Ninety seconds after entering the match, Erin Otagaki scores the decisive goal, lifting 14th-ranked Washington to a 2-1 victory over Washington State in the Pacific-10 Conference opener before a crowd of 2,490 at Husky Soccer Field The attendance figure is No. 3 all-time for the Huskies. Jaime Carstensen opens the scoring just over six minutes into the contest with a lofted shot from 15 yards. Otagaki extends the UW lead to 2-nil at 57:30, collecting a loose ball and firing it from 12 yards. WSU answers a minute later. Keegan Hughes scores from 10 yards.

After commenting on-air that the match was "boring" and that Alan Hinton's strategy of using striker Roger Davies to mark Cosmos playmaker Vladislav Bogicevic in the Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup final, Cliff McCrath is fired as Sounder broadcast analyst. Producer Mick Tacher tells McCrath he was being too negative.

After five years of frustration, Washington finally wins its own Husky Classic, edging Seattle Pacific, 2-1, in the final. Danny Vaughn – from 30 yards – and Dale Larson score. Midfielder Paul Mendes is voted the tournament MVP.

Meeting for the third time in seven days with 5,400 air miles traveled in between, the Sounders and Strikers settle their NASL semifinal series but only after going into extra time. Kenny Hibbitt collects a loose ball, juggles it twice and his 19-yard shot somehow finds the corner for the sudden-death winner, 1-0, off the hand of Fort Lauderdale keeper Jan van Beveren. A Kingdome throng of nearly 29,000 erupts and continues roaring for several minutes as the weary winners take a lap of honor.

Twelve games into their existence and struggling mightily, the Tacoma Stars name vice president Freddie Goodwin as coach, demoting Bob McNab to associate. The fledgling MISL club is just 1-11. Tacoma beats Phoenix, 8-7, in Goodwin's first game later in the day.

Three days after becoming the first player to mark 250 NWSL career appearances, Lauren Barnes says she will retire following the Reign's final 2025 game. Barnes, 36, has been a defensive stalwart for Seattle since its inaugural season of 2013.