Four days after beating Vancouver away for the Cascadia Cup, the Sounders secure passage to the Concacaf Champions League knockout round by blanking the Whitecaps, 3-0, at CenturyLink Field. Lamar Neagle's goals 15 minutes apart both come off assists from Chad Barrett and Nelson Valdez, who gets the other goal. Seattle finishes 2-1-1 vs. Vancouver and Olimpia to win the group. It's the fourth win in five games across all competitions.

Sydney Evans scores with under 30 seconds remaining in regulation time for Puyallup, 2-1 winners against Auburn Riverside at Sparks Stadium. It's the school's second 4A state championships in six months. Matt White had also coached the Vikings to the boys' crown in May. Evans shoots and scores from 13 yards out in the 80th minute after great hustle and a cross from Meredith Udovich. Kaelee Huetten put the Vikings on the board in the 36th minute. The Ravens, unbeaten in 16 games, tie it through Emma Lane in the 59th minute.

Hope Solo returns to the USWNT and makes her first start since being dropped by Greg Ryan following her benching at the 2007 World Cup. Under new coach Pia Sundhage, Solo, 26, gets the shutout, making two saves vs. Canada in 4-0 win at Four Nations tournament in Guangzhou, China.

While the World Cup and many of their top performers play on, Reign FC keeps piling up points, winning their third match in a row at Portland, 1-0, to take over the top spot in the NWSL. Celia Jimenez Delgado opens her RFC (5-1-5) account, smashing a rocket off of a rebound into the net in the 55th minute, momentarily quieting the crowd of 19,116 at Providence Park. All three wins have come on the road, and all shutouts for the defense and Casey Murphy.

Somehow, the Sounders pound Los Angeles yet find themselves eliminated from the playoffs via a mini-game shootout. Seattle, which had lost 3-0 at LA two nights earlier, dazzles the Aztecs during the first 15 minutes, earning 8 corner kicks, but then goals poured forth from Roy Greaves, Steve Buttle and Mark Peterson, all within 8 minutes. Peterson later makes it 4-0. Following an intermission, the team teams come back to settle the series over 30 minutes. Roger Davies brings Seattle level following an early Gary Etherington score, but at 1-1 it proceeds to a shootout, won by LA, 2-1.

No. 2-ranked Portland, fueled by goals from two Washington state natives, blanks Washington, 2-0, at Husky Field. Erica Parish, a senior from Kent, puts the Pilots ahead and Judy Dutra, a freshman from Lacey, gets her first collegiate goal in the second period.