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Here's where the WIAA State Soccer Playoffs stand going into matches to be played November 13-15. Click brackets to enlarge. 4A 3A 2A 1A 1B/2B Girls 1B/2B Boys goalWA.net Local Soccer News is sponsored by Pro Roofing Northwest, Kirkland, Bellevue, Seattle, Redmond, Woodinville, Federal Way, Everett, Snohomish, Issaquah, Renton, Kent, Bothell, Edmonds Washington … Continue reading Updated brackets: WIAA High School State Soccer
ARLINGTON, WA --- Soccer First Indoor Sports in Arlington is up for sale, and the successful men's indoor team the Arlington Aviators could be part of the package. Operator (and Aviators head coach) Phil Bartlow has put the business on market as his life priorities shift. "An indoor sports facility is a great place to … Continue reading Soccer First Indoor Sports in Arlington up for sale
by David Falk One of my favorite Facebook pages is Washington State High School Football Stadiums, where photos are posted of venues around the state. Of course I look at the stadiums not just for information, but also with an eye for how they might fit as homes for adult amateur soccer clubs. Some of them indeed look more like they … Continue reading The Wash: Dreaming of adult soccer at state high school stadiums
by David Falk The Evergreen Premier League. That's the name to rally around if you would like to see a statewide men's adult outdoor semi-pro soccer league in Washington. A Facebook page is now up at: http://www.facebook.com/EvergreenPremierLeague. I have talked with several soccer club owners and owner hopefuls over recent years about how we can grow … Continue reading The dream has a name: Evergreen Premier League
HONOLULU, HI – Preliminary games at the 2013 US Youth Soccer Region IV Championships are complete with 112 teams qualifying for advancement to the quarterfinals on Friday, June 21, at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Complex in Honolulu. State champions, US Youth Soccer Far West Regional League champions and select wildcards make up the top 212 boys … Continue reading Eleven Washington teams remain alive at US Youth Soccer Region IV Championships in Hawaii
ScoreCzar and goalWA.net have entered into a partnership to get the word out about high school soccer rankings. Every Sunday goalWA will have a "First Look" at the Top 20 rankings. On Monday ScoreCzar will reveal the entire rankings for the state of Washington. Read more about ScoreCzar in this goalWA feature story. APRIL 14, … Continue reading First Look: ScoreCzar High School Top 20’s for April 14
The National Federation of State High Schools (NFHS) released its most recent set of participation numbers last August. The national report notes that nearly 7.7 million students were also athletes at their high schools. Nationally soccer moved ahead of softball into the number four spot for girls with almost 371,000 players. Nationally soccer was also … Continue reading 548 high school soccer programs in Washington, featuring nearly 20,000 players
ISSAQUAH, Wash.--- Cementing the reputation of being part of the young women's soccer hotbed of the state of Washington, today Issaquah High School can celebrate the achievement of senior Audrey Thomas (updated profile), who has been named Gatorade Washington State Player of the Year. Thomas and her Eagles made it to the 2012 WIAA State Final before falling … Continue reading Issaquah’s Audrey Thomas named Washington Gatorade Girls Player of Year
Around the world soccer (football, futbol, calcio, voetbol) uses FIFA and FA (Football Association) designated "divisions" to classify where clubs stand in the hierarchy of the scene. Generally these divisions are of less use in the United States where promotion and relegation up and down the "ladders" is not in practice. Still, we can get … Continue reading Washington’s pro / semi-pro clubs by US Soccer ‘division’
It's been a while---maybe too long---since we updated our "Scarves Across Washington" gallery. Today is the day to rectify that. Searching though the goalWA archives we have found historical scarves, such as the first-ever Emerald City Supporters scarves from 2005...and fresh ones, such as the 2013 Bellingham United season ticket holders scarf. There are Kitsap … Continue reading Scarves Across Washington: The gallery grows
Novo Fogo, self-described as "a microdistillery living "the simpler life" in Morretes, Brasil and Bellevue, USA," recently sponsored an indoor soccer match between bartenders from Seattle and Portland as part of Portland Cocktail Week 2012. The Seattle mixers traveled south and blended a 10:4 win over the Rose City pour-people. See a video reel above, … Continue reading Video Buzz: Seattle tops Portland in battle of bartenders
A collection of Seattle Times soccer photos from the mid 1980's to early 1990's are currently for sale on ebay. goalWA.net grabbed the watermarked versions in our ongoing efforts to archive and preserve Washington state soccer history. Among the gems are some soccer 'family photos' of the Henderson's and Schmetzers, as well as rare shots … Continue reading Soccer history revealed in Seattle Times ebay photos
COLBERT, Wash. - The Northwest Christian Crusaders made state history along the way while earning a WIAA State of Washington 1B/2B Boys Soccer Championship. We've followed the club via the exploits of Jacob Weaver (state record for goals in a season) and Austin Friedly (state record for assists in a season.) Now we can share a great … Continue reading Video Buzz: Crusaders take state
VANCOUVER, Wash.---The Clark College Penguins thought they had a good thing going when they started their soccer season a few months ago. Now they know for sure that they do. The Penguins finished their NWAACC South Division campaign with a 12-0-1 record and first place secured. Clark now awaits the upcoming playoffs. It's now seven … Continue reading Vancouver’s Clark College Penguins win NWAACC South
The Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL Premier) will debut this season at Soccer First Indoor Sports in Arlington, Washington. http://www.goalWA.net has been working with the new club on picking a name and now we can reveal the top seven choices that are put up to a vote to decide the winner! 52 names were eventually … Continue reading Vote Now! Pick name for new Arlington PASL Premier Club
The state of Washington has eleven soccer players affected by recent hazing incidents at Northern Caifornia's Humboldt State University. The Men's soccer season has been completely abandoned while the women's season remains under a cloud and an investigation. Lumberjack players from the state of Washington who will not have a soccer season are: Jordan Zogg (Kirkland), … Continue reading Humboldt State hazing incidents affect Washington state players
Today goalWA.net reveals the top 12 youth soccer crests as chosen by graphics designer Joel DuChesne of the Everett studio of Luminous Creative. In recent weeks clubs nominated their crests to be put in the batch that DuChesne would select from. These 12 will battle it out for the honor of winning the 2012 Korrio Best … Continue reading Vote Now! Top 12 youth crests revealed as poll opens
WIAA State Boys Soccer is at the semifinal stage after a weekend of action. See who's left kicking in The WA. 4A Semifinals: Central Kitsap v. Bellarmine Prep & Central Valley v. Skyview 3A Semifinals: Mountainview v. Bainbridge & Mercer Island v. Eastmont 2A Semifinals: Tumwater v. Fife & Archbishop Murphy v. Cheney 1A Semifinals: … Continue reading Alive at State: Schools who are still kicking
The Central Kitsap Cougars of Silverdale have been ranked in the national top ten for most of this season. On Wednesday night at Silverdale Stadium they showed why in a 7:2 win over Tahoma in the WIAA 4A State Soccer Playoffs. Jeff Halstead was at the match and shares photos. The Kitsap Sun's Jeff Graham … Continue reading Central Kitsap rolls in State Playoff debut (photos, updates, brackets)
It's been in the works for a while and today we can announce that http://www.goalWA.net has added a free, interactive soccer classifieds page for the state of Washington. The goalWA.net Washington Soccer Online Classifieds are for anyone, any club or any business that has something soccer-related to announce, sell, trade for...or for teams looking for … Continue reading goalWA.net debuts FREE soccer classifieds!
Margaret Hedlund is willing to make a sacrifice for the sake of a good cause. Her license plate is up for auction. A winning bid sends the proceeds to Relay for Life. "I am auctioning off my personalized license plate, SOCRMOM, to benefit our Arlington Relay for Life team for the American Cancer Society. To make … Continue reading “SOCRMOM” Washington plate goes to auction to kick Cancer
Highline Premier FC hosted SoccerFEST 2012 on Saturday April 28 in Burien. We stopped by to snap a few photos and get some video. by David Falk There were soccer players of all ages, sunshine, balloons, treats, games and more at Saturday's Highline Premier FC SoccerFEST in Burien. The event was held at Highline Stadium. … Continue reading Video Buzz: SoccerFEST in Burien hosted by Highline Premier FC
Two media sources in the city of Yakima are reporting that a new soccer complex is being considered on the site of an old mill. KNDO reports (with video) that the site of the vacant Boise Cascade Mill is being looked at by the city. A newspaper report follows up on the story. Mark Morey … Continue reading Reports: Yakima considers new soccer fields complex
http://www.goalWA.net and http://www.BigfootFactory.com are partnering to give away soccer t-shirts in March! You could be sporting one of these babies if you follow the rules of our contest that we will post on Monday February 27th! Send this link to your soccer friends so they have a chance, too!
We are collecting photos of club scarves from all over the state of Washington! Send us your pics and join our Facebook gallery! Send your scarf shots to goalWA@gmail.com or upload them directly to http://www.Facebook.com/goalWA! Represent!
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