The highest scoring game in Tacoma Defiance annals does not have a happy ending. Tacoma blows a 3-0 halftime lead and allows four goals in the final 16 minutes of a 6-4 loss at Colorado. After going 1-5-3 since an impressive Open Cup run, Defiance coach Herve Diese parts ways with the club three days later.

A 9-foot-tall silicon bronze sculpture commemorating Seattle welcoming the world ahead of the FIFA World Cup is unveiled at Lumen Field's North Plaza. 'Vital Spirit' is the work of Seattle artist Gerard Tsutakawa. It depicts an abstract figure standing on two legs, one with gentle curves, the other with angular edges. They conjoin at the top in a circle which symbolizes the unity of the world.

Sounders 2 heats up on a hot night and delivers a 3-0 beating to Las Vegas Lights to snap a six-game losing skid at Cheney Stadium. It's still 90 degrees when Antonee Burke-Gilroy breaks through with a brilliant solo effort at 74 seconds. David Estrada, a 60th minute substitute, buries a penalty kick at 68’ and, four minutes later, he chips a through ball to Lamar Neagle, who's on loan from Seattle.

Dennis Lapchis tallies in the second half and his backed by Paul Maycock's shutout in Western Washington's 1-0 home win over Evergreen. It clinches the NCSC Cascade crown and promotion to the Olympic Division in 1990. The previous game Western beat Simon Fraser away for the first time, 2-1, to claim the District 1 North. Mark Miller tied it and Tom Venable won it.

Western Washington's inaugural varsity men's match is a mismatch. Simon Fraser, ranked No. 5 in NAIA and already owning two wins over Washington, rolls over the Vikings, 4-0, in Burnaby, B.C. Western starts 0-5-0 before a 3-2 home win over Oregon State.

Indiana parlays the home-field advantage into a 1-0 NCAA semifinal win over a University of Portland team laden with Washington state players in Bloomington. Minus suspended captain Wade Webber of Federal Way, the Pilots (21-1-0) defense gives up a late first-half goal, only the seventh allowed all year. Freshman keeper Kasey Keller makes two point-blank saves in the final 25 minutes. Keller and Webber are among seven Washington players who start or play key roles. Indiana proceeds to win its third championship of the decade.