Frank MacDonald
@frankmSounders
Dispensing/honoring WA soccer history, 280 characters at a time. Frmr PR/reporter: Sounders, UW, SPU. Exec Dir @WA_Legends. Weakness for sunsets.
#OTD 2017 – Seattle squanders 4-goal lead but Megan Rapinoe rescues Reign by completing hat trick to hold off Sky Blue 5-4 at Memorial Stadium. Rapinoe wins it in 87th minute. It's 1st 9-goal game in Reign history. youtube.com/watch?v=JNQ2hU…
Boeing workers have long been part of our local footy history, be it as a team here or their coaching & organizational efforts. Before this match at South Park field they were all smiles. Later, not so much. They were subsequently pummeled by West Side, 8-2. #TBT
While last week Whatcom Rangers reached a National Presidents Cup final, throughout this week four WA teams are vying for medals at the USYS Championships in Orlando. Ten years ago Seattle United B98 Copa was our state's last team to reach a USYS final. Go make history! #TBT
#OTD 2005 – Kasey Keller makes point-blank save in extra time and another in shootout, enabling USMNT to win its third Gold Cup over Panama 0-0 (3-1) in East Rutherford, N.J. In all, Keller makes 5 saves in clean sheet. youtube.com/watch?v=r_GMDG…
#OTD 1982 – Peter Ward bedevils Portland away, his hat trick lifting Sounders to 4th win in 5 games, 4-1, and 1st place in Western Division. Two of Ward's goals come from headers, and Paul Hammond earns first Seattle goalkeeper assist with booming punt upfield.
Twenty-four total hits at T-Mobile today and only thing leaving the yard were lots of Ms fans in the 7th.
SPU alum elevated. Michael’s been with organization since the early years.
NEWS | Tacoma Defiance has parted ways with Head Coach Hervé Diese. Michael Morris is taking over sideline duties while the search for the team’s next Head Coach begins. 📝: sndrs.com/e4jn37to
#OTD 2021 – Crossfire Premier wins 1st-ever Elite Clubs National League Boys U14 national championship in St. Louis. Crossfire 07 beats San Diego Surf 2-1 in final. Also 1st ECNL national title won by WA program.
#OTD 2022 – 10-man Sounders come from behind to beat Colorado 2-1 on Nico Lodeiro's 71' penalty. Only such comeback in MLS era, and first since A-League era (2001 at El Paso). youtube.com/watch?v=jXp_Wh…
#OTD 1994 – Sounders make APSL home debut in Tacoma Dome before 5,614, beating Colorado 2-0 on goals from David Hoggan & Gary Heale, who once both starred in same building for Tacoma Stars.
If you thought 'Summit' is making its entrance into American footy's lexicon, you'd be about 45 years off. Houston Summit was named after their home arena, which might've been a first. espn.com/soccer/story/_…
Another legend who was largely enigmatic while here, The Deuce. Why was he not more accessible and truly known during his time in Seattle? mlssoccer.com/allstar/2025/n…
While I always appreciated his talents, only now are stories coming out about the person underneath the '51.' Good stuff here. nytimes.com/athletic/65091…
No lines? No problem. Now, can it also erase 'em?
One more sleep 'til training camp begins, and the field's never looked better. Courtesy of @Turf_Tank.
Bedlam for Lioness faithful. Giggles and smiles on Italy bench erased.
#OTD 2021 – With MLS-record 5 teenagers starting, Sounders overcome absence of 10 players to win 1-0 at Austin. Fifteen-year-old Obed Vargas becomes 3rd-youngest player to ever appear in MLS. Raul Ruidiaz scores stunning winner from 40 yards. youtube.com/watch?v=Byb5IQ…
#OTD 2003 – PNW record crowd of 66,722 treated to Manchester United & Celtic at Seahawks Stadium. United, coming off 8th EPL title in 11 years, get 1st-half goals from Ruud van Nistlerooy, Ryan Giggs & Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. youtube.com/watch?v=2p6EoR…
#OTD 1999 – With some 400 youth players and well-wishers looking on in Olympia, Gov. Gary Locke proclaims Michelle Akers Day in State of Washington. Twelve days earlier, Akers was awarded World Cup Bronze Ball following USWNT victory over China in final.
