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Deka DeWitt delivers the game’s only goal with four minutes left in overtime to give Washington State a 1-0 win over Washington in Pullman. It’s the Cougars’ first win in the series since 1992 and ends the Huskies’ Pac-10 title hopes.
Catfish Five win the grand prize of $125 in savings bonds for the 7th annual Five-a-Side tournament at West Seattle Stadium. The Catfish defeat Acme Tyee, 4-1, in the final 15-minute game. Acme received a consolation prize of sport coats. They had advanced from the semifinals on the corner kick tiebreaker after tying Black Diamond. Proceeds benefit youth soccer programs.
Fife, Milton, Edgewood and Pierce County have agreed to spend $1.4 million in county money toward a 12-field soccer complex in Fife and a skate park in Milton. Local youth leaders hope corporate sponsorships could bridge the gap. Fields with synthetic surfaces could open in September 2005, and grass fields in the spring of 2006, says Doug Andreassen of Tacoma-Pierce County Junior Soccer Association. Washington State Youth Soccer Association, which would locate its headquarters at the complex, will seek grant money from the U.S. Soccer Federation.
A reduced-strength Sounders go out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup ignominiously with a 11-0 beating by Cruz Azul in Guatemala City. Seattle, which left its coach Neil Megson and five other top players at home or sent to the A-League All-Star Game, had earlier lost 2-0 to Comunicaciones and 4-1 to Necaxa.
Crossfire Premier boys' teams collect three ECNL national championships in Richmond, Va., and set a record with four altogether for 2025. Of the six age groups contested, Crossfire takes U13, U14, U17 and, earlier, the U18/19. With a 2-0 win over Southern California's Legends FC, the XF U13s finish 31-0-0 with a goal difference of 173-13. Owen White scores in the final minute for the U14s’ 1-0 victory over Atlanta's Concorde Fire Platinum. Oscar Santana's brace fuels the U17s' 4-0 conquest of St. Louis Scott Gallagher. The XF '08s also won the 2023 ECNL title.
Chance Fry scores twice in the final 15 minutes, his second brace in as many nights, and the table-topping Sounders win their fifth in a row, 2-1 over the Los Angeles Salsa before 5,160 in the Tacoma Dome. Fry's first goal, a header off Shawn Medved's corner kick, gives Seattle a 1-0 lead in the 76th minute. Jason Farrell finds Fry in the 86th minute for a 2-nil lead. Fry also scored two second-half goals in a 3-1 home win over Toronto the night before. The Sounders (10-4-0) finish their Tacoma stint with a 6-0-0 mark.