Pacific Lutheran heads toward the NCAA tournament with a head of steam after completing a sweep of Puget Sound, 3-1 at home. The Lutes win their ninth in a row and are unbeaten in 16 (13-0-3) with one regular season game remaining. They get two first-half goals from Trevor Thompson.

Mike O’Malley, 27, is named the new University of Washington head coach. O'Malley, who succeeds Mike Ryan, played at Chico State and was assistant coach at UC Davis last season.

Missy Strasburg is introduced as the fourth head coach in Eastern Washington program history and the first female to guide the program in 22 years. Strasburg takes over following a five-year assistant coach stint at the Air Force Academy. She started her coaching career in the Spokane area as a youth and high school coach at Spokane Shadow and Riverside High. Strasburg played collegiately at Gonzaga from 1997-2001, ending No. 3 in career assists.

Ray Serrano, 19, of Moses Lake scores in his first start for Louisville City. Serrano, who joined the USL Championship side after his release from Tacoma Defiance in the offseason, collects his own rebound and quickly converts for Lou City’s first goal in a 2-0 win at New York Red Bulls II.

A crowd of 3,429 welcomes the Tacoma Tides to Cheney Stadium for their first home ASL match. Bernard Hartze's second goal, in the 67th minute, breaks the tie and beats the New York Apollo, 3-2. Pepe Fernandez, the Sounders fan favorite signed just two days earlier, scores the other Tides goal.

Sounders goalkeeper Mike Ivanow is released from California's Lompoc Federal Prison after serving 14 months of a three-year sentence for embezzlement from the Russian-American Credit Union in San Francisco. Ivanow, who played a key role filling-in during the 1977 NASL playoffs, has trimmed down from 240 pounds to 182 by regularly running 5-10 miles per day.