Washington finished as the sixth-ranked team in women’s college soccer last season after an impressive run to the Elite Eight. The Huskies lost to a group of 14-year-old boys in their most recent scrimmage.
Make of that what you will…
This is not the first time we have seen this kind of lopsided age gap victory in women’s soccer, nor will it be the last. That doesn’t make the result any less eye-opening.
Washington is a top women’s college soccer program.
The University of Washington announced the addition of women’s soccer in December, 1990. It played its first full season that next fall in 1991. Since then, the Huskies have made the NCAA Tournament 18 times. They made six Round of 16 appearances over the last 34 years with three runs to quarterfinals. They also won one regular season conference championship and one conference tournament title.
Notable alums include legendary USWNT goalkeeper Hope Solo, Tina Frimpong, Veronica and Amanda Perez, Kate Deines, Shannon Simon and Lindsay Elston, among others.
All of this goes to say that Washington is a legitimate program! We’re not talking about a perennial basement dweller. It is a school that produces professional talent and actually wins.
Last year was the best year in program history. The Huskies, who were not ranked in the top-25 until Week 8 of the regular season, finished at 15-3-7 with a conference record of 8-1-2. They won the Big Ten Women’s College Soccer Tournament to earn a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament and upset No. 1-seed Virginia in the Sweet 16. Duke ultimately beat Washington in the Elite Eight but it was a great run!
Hand up, I do not know exactly how many players from last year’s roster are returning for 2026. The lineup could look completely different but the expectation is still the same.
The Huskies lost to a U14 boy’s soccer team.
Washington will play five scrimmages in total this spring. Only one remains. The schedule is as follows:
We are only going to focus on April 30. The Huskies played against a group of boys aged 14 or younger.
Crossfire is an elite club program based out of Redmond, Washington. It is the best club team in the state and one of the best in the United States. Not the best, but one of. It does lose to other West Coast clubs.
The scrimmage took place in Seattle last week. Admission was free.
A man who uses the Instagram handle “@woodworksseattle” was among those in attendance.
He posted score updates on his personal Instagram account. The team only made the following post after the game:
Crossfire’s U14 boys team defeated the University of Washington’s women’s college soccer team by a final score of 2-1 after 90 minutes. This was after the two sides played to a 1-1 draw during an exhibition match in 2024.
I do not know the format of this most recent scrimmage. Nor do I know exactly who played for either team. I do know that a women’s college soccer team that made the Elite Eight last season lost to a group of boys who are either freshmen in high school or still in middle school. That is a thing that happened.