Frank Barton’s Indoor Soccer Center is opened by the former Sounders midfielder in Federal Way, behind the Federal Way Shopping Center. Barton, who played in Seattle from 1979-82, has 22 teams regularly playing and training but that number more than doubles after eight weeks. There are youth leagues and over-30 leagues for men and women. He is exploring opening a second arena in north Seattle.

Bowing out of the U.S. Youth Soccer Championship at the group stage, Redmond's Crossfire Sounders are bestowed the Boys U14 Fair Play Award in Germantown, Md. Crossfire fall, 3-0, to the Nether Providence Mustangs. Crossfire, outscored 8-1 in its three matches, was Washington's first entry in the national championship tournament since 1999, when Tacoma-based FC United Premier won the under-18 boys national title.

Behind a record four-goal performance by Doug McKenna, Seattle Pacific crushes British Columbia Institute of Technology, 8-3, at Interbay to temporarily take over first place in the Western Washington Soccer Conference. The Falcons, who also get two goals from Ken Covell, receive an NCAA tournament berth two days later, after finishing the regular season 6-2-4 one year after going winless.

Real Salt Lake prevails in penalties to take MLS Cup, 1-1 (5-4), over the LA Galaxy at Qwest Field, the first final played on artificial turf. Attendance is 46,011, the largest for a final since 2002. Mike Magee stakes the Galaxy to a lead at 41’, converting a cross from Landon Donovan. Robbie Findley ties it for RSL in the 64th. In the shootout's seventh round, Nick Rimando saves against Edson Buddle, and Robbie Russell converts the final kick.

Two of the state's most storied teams end their run short of a championship as the southern California sides dominate the USYSA regional at Sixty Acres in Redmond. Cal South accounts for five of the eight champions with Cal North winning another. Highline's Pepsi Stompers win the girls' U19 consolation final, 2-1, behind goals from Sandy Carter and Kerri Tashiro. Goalpost is among three Federal Way third-place teams, the former U16 national champs going out 4-0 victors in the boys' U19 consolation.

Gig Harbor rallies for its first girls' 3A championship, finishing the season undefeated following a 2-1 win over Holy Names at Sparks Stadium. The Cougars, playing in their first final since 1999, find the net first, taking the lead on Julie Causbie's drive to the upper left corner from 19 yards in the 23rd minute. Alyssa Gray pulls the Tides level on the hour on a deflected shot. The deciding goal is a 13-yard effort by freshman Ashley Wright with four minutes left in regulation. Gig Harbor, a four-time runner-ip in the 90s, goes 23-0-0.