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Tim Tilbury and Jim Dempsey score first-half goals for Seattle Hibernian as they repeat as Kennedy Cup champions with a 2-0 win over Kelowna in Vancouver, B.C. Dave Gagner gets the shutout. It's Hibernian's third title, contested by Oregon, Washington and British Columbia senior men's champion.
Puget Sound closes out the regular season by winning its 13th straight game, 2-0 at Lewis & Clark. The Northwest Conference champion Loggers break open a scoreless stalemate early in the second half when Kylie Beeson and Annie Jonsson score 96 seconds apart. Casey Thayer makes one save to complete the fourth straight UPS shutout and ninth in 10 games. Puget Sound had started the season just 2-2-2 after six outings.
Roger Levesque provides the finishing touches and a memorable celebration to the Sounders' 4-2 victory over New York to send a big crowd home happy. Seattle opens the entire upper deck of Qwest Field for the first time for an MLS match, and the attendance of 46,065 is nearly 10,000 greater than any previous MLS home match. Levesque subs after the Red Bulls' tying goal and has an immediate impact, heading in a 67th-minute corner kick. He seals the win at 78' by stealing the ball from New York goalkeeper Greg Sutton, knocking it into an empty net and enacting a scuba dive off the signage board.
Seattle Heidelbergs of the state league defeat Vienna Sandt, 4-1, at West Seattle Stadium. It's only the second loss by Austrians in 18 touring games over three years. Abu Kamara, Sierra Leone student at UW, stars on defense for the Heidelbergs. Eli DeOliveira scores two goals for Seattle. The previous night Sandt drubbed Tacoma Heidelberg, 4-0, at Baker Stadium.
Fort Lewis, the newest entry in the state league first division, continues its strong start by beating Buchan, 3-2, at White Center. Norbert Grille, a Frenchman recruited from Honolulu, goes to the top of the scoring race with a brace against the Bakers. Grille's header with 15 minutes remaining is the difference and takes the Soldiers to 4-1-0 and a league-high 20 goals scored. They and the Hungarians trail Loyal Realty but have a game in hand on the Vikings. George Goers, one of the original Bakers dating to the Fremont Boys Club days, scores twice.
Peninsula High School names its field after retiring coach Larry Madden. The unflappable Madden is surprised and humbled by the honor. It comes at the end of nearly three decades as Peninsula's only coach. Some 250 people – including more than a hundred current and former players – attend the team's awards dinner in Gig Harbor, where the announcement is made.