Pick Quick, Puyallup and preseason soccer

by David Falk

PUYALLUP, WA— If you crave the taste of the old burger joints and are also looking for authentic American-made soccer, then there is a double experience waiting for you this summer in the greater Fife / Puyallup area.

Sunday April 9 I did this ‘twin bill’ by grabbing burgers, fries and shakes at Pick Quick in Fife and then heading over to the Washington Premier FC Fields off of River Road (167) in Puyallup to see preseason soccer between Evergreen Premier League club Washington Premier South Sound FC and startup Snohomish County FC Steelheads.

The weather cooperated and so did Pick Quick and Puyallup – providing a sort of ‘throw back experience.’ It was 1985 all over again in a good way. Eating at one of Pick Quick’s large selection of picnic tables and then watching a match at the WP fields with Mount Rainier looming in…