The second-most important soccer match in Seattle on Sunday did not end quite so well for this local squad.
The Washington men, the nation’s top-ranked team the past three weeks, could not crack a stout Stanford defense and fell 1-0 to the fifth-ranked Cardinal in front of 1,462 spectators at Husky Soccer Stadium.
The Huskies (14-3, 7-2 Pac-12) were aiming to clinch their first conference title since 2013, and do so by defeating the program that has won the past five Pac-12 crowns. UW, though, could not overcome a deflected goal in the 41st minute by Gabe Segal off a hard cross from the left wing by Ousseni Bouda.