Former Tacoma Stars forward Roy Wegerle sends the USMNT into the World Cup on a positive note by scoring the winner in a 1-0 friendly win over Mexico before 91,123 in the Rose Bowl. The U.S. opens group play June 18 vs. Switzerland in Pontiac, Mich. Wegerle, 30, comes on as a second-half sub and scores in the 52nd minute. He is the only Washington connection on the roster and plays in all four USMNT games during the tournament.

Attendance plummets below 10,000 for a regular season game for the first time in nine seasons, with just 4,954 for a lackluster Easter afternoon scoreless draw with San Jose. Ultimately the visitors win in a shootout. At one point the Earthquakes play shorthanded for five minutes before putting a jersey on backup goalkeeper Billy Phillips and asking him to play defender. It’s the first back-to-back scoreless outings to start season since 1977.

Freshman Michelle Akers of Shoreline scores twice to lead Central Florida past William & Mary, 3-1, and on to the NCAA quarterfinals in Orlando. Akers scores the game's first goal and adds an insurance marker in the second half. She scores her UCF record 14th goal in the quarterfinal loss to eventual champion North Carolina. Three of the Lady Knights' four losses are to UNC. Joining her on the squad is goalkeeper Amy Allmann of Federal Way.

Coming on as a substitute following shoulder surgery in April, Michelle Akers scores her 105th goal for the U.S. in a 7-1 beating of Russia at Annapolis, Md. Team USA was coming off a 5-match trip through Europe during which they scored just five goals. It proves to be the final international goal for Akers, who in 1985 scored the team's historic first goal.

Sota Kitihara of Edmonds fuels a late comeback for the U.S. U16 Boys National Team for a 3-3 draw with The Netherlands at Lakewood Ranch, Fla. A second-half substitute, in added time Kitihara smashes a shot off the post for Kevin Paredes to score on the rebound, close the Dutch lead to 3-2. Then in the dying seconds, Kitahara gets free in the box to score from close range for the stunning equalizer.

The Div. 3 Tacoma Defiance nearly pull off the upset of the U.S. Open Cup's round of 32 before succumbing to the Portland Timbers, 3-2, in added time at Starfire. Goals by Osaze De Rosario and Yu Tsukanome in the first six minutes of the second half give the Defiance a 2-1 lead. However, Gage Guerra comes off the Portland bench to equalize at 80', and a penalty by Kevin Kelsy three minutes into stoppage time settles it.