Four young Washingtonians plying for NASL clubs are named to the United States team for the Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tony Crudo, 20, is a starting defender for Tampa Bay. Bernie James, 20, Mark Peterson, 19, and Jeff Stock, 18, are with the Seattle Sounders. The team finishes fifth.

The longest match in Washington's history has a happy ending. Bryn Ritchie ends a 141-minute scoreless stalemate by heading in Mark Hogenhout's corner kick for the 13th-ranked Huskies to beat No. 14 Alabama-Birmingham, 1-0, in an NCAA first-round game on Montlake. The four-overtime affair is 8:03 away from penalties when Ritchie scores his sixth goal. While the match starts in mid-30s, it's well below 30 by the end of the 3 hour, 18-minute contest.

Shannon Oakes, Sarah Martinez and Carolyn Nason each score as 6th-ranked Seattle Pacific stretches its GNAC unbeaten streak to 47 matches with a 3-0 win over Central Washington at Interbay. SPU has not lost a conference game since 2002, going 43-0-4. The Falcons have also won seven straight with Martinez contributing five goals during the run.

After 29 seasons at Bellarmine Prep, Joe Waters retires as boys' and girls' coach. Waters, who came to Tacoma to play for the MISL Stars in 1984, won two state championships with the Bellarmine boys in 2004 and 2008, and one with the girls in 2004. The 2004 boys' team was also voted as the national champion by a national coaches association.

Holding their inaugural Queens Match, Seattle Reign marks the 40th anniversary of the first U.S. Women's National Team match by honoring The 85ers, who featured seven players from Washington. All 17 USWNT veterans, including Michelle Akers, join the Reign and Rave Foundation's opening of a new community mini-pitch. The Queens Match will annually honor the storied legacy of the city and spotlight those women who were pioneers in developing the beautiful game. Seattle squanders a 3-nil lead and draw, 3-3, with Chicago on goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher's equalizer.

Three Seattle Reign stars figure prominently in a 3-0 United States win over China in a San Diego friendly. Sydney Leroux scores the third goal on a Megan Rapinoe assist, and Hope Solo notches her 70th career shutout, one short of the USWNT record. Solo also makes her 150th international appearance. It's the team's first game under interim head coach Jill Ellis.