No. 9 Washington heads back out on the road this week for a huge regional battle against No. 20 Portland at Merlo Field in Portland on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The match will be streamed on TheW.tv with live stats available on PortlandPilots.com.

SEATTLE --- Jaret Townsend scored a goal and added an assist as the No. 23 Washington men's soccer team tallied two goals in the first 12 minutes of the match, beating No. 14 Akron 2-0 in a NCAA Top 25 showdown on Sunday afternoon at Husky Soccer Stadium in Seattle.

The University of Washington Men's Soccer team hosts perennial NCAA power and 14th-ranked Akron on Sunday afternoon at Husky Soccer Stadium. Are you on the fence about going to the match? Here are 10 reasons why you should attend:

SEATTLE --- Washington netted a pair of first half goals and held off a late barrage in a 2-1 victory over CSUN on Friday night at Husky Soccer Stadium.

They played in different eras, so their experiences and other memories of the University of Washington men's soccer program are very different.   But what they share is an abiding love for the game, and likewise careers as Huskies that helped raise UW soccer from its infancy to respectability and then to a place of national prominence.   Ward and Kevin Forrest of Edmonds, a father and son, are among the all-time leading goal-scorers in Washington history. Ward Forrest played for the Huskies from 1972-75 and finished with 36 career goals, while Kevin Forrest was at Washington from 2003-07 (with a medical redshirt in 2005) and had 34 goals before a broken foot abruptly ended his college career early in his senior season.