Garth Lagerwey announces he's leaving the Sounders as president of soccer and general manager to join Atlanta United as president and CEO. Lagerwey, 49, came to Seattle in 2015 and in nearly eight years oversaw the club winning two MLS Cups, reach two more finals and become the first MLS team to win the Concacaf Champions League. He was twice overwhelmingly retained by Alliance members in 2018 and 2022 votes.

Washington State moves quickly to name its third head coach in as many years. Todd Shulenberger was formerly associate head coach at Texas Tech. He replaces Steve Nugent, who resigned March 9 after guiding the Cougars to a fourth straight NCAA tournament.

The Big Ten era for Washington begins with the UW men traveling to Michigan State for their conference opener. It's the first of four regular season games to be played in the eastern time zone. In all the Huskies play in four different time zones before the NCAA tournament. The women's team travels to Maryland and Rutgers (NJ) the following week but has three former Pac-12 opponents in Oregon, USC and UCLA.

In a battle of unbeatens, Seattle shrugs off an early deficit. They get contributions from key bench player, gets two goals from backup forward Will Bruin and defeats Toronto, 3-2 at CenturyLink Field. Filling in for the injured Raul Ruidiaz, Bruin ties the game with his header in the 24th minute. Midway through the second half, he scores again, and less than two minutes later, with crowd still roaring, Seattle (5-0-1) goes ahead 3-1 through Cristian Roldan.

Within a few hours of the terrorist attacks back east, Seattle Pacific postpones its women's soccer game vs. Western Washington later that evening at Interbay Stadium. Elsewhere, Puget Sound's men's afternoon game at Northwest Nazarene proceeds. The Loggers' flight back was canceled, however, due to the FAA ground stop order.

After scoring just twice in three winless outings, Gonzaga gets three goals in the final 50 minutes against Seattle University for a 3-2, come from behind victory at chilly Luger Field. The Redhawks' Caroline Penner assists and then scores for a 2-0 lead after 12 minutes. Samantha Snorsky pulls one back for the Bulldogs before halftime. In the 68th minute, Amelia Severn ties it, and Snorsky passes to Katelynn Rigg for the winner with six minutes to go.