According to the Washington State Football Association, 402 men and boys played during the 1933-34 season, 260 of them on senior teams. The others participated in two junior leagues and the new third division of the state league.

Megan Rapinoe scores a brace as th United States wins the Olympic bronze medal by defeating Australia, 4-3, in Kashima, Japan. Rapinoe begins with a dazzling Olimpico, driving her corner kick cross directly into the net in the eighth minute. In the 21st minute, a failed Australia clearance falls into her path for a firm volley into the net and a 2-1 lead the U.S. would not relinquish. Carli Lloyd's brace makes it 4-1 early in the second half. Rapinoe’s brace makes her the first USWNT player with multiple multi-goal games at the Olympics. She also scored twice (including another Olimpico) in the 2012 Olympic semifinals against Canada.

John Best, the first coach and later general manager of the original Seattle Sounders dies while traveling in Ireland. He was 74. Best succumbs to a lung infection after more than two decades of battling kidney disease. He had been visiting family. Best was the face of the Sounders in their formative years, serving as head coach from 1974-76. He returned in 1982 as GM. In 1983 he co-founded the Tacoma Stars, serving as president and director for the MISL club's first five seasons. The Sounders observe a moment of silence and wear black armbands for their home match vs. Vancouver on Oct. 10. Best was the Whitecaps GM during their NASL championship season of 1979.

Hope Solo's season with the U.S. Women's National Team finishes unblemished with a 3-0 shutout of Mexico in Charleston, S.C. Solo makes five saves. She does not allow a goal in any of her seven matches in 2005, her first extended run as the starter in goal.

Washington's bid to finally reach the NCAA semifinals comes up short with a 3-0 loss to No. 2-ranked Pittsburgh in Cary, N.C. It’s 1-nil until the final two minutes, when the Panthers twice score into an open net after every UW player pushes forward. It's the second season in a row that UW has exited at the Elite Eight.

Bellingham's Sandra Hunt whistles to life one of two simultaneous opening matches at the Olympic Games. Hunt is assigned the Sweden-Brazil (0-2) game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.