Clint Dempsey blasts home left-footed shot from the box top for the series lead later delivers the series clincher as the Sounders vanquish Vancouver, 2-0, at CenturyLink Field. Seattle goes through to the Western Conference finals, 2-0, on aggregate. Dempsey, who missed the first leg on a suspension, lowers the boom on the Whitecaps in the 56th minute. He doubles the lead in the 88th. It's the first career postseason multi-goal game for Dempsey.

Carly Dobratz scores her third goal of the season in the 57th minute to give Washington State a 1-0 win over Washington to open Pac-10 play in Pullman. It's the Cougars' third straight Apple Cup win, their best run in the series. Dobratz runs onto a chipped ball from Anna Miller and sends a roller from 18 yards past charging Huskies keeper Kelsey Rasmussen.

An early 2-nil score fails to hold and the Seattle Hungarians are eliminated in West semifinals of the U.S. Challenge Cup by AAC Teutonia, 4-3, at San Francisco. Les Mueller punches in a couple goals for the lead, but Teutonia ties it by halftime. Jerry Melton's second goal gives Teutonia the lead and Mike Kramer adds a fourth before Heinz Ritter's 85th-minute score.

The third annual Casino Road Futbol Academy attracts 470 youth for a weeklong day camp at Walter E. Hall Park. Organized by Everett police Lt. Manuel Garcia, the camp is run with 200 volunteers. In addition to instruction and games, kids, some in foster care, also learn about the importance of education and alternatives to gangs and violence.

Kenny Cooper twice finds the net and assists on two other goals as the Sounders rout Chicago, 6-0, in U.S. Open Cup semifinal at Starfire. Andy Rose also scores a brace to send Seattle to its fifth USOC final in six seasons. The hosts grab the lead after six minutes through Chad Barrett and by halftime Rose makes it 3-0. A late flurry of three goals in five minutes includes two Cooper goals, giving him a record six for the tournament. He scores in each of Seattle’s first four USOC matches.

The first statewide girls' tournament concludes in Federal Way with a couple host teams prevailing in the finals. Totem Hotshots edge Blue Barons, 1-0, in the 5th and 6th Grade division while Blue Devils blank Lynnwood Roadrunners, 2-0, in the junior high title match. The tournament is not a sanctioned state cup, and 18 of the 24 entries are from Federal Way.