Railene Thorson is named women's head coach at Western Washington following Derek Falor's departure. Thorson, from SeaTac, had served as Falor's assistant for two seasons after completing her goalkeeping career at Montana. Falor was 56-47-10 in six years. For the WWU men's program, Travis Connell is now solo head coach after sharing the job with Brad Swanson and Todd Stauber, respectively, the past two seasons.

Megan Rapinoe's goal is part of a late United States rally that overcomes a two-goal deficit to defeat Brazil, 4-3, at the Tournament of Nations in San Diego. After Christen Press closes the gap, Rapinoe's 85' blast ties it and Julie Ertz wins it four minutes later. It's the first international goal in two years for Rapinoe, who also has two assists. She scores again four days later in a 3-0 win over Japan.

Mireya Grey, a sophomore at Washington and member of Sounders Women, is called in as injury replacement for Jamaica’s World Cup squad, where she joins Dominique Bond-Flasza, who played for the Huskies from 2014-17, and ex-Reign midfielder Havana Solaun. Grey later plays in two matches, totaling 138 minutes for the Reggae Girlz.

Runner-up a year before, Sammamish comes all the way back to seize its first state girls' AAA crown by toppling the nation's No. 1-ranked team, Federal Way, 1-0, at Shoreline Stadium. Melinda Minstrell, a defender who collected two goals in the Totems' (15-0-2) come-from-behind 4-1 semifinal win over Mead, nets the game's only goal in the first minute of the second half. The Eagles (20 1-1) entered the game undefeated following a 4-0 win over Roosevelt.

Sounders winger Steve Zakuani suffers a season-ending injury during a Good Friday 1-0 win at Colorado. Less than three minutes into the game, Rapids veteran Brian Mullan runs down and slide-tackles Zakuani, fracturing his right fibula and tibia. Zakuani, Seattle's co-leader in goals and assists, is immediately taken away by ambulance. Mullan is shown a straight red card and, a week later, is given the longest suspension in MLS history, 10 games, for a foul judged to be "reckless, egregious and showed utter disregard for the safety of his opponent."

Coco DeVettori's goal and Bob Brandolini's shutout give Seattle Heidelberg a 1-0 victory over Sons of Norway Vikings in the state's National Challenge Cup final. Both teams play stout defense until DeVettori takes a Mike Kuczi pass and shoots past Gary DeVries before 400 at Interbay. The Brewers advance to face a California entry in January.