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Donate Now!Goals from Mike Gosselin, Chris Dube and Brad Owens fuel Kentwood's 3-2 shocker over Thomas Jefferson in the first round of the state AAA tournament at Federal Way Stadium. Four-time defending state champion Jefferson has won 69 straight games and is unbeaten in 94 (90-0-4). The Conquerors, coming off their first loss of the season, 5-1, to Kennedy in the NPSL title game, build a 2-0 halftime lead on goals by Dube and Gosselin. After TJ's Lawrence Buckley cuts the margin to 2-1, Owens scored the eventual game-winner in the 62nd minute.
With an MLS-record five teenagers starting, the Sounders manage to overcome the absence of 10 players to win, 1-0, at Austin. Fifteen-year-old Obed Vargas becomes the third-youngest player to ever appear in a league match. Joining Vargas are fellow teens Reed Baker-Whiting (16), Ethan Dobbelaere (18), Danny Leyva (18) and Josh Atencio (19). Also, Sam Adeniran gets his first MLS start while on loan from Tacoma. Altogether, the lineup average age is 21.4 After coming off the bench, Raul Ruidiaz scores a stunning winner from 40 yards.
Despite losing several players and staff to positive COVID tests, Tacoma sets a club record for scoring and ties its widest winning margin by defeating St. Louis 15-5 at ShoWare Center. Nick Perera strikes for six goals and three assists and Alessandro Canales adds a hat trick for the Stars (2-2). Owner Lane Smith activates several reserves and Cory Keitz serves as coach in Mike Jennings’s absence. Tacoma last won by 10 goals in 2018-19.
Washington's bid to finally reach the NCAA semifinals comes up short with a 3-0 loss to No. 2-ranked Pittsburgh in Cary, N.C. It’s 1-nil until the final two minutes, when the Panthers twice score into an open net after every UW player pushes forward. It's the second season in a row that UW has exited at the Elite Eight.
Thomas Jefferson wins its record eighth state 4A boys' championship, 3-0 over Union at Puyallup's Sparks Stadium. Matthew Cruz gets things started for the Raiders in the 20th minute. TJ out-shoots Union 34-2 but does not get comfortable until Brandon Madsen doubles the lead in the 56th, knocking in the rebound of Alvaro Osornio's shot. Osorino adds the final tally in the 76th. It is Jefferson's first title since 2005.
Eugénie Le Sommer's brace fuels a 3-0 win at Kansas City to wrap-up the No. 2 seed in the NWSL playoffs on the final day of the regular season. It completes a complete turnaround since a midseason coaching change, with the Reign going from ninth to second (13-8-3) with 10-4-2 run. After a first-half own goal by KC, Le Sommer doubles the margin early in the second half and secures her third brace since July in the 84th minute.