Seattle Sounders Selects open the PDL season with a 3-2 loss to the Spokane Shadow at Memorial Stadium. After Garth Cummings put the visitors in front, Scott Burcar and Ben Somoza reply for the Selects, who hold a 2-1 halftime lead. The Shadow get goals from Abbas Faridnia and Garth Cummings seven minutes apart midway through the second half, then hang on for the win.

Federal Way's Karl Grosch Field is dedicated during ceremonies attended by Grosch and his wife Helga. The new turf field at Steel Lake Park celebrates the former state youth association president and co-author, along with Don Greer, of the USYSA bylaws and rules.

Eight private schools comprising the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges, currently affiliated with the NAIA, vote to change affiliation to NCAA Division III. Pacific Lutheran, Whitman and Whitworth are NCIC members, along with five Oregon schools.

Natalie McDowell dives and sprawls for a record 18 saves for 16th-ranked Washington State in a 2-0 loss at No. 19 UC Santa Barbara. McDowell and the Cougars fall behind on a first-half penalty before the Gauchos double it in the 56th minute.

Nine months after making the move to England, DeAndre Yedlin is loaned by Tottenham to Sunderland for the remainder of the 2015-16 season. Yedlin made only one substitute appearance for Spurs. Three weeks later, Yedlin starts for the Black Cats in a League Cup loss to Manchester City, crossing to Ola Toivonen for the lone Sunderland goal in a 4-1 loss.

Alan Hinton is chosen from among over 30 applicants as the new coach of the Seattle Sounders. Regarded as a strong recruiter, Hinton, 37, guided the Tulsa Roughnecks to the 1979 NASL semifinals in his first season as a head coach. He was a player/assistant coach for Vancouver in 1978. Among the other finalists were Mike England and Bobby Howe. Hinton played three NASL seasons with Dallas and Vancouver, setting the league record for assists in 1978. In 14 years in England, Hinton was a star winger for Wolverhampton, Nottingham Forest and, most notably, Derby County, where he played on two championship teams.