Saturday saw the return of Artesian outdoor soccer to Thurston County. The day featured three matches, family fest activities and great supportership.
From the opening whistle of the Evergreen Premier League match, USL W match and USL Men’s team closing out the day the contests atmospheres had great energy for the local soccer community and folks visiting from out of town.
Saturday 5.9.26 | Postgame Quotes | Stats | Review
USL W League
FC Olympia 0 Snohomish United 6
Goals: Saleen Koszorus (16′) Anna Babcock (21′) Hailey Perkins (34′) Claire Potter (74′) Anna Babcock (75′) Anna Babcock (76′)
USL W League FC Olympia’s women’s side suffered its first ever home defeat in league play falling 6-0 to Snohomish United. The visitors featured a strong newcomer to the league with a roster heavily connected to a nationally acclaimed U19 ECNL women’s program consisting of over a dozen players reporting to NCAA Division I programs across the country this summer.
“There’s always a first step to any season and yesterday was ours where we had a group of players that came together for the first time actually meeting each other Saturday before kick and we had to get somewhat coordinated fast to go out and play against a team that had a level of regular consistency, continuity in a very high-level youth team with many division one commits.” -Head Coach Seth Spidahl
“Our challenge was to basically take a group of brand new players that have never played with each other and try to go be competitive against a highly functioning team. They gave give it their best effort and I feel like we had a good opening 15 to 20 minutes of some possession and had a very good first 30 minutes in the second half where we were defensively more solid then had a bad spell of five minutes where we gave up three goals.” -Head Coach Seth Spidahl
“We’ll continue to get better and improve as more players enter back into The FC Olympia’s USL W team from their colleges for the summer and I’m confident we’ll keep working hard and get better and improved game by game, GO OLY!” -Head Coach Seth Spidahl
Saturday’s USL W outcome also displays a growing level of competition within the USL W structure especially in the Northwest Division that FC Olympia has won three years in a row. Newcomers Snohomish United (Crossfire) and the Portland Cherry Bombs are new additions to the division. Next match is Friday against last years second place finisher Salmon Bay FC (Ballard FC Affiliate).
Salmon Bay player announcements features over two dozen former FC Olympia USL W players and should be a unique homecoming next Friday night. That’s a 5:30PM kickoff at Well 80 Pitch in Olympia, WA on Friday May 15th. Tickets at www.fcoly.com.
USL League Two
FC Olympia 0 Portland 3
Portland Goals: Milo Wray (7′) Christian Mendoza-soto (58′) Diego Rodriguez (80′)
FC Olympia’s USL League Two side fell 3-0 to the Portland Bangers (Portland Pickles Affilifiate) in front of another energetic crowd. Local Olympia playing legends like Manny Nicasio and Willie Spurr made the starting lineup for first year USL Two gaffer Luke Sandblom.
Several key saves from Gio Aguilar-Gutierrez kept the Artesians in the game but it ended up being too much as the Bangers closed out the game with two goals in the second half to close the door. FC Olympia has six days to prepare to travel to Interbay Stadium to play longtime USL rival Ballard FC on Friday night.
Evergreen Premier League
FC Olympia 5 Skagit Athletic 2
The day however started on a high note as FC Olympia’s Evergreen Premier League side opened its 2026 EPLWA campaign with an exciting 5-2 victory over Skagit Athletic. FC Olympia has been a member of the Evergreen Premier League Washington since 2017 and Saturday’s opener showed the attacking quality and energy supporters have come to expect from the program led by second year head coach Trevor Fetbrandt.
A two-goal performance by Marvin Soeum was a highlight as well as key saves from Hayden Sciera to kep Skagit at bay.
USL Fan Fest
Saturday was a celebration of community soccer that brought together soccer families, supporters and local partners for an entire day centered around local soccer. FC Olympia would like to thank its community partners, volunteers and city staff whose work behind the scenes helped make this event possible.
From mini golf, balloon tying to the inflatable indoor soccer field much fun was had by kids and core memories made by young Artesian supporters. For more info follow FC Olympia on Facebook, Instagram or check for regular updates at http://www.fcoly.com. To subscribe to club emails click here.
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