SOCCER: Home opener day for West Seattle Rhodies FC and Junction FC

Season-opening matches are in the books for West Seattle’s pre-pro soccer clubs, Rhodies FC and Junction FC.

WSB contributing photojournalist Dave Gershgorn was at the opening match of the doubleheader, Rhodies vs. Tacoma Galaxy. Rhodies were victorious – but first, a new era dawned after the club owners won their long battle for the right to serve wine and beer at Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex:

Viscon Cellars (WSB sponsor) owner Ben Viscon was pouring today:

Food offerings included the Crispy’s truck from the DubSea Fish Sticks baseball team next door in White Center:

It was a proud day for owner Jessica Pierce – recent winner of the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce‘s Westsider of the Year award – who posed with sponsorship coordinator Andrew Otwell:

On to the match! Here are some scenes from the Rhodies’ 1-0 victory over the Galaxy:

We couldn’t stay for the Junction FC match that followed, but they also played Tacoma, (corrected) winning 4-0.

WHAT’S NEXT: The Rhodies play at home the next two Sundays too, starting with 2 pm May 17 vs. Snohomish United – tickets are available here. Junction FC isn’t back home until Sunday, June 7, 2 pm, vs. Midlakes United – tickets available here.

4 Replies to "SOCCER: Home opener day for West Seattle Rhodies FC and Junction FC"

  • The Beautiful Game May 11, 2026 (7:51 am)

    The reported scores were actually wrong.  Junction FC beat Tacoma 4-0.Both teams did fantastic, and will be even better when they get all of their players back from their college teams, including players from UW for both teams

    • WSB May 11, 2026 (8:17 am)

      Sorry, these were from the league sites, the only place I could find scores when I wrote this. Jessica just emailed us the JFC score and I am correcting.

  • Andrew May 11, 2026 (8:16 am)

    The Junction didn’t draw to the Stars: we beat them 4-0!

    • WSB May 11, 2026 (8:18 am)

      I’m correcting as we speak.

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