Obed Vargas was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after becoming the first Alaskan to play in the World Cup after taking the field in the 70th minute for Mexico to close out a 1-0 win over South Korea in Guadalajara. The 20-year-old midfielder more than held his own in...
Freshman Dakota Gaines helped continue Chugiak's winning ways on a chilly Tuesday night in Anchorage. Behind Gaines' two goals, Chugiak (9-2-1, 6-1-1) defeated Service (7-3-0, 6-3-0) 4-3 on a breezy night to secure a season sweep of the Cougars. A little over a week...
South Anchorage senior Brianna Bailey and the game she loves — soccer — go way back. “My dad kind of got all of us into it at a young age, like, I've played literally since I could walk, since I could kick a ball,” Bailey said after a recent Wolverines victory. Early...
Dimond’s dynamic senior class - and a second-half substitute - proved too much for West Anchorage in a match-up of Cook Inlet Conference boys soccer powers Saturday afternoon. Seniors Dereck Ortega, Tai-Tai Mateaki and Luis Lopez Rodriguez all recorded points, and...
A dream start by Anchorage's Ariela Lewis in the Icelandic Cup turned into a nightmare for her opponent on Sunday. The former All-CIC forward out of Dimond, who is now playing professionally in Iceland, bagged two goals in the first six minutes and a hat trick by the...
Junior Brooklyn Shankar scored early and the South Anchorage girls soccer team rolled to a 5-0 victory over Dimond on Tuesday night. After Shankar's tally South up 1-0, Ali Boshell, Kinsey Dufour and sisters Alivia and Addison Bailey all added second-half goals. South...
Alaska's greatest soccer player made the big leagues. LaLiga to be precise. Obed Vargas of Anchorage played his first game with Atlético Madrid today, entering in the 79th minute of a 5-0 semifinal win over Real Betis in the Copa del Rey. Vargas joined the European...
From the soccer nets of Anchorage to now on the cusp of playing in the Big Ten, Brooklyn Reid is soaring. The goalkeeper has spent the last three years attending Shattuck-St. Mary’s School in Faribault, Minn., honing her skills in the prep school’s prestigious soccer...
The Portland Timbers are looking north to the future. The MLS team has re-signed Anchorage's Hunter Sulte, a 23-year-old goalkeeper, to a multi-year contract through 2028, with a club option for the 2029 season. Sulte is one of just three Alaskans and the only keeper...
It's not hyperbole, at least lately, to say the Young Harris College women's soccer team's offense revolves around Anchorage's Sunny Bowlin-Stacy. The all-conference forward has scored or assisted on her team's last eight goals across four games, including scoring the...
It’s wild that a 20-year-old from Anchorage could ruffle feathers of some of the greatest soccer players in the world, but Obed Vargas has evolved from prodigy to playmaker, and opponents now view him as a threat. The Seattle Sounders starting midfielder showed why on...