Representatives of the soccer and baseball communities meet with city business leaders and park board members, seeking to establish a facility that can accommodate sports and large crowds. The Seattle League Park Association, which includes principals of each state league club, promises to fund and build a park where fans can be seated and admission collected to offset cost of club operations. A location at the base of Queen Anne Hill is mentioned.

Before a club-record crowd of 3,710 in the ShoWare Center, the Tacoma Stars start theif first full MASL season with a 5-1 win over Sacramento behind Dan Antoniuk's hat trick. The Stars partner with the Tacoma Rainiers for marketing and in-game entertainment. The pregame introductions feature the Starship hit "We Built This City" to energize fans. Intermissions feature a bevy of mascots, highlighted by Perry the Penalty Peanut. Average attendance rises to 2,462.

Clint Dempsey delivers a brace and assist – all in the first 20 minutes – and the Sounders clinch a playoff berth for the seventh straight year with a 3-1 Decision Day home win over Real Salt Lake. A crowd of 55,435 fans at CenturyLink Field breaks the MLS season attendance record again, with an average of 44,245. Dempsey scores in the fifth and 20th minutes, with Marco Pappa striking in the 10th.

Seattle native Ballan Campeau's record ninth shutout, a 7-0 victory over St. Mary's, helps Santa Clara remain in contention for its first NCAA tournament berth. It's the Broncos' third straight win and part of an eventual seven-game unbeaten run that clinches a postseason berth. Campeau attended Seattle Prep but his only soccer was played for the junior associations under Mike Ryan. The senior keeper finishes his season with a second straight all-Pacific Conference honor.

Bothell's Clint Carnell earns ACC Player of the Week for scoring two goals in Duke's 2-2 tie with No. 1-ranked Virginia. It's Carnell's second such honor in three weeks. Earlier, he scored a goal and three assists in wins over North Carolina and N.C. State.

National Soccer Hall of Fame member Eddie Craggs, 75, is honored with a banquet. The State league championship trophy is named for Craggs, who states: "I had to coax them to leave the word 'memorial' out of the engraving. I figure to be around presenting it for years to come."