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OL Reign comes from behind on enemy turf to take the Women's Cup from defending champion and host Racing Louisville, 2-1. Olivia Athens brings the visitors level in the 59th minute before Jordyn Huitema nets the winner in the 66th. Both were halftime substitutes. The Reign beat Mexico's Club America, 2-1, in the semifinals.
Dan Vaughn bags a pair of goals to power Washington past Seattle Pacific, 4-1, at Husky Stadium. Vaughn and Paul Retchless jump on SPU early in the first half. While Jim McKay spoils Cliff Brown's string of five straight shutouts, Vaughn and Ron Dorn respond and stretch the UW unbeaten run to nine games (8-0-1) and clinch the Sounders Cup. John Graves, whose goal decided the first meeting with the Falcons, has two assists.
Tziarra King's first goal in nearly five months renews the Seattle Reign playoff hopes with a 3-2 win at Angel City. After not winning consecutive games all year, the Reign take their third in a row. Ji So-Yun's free kick in first-half stoppage time gives Seattle the lead and King increases it to 3-1 in the 58th minute. The Reign are now only three points out of the eighth and final NWSL playoff spot with seven games to go.
Balint Ducz announces he will no longer serve as manager and sponsor of Seattle Hungarians. Under Ducz's 11-year stewardship, the Hungarians won seven state championships, six Northwest championships and became the first Washington club to contend for the National Challenge Cup. Former league commissioner Andrew Goodman takes the reins and rebrands the teams as Seattle Magyars. The league recognizes it as a new entry rather than a continuation.
Christine Nairn scores the historic first goal that earns Seattle Reign FC a 1-1 road draw against Chicago in both clubs' inaugural NWSL match at Lisle, Ill. Nairn, a rookie from Penn State, puts the Reign ahead in the 10th minute, and the Red Stars' Lori Chalupny knots it 15 minutes later. Michelle Betos, starting in place of the injured Hope Solo, makes eight saves to preserve the result. Seattle proceeds to go winless (0-9-2) in the first 11 matches.
Sounders FC becomes the first MLS club to oust a Mexican team from the Concacaf Champions League, coming from two goals down to win, 3-2, on aggregate, behind a pair of long-distance drives at CenturyLink Field. Tigres UANL had won the first leg, 1-0, and adds another goal in the 23rd minute of the second leg before Seattle catches fire. DeAndre Yedlin, 19, blasts his first career goal in the 53rd minute on a 30-yard volley through a crowd. Djimi Traore then cracks a vicious shot from well outside the box, off the crossbar, at the hour mark. Eddie Johnson caps the comeback at 75' and Tigres, down to 10 men for the second half, succumbs.