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Defending 2A girls champ Kennedy beats previously perfect (20-0-0) Seattle Prep, 4-0 in the championship game. Behind Sheralyn Stackhouse (2) and Justi Baumgardt goals, Federal Way halts high-scoring Mercer Island, 5-1 for the 3A crown at Shoreline Stadium. Bellevue Christian wins the boys A-B title, 3-2 in overtime, over Charles Wright.
After firing its coaching staff just days beforehand, the Seattle Impact fizzles in its inaugural game, losing 14-4 to San Diego at ShoWare Center.
Leagues are becoming increasingly popular in eastern Washington, from Tri-Cities to Wenatchee. Migrant farm workers from Mexico and Central America flock to teams. Combined, the Yakima and Lower Valley leagues have about 30 teams and 600 players since starting in mid-Eighties.
Sydney Leroux strikes in the fourth minute and Naho Kawasumi supplies a pair of goals for the Reign to pound Portland, 5-0, before a record crowd of 5,957. It’s the first five-goal game for Seattle.
Bellingham United is formed, with plans to play in a yet-to-be-determined adult amateur men’s league in 2012. The club is owned by Jeff McIntyre and Erin O'Brien, founders of Seattle-based Ruffneck Scarves.
Kent’s Shannon Higgins scores three goals to lead North Carolina to its third straight NCAA title, 4-1 over North Carolina State in Chapel Hill. Higgins, the Tar Heels’ leading scorer with 13 goals and 17 assists, is named the most valuable offensive player after four goals and two assists in the semifinal and final.
