Tacoma players allege 4-1 loss to Seattle Rangers entirely attributable to 'Referee Ross,' who made one-sided decisions, including a penalty call for Rangers. The kick was saved by Tacoma, but Ross ordered a re-try that was converted.

A record Husky Soccer Stadium crowd convenes on Montlake to see undefeated and No. 2-rated Washington down crosstown rival Seattle University, 4-0, for the WAC/101 Club Cup. The attendance of 3,876 is the largest for UW since moving out of Husky Stadium, where there were gates of up to 5,200 in the mid-Seventies. Ilijah Paul's eighth goal in seven games starts the scoring at 30'. The Huskies are now 7-1-0 in WAC/101 Club Cups versus the Redhawks.

Bellingham's Sandra Hunt and Nancy Lay of St. Louis simultaneously become the first women to referee MLS matches. Hunt, 39, officiates the Kansas City-Chicago game at Arrowhead Stadium in which the Fire prevail, 2-2 (3-2), in a shootout (from 35 yards). It's remarkable match, with Hunt sending off one player from each team in the 64th minute for violent conduct, and the shootout is extended to 12 rounds.

Seattle Sounders FC and Washington Youth Soccer announce a partnership to integrate new programs into the youth soccer development system throughout the state. New programs will begin in September 2009 and will bring the MLS Youth Initiative program to Washington, creating additional levels and avenues to elite play for local youth soccer players. Five Regional Training Centers will bring the top players together once a week to train under elite coaches., and the RTC system is designed to identity the very best players across all leagues, affiliations and geographic locations.

Washington State regains the upper hand in the Apple Cup with a dominant performance in defeating Washington, 4-2. The Cougars pick up their first win in Seattle since 2015 and clinch third place in the Pac-12, their best placement since 2013. Three goals in the first 23 minutes of the second period decide matters. It begins with a 30-yard rocket from Alyssa Gray (51'), followed by Sydney Pulver on a rebound clean-up (61') and punctuated by Margie Detrizio (68') for a 4-1 lead. The Huskies had been 2-0-1 in the three previous Apple Cup Series meetings.

Goals from Karli White and Isabelle Butterfield in the first 13 minutes send Seattle University on its way to a 3-0 victory over Chicago State to wrap-up a fourth straight WAC regular season championship at Championship Field. Natasha Howe, one of three seniors honored before the contest, contributes the third goal and an assist in the seventh straight SU win. The Redhawks eventually finish 7-0 in conference, eight points ahead of Cal State Bakersfield.