A record crowd of 5,000 attends the final day of the Husky Classic at Husky Stadium. San Jose State beats Chico State in championship final. Earlier Seattle Pacific upsets Cal, 3-0, and UCLA defeats Washington, 2-0.

Issaquah native and Evergreen State graduate Shawn Medved starts in midfield for D.C. United in the inaugural Major League Soccer match at San Jose's Spartan Stadium. Medved, who played the previous two seasons for the Sounders, becomes the first player substituted in the 71st minute. Eric Wynalda scores the game's only goal for the Clash in 88th. Medved plays 27 games, starting 13 and scoring three goals during the regular season. Seattle's Paul Holocher plays 11 minutes as a substitute for San Jose.

John Olu Molomo’s hat trick enables Seattle sweep of Portland, 6-5. Dick McCormick ties it in the fourth quarter and 54 seconds later Olu Molomo beats two defenders to win it. The SeaDogs won the opener in Portland, 8-2.

The Tacoma Wanderers depart for a three-week tour of England, where they train under English FA coaches, play several schoolboy teams and meet the legendary Sir Stanley Matthews, now manager of Port Vale. Frank Hall's U16 team of 14 players raised nearly $7,000 through raffles and donations. The Wanderers, proclaimed the first American youth team to play in England, goes 0-2-2 versus teams from Staffordshire, Stockport, Oxford and Woking.

Three years after starting a varsity program solely with outside funding, Orting claims third place in the boys' 2A state tournament, defeating Cascade, 4-0. Cliff Fries started the team from scratch by staging numerous fundraisers. In 2004, the Cardinals defied odds by reaching the tournament. Now, with 11 seniors and fully-funded by the school district, Orting is on solid ground.

Jennifer Bosa's penalty kick with eight minutes remaining settles the state girls' 3A championship at rain-soaked Federal Way Stadium. Holy Names secures its first state title over Mount Rainier, 1-0. Bosa's kick comes after Heidi Safadago is fouled. Her spot kick, the first of the season, goes low to the right corner. While both teams are playing in their first final, the Rams had advanced to three straight semifinals.