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Image of Longview Timber Barons soccer team, January 1926
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Longview Timber Barons soccer team, January 1926

Businessman Jack H. Kelly emigrated to the US from Canada in the early 1900s, setting up a plumbing business and starting up a local soccer team at every town he stopped in. In 1923, Kelly stopped in Longview, Washington, set up his business, and later started a soccer team. The Longview Timber Barons had their first organization meeting and practice…
ID Number:2000.107.201.33.04
Date:1927
Image of Rob Potter of the Athlete's Foot amputee co-ed amputee soccer team, Seattle, August 19, 1985
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Rob Potter of the Athlete's Foot amputee co-ed amputee soccer team, Seattle, August 19, 1985

The American Amputee Soccer Association was founded in the early 1980s by Seattle native Don Bennett, who was determined to provide an athletic community and competitive outlet for other people with limb differences. Players usually have lost part of one leg, and play with crutches. The game quickly progressed beyond Seattle, with teams forming in Portland and Vancouver, B.C. in…
ID Number:2000.107.201.36.01
Date:1985
Image of Mary Haller cheering for her child during a soccer game, Lynnwood, October 9, 1976
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Mary Haller cheering for her child during a soccer game, Lynnwood, October 9, 1976

In this photo, Mary Haller cheers for her child during an Alderwood Athletic Association youth soccer game. Mary was married to Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographer Grant Haller, who snapped this photo. Caption information source: Photo captions, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 19, 1976, pp. C1-2
ID Number:2000.107.201.36.02
Date:1976
Image of Electrics soccer team playing in the mud at Woodland Park, Seattle,  November 2, 1975
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Electrics soccer team playing in the mud at Woodland Park, Seattle, November 2, 1975

The Electrics were a Washington State Men's League soccer team playing during the 1975-1976 season. In this photo, a player on The Electrics splashes water as he tries to keep the ball in play on a muddy patch of field in Woodland Park. Caption information source: Photo caption, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 3, 1975, p. A15
ID Number:2000.107.201.36.03
Date:1975
Image of Seattle Sounders and San Jose Earthquakes players in silhouette at Highline Stadium, Burien, April 11, 1975
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Seattle Sounders and San Jose Earthquakes players in silhouette at Highline Stadium, Burien, April 11, 1975

In April 1975, the Seattle Sounders and San Jose Earthquakes soccer teams played an evening exhibition game at Highline Stadium in Burien. Here, a Seattle PI photographer captures the players as silhouettes as the sky darkens and the stadium lights turn on. Caption information source: Photo caption, Seattle Post Intelligencer, April 12, 1975, p. B1
ID Number:2000.107.201.38.01
Date:1975
Image of Mike England marking Pelé at  Sounders vs. New York Cosmos game, Seattle, July 5, 1975
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Mike England marking Pelé at Sounders vs. New York Cosmos game, Seattle, July 5, 1975

The Seattle Sounders were a soccer team playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 to 1983. They were the first professional soccer team in Seattle, and were popular from the beginning; in their first season they hosted NASL's first sell-out game, filling Memorial Stadium with 13,876 fans. In its early seasons, most players were foreign-born and brought…
ID Number:2000.107.201.39.01
Date:1975
Image of Seattle Sounder Gordon Wallace leaping onto teammate Geoff Hurst after scoring a goal in playoffs, Seattle, August 18, 1976
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Seattle Sounder Gordon Wallace leaping onto teammate Geoff Hurst after scoring a goal in playoffs, Seattle, August 18, 1976

Here, Seattle Sounder midfielder Gordon Wallace leaps into the arms of his teammate, striker Geoff Hurst, after scoring what would be the only goal in a North American Soccer League (NASL) playoff game against the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Sounders would lose their next game, in the quarterfinals of "Soccer Bowl '76," to the Minnesota Kicks.
ID Number:2000.107.201.39.02
Date:1976
Image of Brian Schmetzer in Sounders game, May 1983
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Brian Schmetzer in Sounders game, May 1983

The Seattle Sounders were a soccer team playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 to 1983. They were the first professional soccer team in Seattle, and were popular from the beginning; in their first season they hosted NASL's first sell-out game, filling Memorial Stadium with 13,876 fans. In its early seasons, most players were foreign-born and brought…
ID Number:2000.107.202.03.01
Date:1983
Image of Mark Peterson of the Seattle Sounders celebrates one of his two goals in a game against the Tampa Bay Rowdies, Seattle, July 1, 1983
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Mark Peterson of the Seattle Sounders celebrates one of his two goals in a game against the Tampa Bay Rowdies, Seattle, July 1, 1983

The Seattle Sounders were the first professional soccer team in Seattle, playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 to 1983. Here, Sounders player Mark Peterson celebrates after scoring one of his two goals during a game against the Tampa Bay Rowdies, leaving Tampa Bay goalie Jurgen Stars, at right, looking dejected. In November 1983, Tacoma native Peterson…
ID Number:2000.107.202.03.02
Date:1983
Image of Fan Wane Dallasto holding banner supporting Tacoma Stars soccer team during playoff game at the Tacoma Dome, April 16, 1986
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Fan Wane Dallasto holding banner supporting Tacoma Stars soccer team during playoff game at the Tacoma Dome, April 16, 1986

The Tacoma Stars team faced the Wichita Wind during the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) playoff quarterfinals in 1986. The Tacoma team won the series 3-1 to move on the the semifinals. Here, Tacoma Stars fan Wane Dallasto of Kent holds up a banner reading "Go Stars" during the team's 5-4 win over the Witchita Wings in the fourth game…
ID Number:2000.107.202.04.03
Date:1986
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