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Jeff Rose rises from the bench to score the winning goal as the host Spokane Shadow move into the PDL national final with a 2-1 victory over top-seeded Willamette Valley Firebirds before 3,829 at Joe Albi Stadium. Rose enters the match in the 59th minute and nine minutes later he meets a Zane Higgins cross for a header inside the left post. Three minutes earlier, Higgins scores tying goal from Dave Berto's feed. Prior to the game, the Soccer Jam finals are held on the field. More than 200 youth teams participated in the 3-on-3 tournament.
Sounders FC launches a USL Pro team for 2015. Sounders 2 will play home games at Starfire Sports and Sounders Community Trust will hold a 20 percent interest in the team.
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.
Sounders FC signs two 21-year-old local players formerly in their academy program, Seyi Adekoya and Henry Wingo, to Homegrown contracts. Adekoya is a three-time all-Pac-12 selection at UCLA. He attended Lakeside High and also played for Crossfire Premier. Wingo is a two-time all-Pac-12 honoree at Washington. He is a Shorecrest High graduate and played club for Puget Sound Gunners, Crosssfire and Northwest Nationals.
After scoring just twice in three outings, Seattle Reign packs plenty of punch in winning before over 16,000 fans in Portland. The visitors, on the East Coast for their last three games, come west and never trail during a 3-2 win over their rivals. Beverly Yanez and Jodie Taylor twice put the Reign ahead. But after Lindsey Horan brings the defending champion Thorns level in the 70th minute, Rumi Utsugi unleashes a 25-yard drive to win it in the 75th.
Camas completes an unbeaten campaign, but it doesn't come easily. The Papermakers get a couple saves in the shootout to turn back Issaquah, 0-0 (4-2), for the girls' 4A title at Sparks Stadium. Although Camas pushes relentlessly in the second half and overtime (17-3 in shots), it comes down to penalties. Keely Wieczorek saves a pair of Eagles attempts, and Nora Melcher nets the clinching penalty in the fifth round. It's the Papermakers' second crown in five years and sixth runner-up finish for Issaquah.