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Ballard FC repeats as USL League two Northwest Division winner, clinching with 2-0 win over West Seattle Junction at Nino Cantu Complex. First-half goals by Alex Mejia and Peter Kingston –converting the rebound of his saved penalty – are backed by Charlie Lanphier's shutout. Ballard wins the division over United PDX with a superior +24) goal differential.
Joey Gjertsen scores twice and Michael Ramos nails the deciding goal as Stars clinch a MASL playoff berth in their first full season by beating Ontario, 5-4, before 3,500 at ShoWare Center. Tacoma's finishes 13-7 and goes on to play San Diego in the first round.
Columbia River of Vancouver becomes just the second girls' 3A champion from Clark County, edging Mercer Island in a shootout, 1-1 (3-2) at Lakewood. goalkeeper Teagan Ryan makes two saves in the tiebreaker. Samantha Schoene, Brianna Brown, and Hannah Kimsey convert for River. The Islanders score first in regulation on a 23' volley from Erin Bourguignon. With 14 minutes left, Kellianne Swenson ties it for the Chieftains.
John Carroll's two goals give FTI a 2-1 win over the defending national champion Dirty Dozen of Los Angeles in the Over-30 men's West regional championship game in San Francisco. Carroll is one of four ex-Washington Huskies on the Seattle team.
Blake Bodily becomes Washington’s first Pac-12 Player of the Year in 12 seasons, and Ethan Bartlow is the first UW defensive player of the year. Bodily’s 10 goals are the most for the Huskies since 2011.
Making his first start in more than two months, Román Torres heads home the winner and controls air traffic in front of Seattle's goal during a vital 1-0 victory over Minnesota United. The win, coming on the final day of the regular season in front of 47,297 at CenturyLink Field, earns the Sounders the West's No. 2 seed. It's also Osvaldo Alonso's first visit to Seattle since signing with the Loons in January. A searching, long cross from Joevin Jones finds Torres for a running header that flies into the net off newly-close-cropped skull the 29th minute. Torres, who has just returned from a 10-match suspension for violating MLS substance-abuse policy.