Jason Dunn is named A-League Rookie of the Year after scoring 10 goals in his first season out of Seattle Pacific, and Alan Hinton is voted Coach of the Year for guiding the Sounders to the regular season title.

Sweetfoot-Carrera United, playing in the first-ever national girls' U19 tournament, finish third in San Jose after defeating the Rochester Rockets, 3-2, in overtime in the consolation final. After the Tacoma juggernaut won its fifth straight state title, it dominated the West Regional, blitzing Oregon (5-0), Arizona (6-0) and Pleasanton of Northern California (3-1). Sue Ray scored twice in the regional final. In the semifinals, Sweetfoot-Carerra fell to eventual champs Dallas Sting, 3-2. Dan Swain's team were 23-2-2 for the year and finish 204-14-11 all-time.

Two first-half goals send Whitworth on its way to a 3-0 win at Whitman, bringing the NWC title back to Spokane for the second time in three years. On the final day of the regular season, the Bucs start just a point in front of Willamette and two ahead of Puget Sound. They get scores from Eric Espinoza at 24’ and Tyler Clarke at 34’ to calm and concerns.

Mike Bartley, whose Snohomish County high school teams achieved great success, dies at age 63 from pancreatic cancer. Bartly, a Cascade High School and Everett Community College alumnus, began his prep coaching career in 1986 at Eastside Catholic, then returned to Snohomish County when he took up coaching duties with Jackson, Meadowdale and Archbishop Murphy. He won four state titles between the boys and girls teams at Archbishop Murphy, most recently in 2021.

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.

Going down to the wire for a playoff berth, the Tacoma Stars bow to Baltimore, 7-2, in what proves to be the final game in the MISL franchise's nine seasons. Domenic Mobilio scores his fourth hat trick of the season as the Blast wrap-up fourth place, one game in front of the Stars (18-22), to finish the regular season. Jim Gabarra and Mark Karpun tally Tacoma's goals.