Welton Melo scores out of an overtime goalmouth scramble as the Sounders avert a costly home loss to the lowly Calgary Mustangs, 2-1 at Qwest Field. It's the fourth goal for Welton, the Brazilian signed two months earlier, in the last five games. Seattle finally gets above .500 (4-3-1) after starting the year 0-2-1. A Kyle Smith header finds Welton waiting at the far post in the 101st minute. Smith's penalty in the 74th minute had drawn Seattle even.

Seattle’s playoff hopes fade as it loses its third straight game and second in three days, 2-1 at New York. Jimmy Gabriel gives the Sounders a short-lived lead, but Mark Liveric eventually gets the Cosmos' second-half winner on the worn and bumpy ground at Downing Stadium. Seattle will need to win at least three of the final four matches to overtake San Jose for the division’s final playoff slot.

In the highest-scoring 4A boys' final in 28 years, Shayne Kelly gets the odd goal with 13:10 to go for Pasco to beat Federal Way, 4-3, at Lakewood. Kelyn Rowe scores twice to put the Eagles up at halftime. Shortly after Alfredo Farias ties it, Federal Way goes back in front, 3-2, through Lalo Morales Bryce Wilson, who also has two assists, levels it in the 61st minute, setting the stage for Kelly. Bulldogs coach Mike Pardini was a member of Pasco's 1998 state champions.

Both Michelle French and Hope Solo start for the United States in a 1-1 draw with China before 30,000 in frigid Hangzhou. It's French's 13th and next-to-last appearance for the USWNT. She returns July 3 for a match vs. Canada. Jennifer Lalor's 17th minute goal for the U.S. goal earns her $1,250 for scoring the first goal in the new Dragon Sports Centre Stadium.

The most traveled team in CONCACAF completes a stretch of four straight road matches in CCL and MLS with the Sounders beating Chicago, 1-0, at Bridgeview, Il. Blaise Nkufo gets the game's only goal in the 88th minute and Kasey Keller holds strong for a record 11th shutout. Having flown nearly 18,000 miles for five matches in MLS and Champions League play in September. Nkufo's goal in his fourth in two games and among Keller's saves is a breakaway, a point-blank Marco Pappa attempt and Freddie Ljungberg free kick. Over nine days Seattle traveled 12,447 miles to four road matches in Costa Rica, Mexico, Columbus and Chicago.

Sounders 2's Pablo Rossi scores his second extra time match-winner in eight days, beating Timbers 2, 2-1, in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup at Starfire. Seattle rallies to tie on Andy Craven's 66th-minute goal. Nearing the end of the first overtime period, Sam Garza slips a pass to Rossi to fire into the net. Rossi had scored twice in a second-round, 4-2 win over Kitsap Pumas.