Alex Vandamme gets Seattle Pacific off the mark with a goal in the first minute, and the Falcons get coach Cliff McCrath's 400th win at the helm, 3-0 over Colorado School of Mines at Interbay Stadium. In all, McCrath has 485 career victories, ranking No. 2 in collegiate soccer.

Fourth-ranked Puget Sound is inexplicably snubbed by the NCAA Division III women's tournament selection committee. Somehow, the Loggers (15-2-1) are denied one of 11 at-large berths. Instead, the lone West at-large spot goes to Redlands, a team UPS beat eight weeks earlier, 4-1. Willamette, which defeated Puget Sound on a late goal to claim the NWC title and automatic berth, will play host to the regional. If the Loggers had tied Willamette, UPS would have garnered the automatic bid.

Eight Seattle men, ages 23-24 and most graduates of Garfield High School, reach Chicago for the World Cup's opening match. They have refitted a retired school bus with bunk beds, a kitchen and bathroom with a portable toilet. They will drive an estimated 10,000 miles, stopping at each of the nine tournament venues over six weeks before returning home. The bus, with 147,000 miles on its odometer, cost $2000 and another $2000 was invested in improvements.

Physicality triumphed over finesse as Seattle’s Heidelberg beat San Jose Grenadiers, 4-2, in advancing to the National Challenge Cup’s West finals at Memorial Stadium. A stout defense stymied the visitors’ diminutive frontrunners. Les Fabri puts the Brewers up in the 10th minute, and he doubles the lead minutes later. Colin Lindores brings the Grenadiers a goal back, but Mike Kuczi’s penalty following a foul on John Goldingay makes it 3-1 at halftime. Coco DeVettori scores in the second half.

Greg McKeown of Auburn, and Tacoma's Greg Dillard and Elgin Olragg are invited to Olympic development camp. Meanwhile, Seattle's Walter Schmetzer and Auburn’s Bill Logie become the first in the state to receive USSF A coaching licenses.

OL Reign captain Lauren Barnes is the first NWSL player to reach 200 regular season appearances, starting and playing the entire 90 minutes in the Reign’s 2-1 home win over Kansas City. During her 11 seasons with the Reign, Barnes, 34, has only missed 14 of 214 regular season matches. She also holds NWSL records for starts (196) and minutes (17,328).