Thomas Jefferson reclaims the AAA boys' title, beating defending champ Cascade on penalties (4-3) after drawing, 3-3, at Memorial Stadium. The Bruins score three times – Clint Carnell twice and Bryan Larson – in the final 13 minutes to lead, 3-2, before the Raiders' Lawrence Buckley ties it in the final minute. Erik Kenyon and Jason Bowers score TJ's first two goals.

One month before the Sounders' A-League season begins, Memorial Stadium is cleared for spectator use after being closed for several weeks. A January 5.0 earthquake damaged the 48-year-old facility, causing cracks in the roof and pieces of concrete to fall into the grandstands. The seating areas were then closed March 10 during Metro League boys' games. Seattle School District will string a system of nets under the grandstand roofs, costing $140,000 and paid for by users, including the Sounders, Seattle Center, and concert promoters. The Sounders, who move two preseason games to Renton, host Colorado May 6.

Cliff McCrath is voted 1986 Seattle Sports Star of the Year at the Seattle Sheraton’s Grand Ballroom, becoming the first soccer figure to earn the award in its 53-year history. McCrath, up for the award for the fourth time, is coming off the first ever back-to-back NCAA Division II championships at Seattle Pacific. His win is the first in 10 years by a representative coming from other than the Seahawks, Sonics or Washington Huskies football team. Over 1,000 attendees vote and presenting the award are Gov. Booth Gardner, Seattle Post-Intelligencer publisher Virgil Fassio and P-I sports editor Bill Knight.

Ex-Sounders Craig Waibel and Brian Ching lift their second MLS Cup in a row after Houston comes from behind to defeat New England, 2-1, at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Waibel earns his second assist in as many games on Dwayne De Rosario's winner in the 74th minute. Ching missed the match because of a strained left calf injured in the West final. He scored two goals and an assist in the Dynamo's first-round victory over Dallas.

Saint Martin's loses for the 18th straight time in men's play, ending a long season with a 4-2 defeat at Simon Fraser in Burnaby, B.C. The Saints, who lead 1-nil briefly in the first half, finish 0-17-0. They allow 74 goals and enter 2025 winless in 22 games (0-20-2), dating back to 2023.

Sounders forward O’Brian White, in midst of scoring surge with two goals and two assists in four games, undergoes surgery for blood clot in leg.