Jess Fishlock scores in her 200th Seattle Reign league appearance, and Jordyn Bugg's long-distance bomb beats North Carolina on the road, 2-1. Fishlock, 38, becomes just the fourth NWSL player to appear in 200 regular season games. Bugg, 18, strikes from 34 yards for her first professional goal in the 56th minute. It's Seattle's first win at Cary since 2022.

Seattle United Steelers equalize in the 11th minute, through assists from Thor Tollefson and Steve Newman to Bruce Walyor, but the San Jose Portuguese pull away to win the U.S. Challenge Cup West region semifinal, 4-1, at West Seattle Stadium.

Five days after dropping their first game at Interbay, FC Olympia gets a gritty, 0-0 home draw against Salmon Bay to clinch a third consecutive Northwest Division crown at Lacey. The Artesians get a solid performance from Faith Nguyen in goal to finish 7-2-1 and one point ahead of Salmon Bay (6-1-3). Olympia's Ginny Lackey goes on to be named division player of the year after scoring 12 times in 10 games.

A once-promising season for Washington ends abruptly as Portland rallies from behind for a 5-3 win in the NCAA tournament's first round at Husky Soccer Field. The Huskies build a 2-0 lead 27 minutes into the game and control the game's tempo. Portland only manages nine shots but pulls even by halftime, then Alejandro Salazar gives the visitors the lead at 53:03. In the 62nd minute Sean Babcock skips a low line drive free kick from 28 yards out. Kevin Forrest scores both UW goals, in the 17th and 26th minutes. Washington, which launched 24 shots, loses its final four games after starting 11-3-2.

An early morning team meeting results in the Sounders players executing a work stoppage. Five decide to cross the line and travel to Dallas later in the day. NASL players' union executive director Ed Garvey announces less than 36 hours prior to the start of 12 matches that the league-wide tabulations are 252-113 (69 percent) in favor of striking. The NASLPA is demanding that the owners recognize the union.

Tiffeny Milbrett erupts for a record-tying five goals – all in the first half – as a crowd of 21,522 celebrates the first USWNT appearance in Seattle, a 9-0 Gold Cup win over Panama. Milbrett, raised in Portland and a collegiate standout there, achieves a hat trick in the first nine minutes as the outcome is never in doubt. The five goals ties a record first set by Seattle's Michelle Akers and equaled by Brandi Chastain. Milbrett never has a chance to break the record. She twists her left knee landing after heading the ball in the 56th minute and leaves the game.