Roger Levesque's 90th-minute goal in the second leg sends the Sounders to the USL 1 final with a 2-1 road win over the defending champion and top-seeded Montreal Impact. After a 2-2 draw in the first leg, Seattle wins the series 4-3 on aggregate. Despite missing starters Zach Scott, Leighton O'Brien and Maykel Galindo, the Sounders strike first on Brent Whitfield's rebound follow at 59'. Charles Gbeke ties at 72', his third goal of the series. With overtime looming, Levesque's shot from 20 yards deflects off a defender's foot and dips behind Montreal keeper Greg Sutton for the game-winner at 89:48.

Peter Ward bedevils Portland away, and his hat trick earns Sounders their fourth win in five games as well as first place in Western Division. Seattle, after trailing early, wins going away, 4-1. Two of Ward's goals come from headers, and Paul Hammond earns the first Seattle goalkeeper assist with a booming kick upfield. Ward now has six goals over four games.

Joan Dunlap scores and adds an assist in North Carolina's convincing 4-0 victory over George Mason for the NCAA championship in Orlando. A 22-year-old freshman from Seattle, Dunlap figures in two of three UNC goals during an 11-minute span. She strips a defender at the top of the box and drives in to make it 3-nil. A few minutes later Dunlap feeds Amy Machin. The Tar Heels finish 19-1-0.

Seattle University, ranked No. 13 among NAIA teams and newly promoted to the NCSC Olympic Division, stuns San Francisco in its first road game. Brett Bowers gets the equalizer and Jonathan Stember scores in overtime for a 2-1 upset of the Dons, ranked seventh in Div. I. Two days later, the Chieftains earn a 1-1 draw at San Jose State.

Sounders FC and the Seahawks announce their business operations will become independent beginning April 30. The teams have shared business operations since Sounders FC was admitted to Major League Soccer in 2007. The club’s new headquarters will be in Pioneer Square, just north of CenturyLink Field.

Teams from Seattle and Portland meet in the first known full-field amputee soccer match at Memorial Stadium. Both teams are sponsored by The Athletes Foot. Seattle’s Don Bennett, who first formed a team in September 1982, aspires to host an amputee World Cup in the future. Seattle wins the game, 2-0.