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SEATTLE (AP) — Clint Dempsey scored two goals and assisted on another, all in the first 20 minutes of the game, as the Seattle Sounders beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 to wrap up an MLS playoff berth Sunday. The Sounders (15-13-6, 51 points) ended the regular season on an eight-game unbeaten streak (4-0-4)...

SEATTLE (AP) — Alex Morgan started for the World Cup champion U.S. team against Brazil on Wednesday night amid reports that she was on the verge of being sent to the expansion Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League. Morgan has played with the Portland Thorns for the past three seasons...

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Fanendo Adi scored two second-half goals in the Portland Timbers' 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday. The Timbers (14-11-8) scored all five goals in a 25-minute span in the second half and moved into a third-place tie with the Vancouver Whitecaps in the West...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Whitecaps tied FC Dallas 0-0 on Wednesday night to clinch a playoff spot for the second straight season. Vancouver (15-12-5) is third in the Western Conference, a point behind FC Dallas (15-10-6) and the Los Angeles Galaxy...

SEATTLE (AP) — Chad Barrett scored in the third minute of stoppage time to give the Seattle Sounders a 1-1 tie with the Los Angeles Galaxy in front of 56,097 fans Sunday night at CenturyLink Field. Marco Pappa started the play with a corner kick from the attacking right side...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Sounders defender Chad Marshall has been released from the hospital a day after suffering a neck sprain in practice. The Sounders announced Marshall's diagnosis on Thursday. Marshall was injured during practice on Wednesday after colliding with a teammate and hitting his head on the ground during a drill...

Lately, there has been some serious violence in the world of sports. First a high school football player hit another player with his helmet. Then, some high school hockey players mauled a referee who'd hit one of their teammates. So apparently it was only a matter of time until it came to this: a soccer referee reaching for a gun to stop an on-field dispute. That is crazy!

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Dominic Dwyer scored in the 79th minute to give Sporting Kansas City a 1-1 draw with the Seattle Sounders on Sunday, further tightening the Western Conference standings. The Sounders opened the scoring in the 31st minute when Obafemi Martins shouldered off defender Kevin Ellis to finish a long ball from Gonzalo Pineda for his 14th goal...

(AP) — The Seattle Sounders will travel to Vancouver, Canada to play Whitecaps FC tomorrow in BC Place. Seattle is coming off a 1-1 tie against the San Jose Earthquakes. (AP) — The Portland Timbers are traveling this weekend to play New York in Providence Park...

It might look like a scene out of "Mad Max" right now, but backers of a new soccer complex on 122 acres off South 38th Avenue hope it'll look like one of finest sports facilities in the state within the next two years. Amid lots of applause and smiles, city officials joined private organizers for a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday afternoon to celebrate the start of the construction...