Snohomish United 05 Black gets a first-half goal from Maki Quiyono and holds on to beat Utah's Forza FC 05, 1-0, to earn the U14 Girls Far West Regional Championships title at Boise. Quiyono scores in the 31st minute. Snohomish scores 19 during the tournament while allowing just two, both in the first group game. They are joined at the USYSA nationals by Seattle United 03 Copa boys U16 and Washington Premier 02 Black boys U17. Both qualified via the National League.

What seemed a mountainous Sounders task for their Champions League second leg final suddenly becomes manageable, thanks to a pair of late penalty conversions by Nicolas Lodeiro. The Seattle captain knotted the first leg score with UNAM Pumas at 2-2 deep into stoppage time at Mexico City's Estadio Olimpico de Universitario. Tournament scoring leader Juan Dinneno's powerful header early in the second half gives Pumas a 2-nil advantage. Lodeiro halves the deficit in the 77th minute. Then, following a foul on Cristian Roldan and VAR review nine minutes into added time, he again beats Alfredo Talavera.

Washington State stuns 9th-ranked Connecticut, 2-1, to start the season in Pleasanton, Ca. After UConn strikes first, the Cougars' Shalli DeWitt ties it late in first half. Tina Walsh nabs the winner in the 83rd minute. The Huskies would go on to reach the NCAA semifinals.

Seattle Pacific becomes first Northwest program to play a regular season game outside the Pacific and Mountain time zones, traveling to Wheaton, Illinois for a tournament hosted by coach Cliff McCrath’s alma mater. The Falcons first fall to Wisconsin Green Bay, 3-2, and then defeat Wheaton, 1-0.

The scoring sensation of the Sounders' first four seasons, Fredy Montero has signed a one-year deal to return home to Seattle after nine years away. Montero scored the first goal for the Sounders in 2009, when he was MLS Newcomer of the Year. Now 33, he returns an experienced veteran after stops in Colombia, Portugal, China and Vancouver.

The Kitsap Pumas draw, 1-1, with Tacoma Tide in their inaugural home game, played before 1,572. Bremerton’s Memorial Stadium features a new video scoreboard, and Spencer Schomaker gives the Pumas the lead in the 12th minute. The Tide's Michael David ties the first installment of the Narrows Bridge Bell rivalry in the 72nd.