL kindly stuck with the request and got back to us as soon as they felt... Continue Reading →
The Pacific Lutheran University men's soccer team scored three goals in 15 minutes, erasing a two-goal deficit and emerging from Baker Stadium with a 4-3 victory over host University of Puget Sound in Friday afternoon's Battle of the South Sound. Source: Lutes Surge Past Loggers 4-3 on Friday Afternoon
In the national community of USA lower league soccer clubs and fans there is a growing craze around club crest stickers. Clubs want to offer them and fans want to collect them. It's an economical and fun way for clubs to get their crests of off screens and into real life. It's a mark of... Continue Reading →
A deflected free kick fell to Joe Thompson's feet and he buried a match-winning goal to give the Whitman College men's soccer team a 2-1 overtime victory at Whitworth in Northwest Conference action on Saturday afternoon. Source: Men's Soccer Tops Whitworth In OT, Eyes Showdown With Willamette Thompson's goal gave the Blues (6-5, 5-2 NWC)... Continue Reading →
NAMPA, Idaho – Western Washington University sophomore midfielder Georg Cholewa recorded his second multi-goal game of the season, leading the Vikings to a decisive 5-0 shutout victory over Northwest Nazarene on Saturday afternoon in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play at NNU Field. Source: Vikings Score Big 5-0 Victory at NNU
Emilio Meraz-Rodriguez scored Evergreen's first hat trick since the 2015 season in leading the Geoducks past the visiting Walla Walla University Wolves, 4-0, in a Cascade Collegiate Conference men's soccer match played Friday afternoon on rain-soaked Geoduck Pitch. Source: Meraz-Rodriguez Scores Hat Trick in Evergreen Win
No. 24 Seattle University men's soccer honored Coach Pete Fewing and beat UNLV, 4-0, Friday night at Championship Field. Source: Redhawks Celebrate in Style SEATTLE – No. 24 Seattle University men’s soccer broke open a scoreless game with three goals in a 4:35 span early in the second half, igniting a 4-0 win over UNLV... Continue Reading →
TACOMA, WA. – The Tacoma Stars have announced the signing of 11-year Major League Soccer veteran and former Seattle Sounder James Riley for the upcoming season. As per Major Arena Soccer League and team policies, terms of the agreement were not released. About his signing and representing our region again, Riley had this to say.... Continue Reading →
TACOMA, Wash. – The Western Indoor Soccer League is excited to welcome Tacoma Narrows FC to the league for the 2018-2019 season. Owned and operated by Puyallup native Preston McDonald, the team will train and play games at the Tacoma Soccer Center and becomes the second Tacoma based team in the WISL. The addition of... Continue Reading →
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WA--- Snohomish County Football Club (SnoCo FC) decided earlier this year that they wanted to organize and grow in a way that allowed local residents and soccer fans to help build the club from the ground up. So the "Steelheads" unveiled a "Founders Club" plan that offers lifetime season tickets, a vote for... Continue Reading →
TACOMA, Wash. – The LA Galaxy II battled back from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw against Seattle Sounders FC 2 on Wednesday at Cheney Stadium. Handwalla Bwana nearly gave the home side the lead in the 27th minute when his direct free kick sailed just wide of Eric Lopez’s goal, but Seattle... Continue Reading →
A Tacoma man wants to connect his community through the universal game of soccer. Source: Tacoma man pitches soccer-based community festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBClN2enF_I
Seattle University men's soccer coach Pete Fewing will be honored at Friday's game at Championship Field. Source: Fewing Makes Impact On, Off, and After the Field On Friday, Oct. 5, Seattle U men's soccer coach Pete Fewing will be honored at the Redhawks' game against UNLV at Championship Field. He is in the midst of... Continue Reading →
WENATCHEE, Wash.— North Central Washington Alliance Football Club announces that Alvaro Rodriguez has been named the new Head Coach of the Women’s soccer team competing in the Northwest Premier League (NWPL). Rodriguez replaces outgoing coach Jamie Richards who recently stepped down from the post. Read the release here: http://www.ncwalliancefc.com/ncw-alliance-announce-new-head-coach-alvaro-rodriguez/
