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The Hungarians (7-0-1) clinch the state league's second-half title and avert a championship playoff by blanking the Continentals, 2-0. The Magyars eventually finish 9-0-1. Mike Kuczi scores goals in each half and Walter Schmetzer’s penalty kick hits both posts before bouncing out for the Continentals. Elsewhere, Otto Myrold scores six goals in the Vikings’ 12-0 rout of United Hungarians.
Joey Gjertsen scores twice and Michael Ramos nails the deciding goal as Stars clinch a MASL playoff berth in their first full season by beating Ontario, 5-4, before 3,500 at ShoWare Center. Tacoma's finishes 13-7 and goes on to play San Diego in the first round.
Dave Fyfe scores four goals for Buchans in a 5-0 win over United Restaurants. Meanwhile, the Vikings debut their three new recruits: Billy Smith, formerly of Pacific Coast League’s North Shore, Oslo’s Lars Torviw and Dane Carl Pedersen.
No officials show for the South Puget Sound League boys championship match at Curtis Stadium. So, after players fill time by kicking balls amongst themselves and off walls, the two coaches - Decatur's Jim McAlister and Tahoma's Lance Fischbach - decide the teams will split the title, and that the Bears would assume the league's No. 1 seed to the West Central District.
What had been a difficult season turns disastrous at the Rose Bowl, when the Los Angeles Aztecs become ruthless in the final half-hour in handing the Sounders a record 7-1 defeat. The loss assures Seattle of its first losing season. After John Ryan's penalty kick pulls the Sounders within 2-1 in the 60th minute, a potential equalizer by Ryan is waved off for a handball, and the visitors immediately unravel. Dutch star Johan Cruyff immediately scores to make it 3-1. Within 10 minutes the margin swells to 5-1. Then Cruyff scores again (he also added two assists), and Chris Dangerfield completes his hat trick for the final margin.
Tacoma's road woes continue as the Stars lose their 10th straight away game, 10-3, at league-leading San Diego (18-6). The Sockers' Paul Dougherty scores four times. Tacoma (11-13) has not won since the season's first road game, Nov. 7 at Los Angeles. Four of the 10 losses have been by one goal, two in overtime.