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Senior Kit Zell lifts his career postseason goal total to nine with a brace in Seattle Pacific's 2-1 overtime comeback victory at Cal State Hayward. It gives the Falcons their second straight NCAA West Region championship. Zell ties it in the 53rd minute and wins in in the 103rd. SPU now advances to the semifinals, which it was already chosen to host.
Jennifer Bosa's penalty kick with eight minutes remaining settles the state girls' 3A championship at rain-soaked Federal Way Stadium. Holy Names secures its first state title over Mount Rainier, 1-0. Bosa's kick comes after Heidi Safadago is fouled. Her spot kick, the first of the season, goes low to the right corner. While both teams are playing in their first final, the Rams had advanced to three straight semifinals.
Sophie Bearden Croft's first two goals of the season prove timely as the sophomore comes off the bench to propel Western Washington past No. 3 Columbus State (Ga.), 2-1, in an NCAA Division II semifinal at Seattle’s sub-freezing Interbay Stadium. Early in the second period Croft breaks the ice, finding the top left corner from 12 yards. At 76' she strikes again, following a cross from Morgan Manalili. Western keeps Columbus State, averaging 3.87 goals per game, off the scoreboard until the 85th minute.
WSFA officials decline to sponsor a stop by England’s touring Huddersfield Town in the spring. Huddersfield goes on to finish mid-table of the first division and plays friendlies versus local selections in Vancouver and Calgary, as well as five other cities across North America.
Shawn Medved and the Colorado Foxes complete the APSL double by defeating Tampa Bay, 1-0, for the championship in Englewood, Co. Medved plays the final 20 minutes as a substitute in the final. He had scored in both the regular season finale and semifinal shootout win over Fort Lauderdale. The Foxes also defeated Tampa Bay for the Professional Cup on Sept. 19.
The Northwestern Association Football League is formed. It features seven clubs: Celtics, Rangers, Rainiers, Shamrocks (all from Seattle) and Tacoma, Everett and Port Blakely. In the inaugural matches, Rangers blast Celtics, 5-1, at Woodland Park and Tacoma posts 2-0 home win over Rainiers.