Sixth-ranked UCLA holds off a late Washington rally to advance in their Husky Classic semifinal, 3-3 (5-4), before 3,000 at Husky Stadium. Bruce Walyor sends the match to a 20-minute overtime by scoring the equalizer with 30 seconds to go. Sergio Velasquez, who scores twice for UCLA, converts the decisive penalty. The Bruins had beaten SPC, 3-0, in the first round.

Geoff Wall's Fort Lewis stuns Seattle Hungarians, handing the Magyars their worst loss in their seven-year existence in the state league and Pacific Coast League. Constantinos Tagios hits for four goals and player/coach Wall adds two more in an 8-3 hammering on the base. After the Hungarians take a 2-nil lead in the first 15 minutes, the cohesive team play of the Rangers takes effect. It's 3-2 by halftime, and Tagios scores three times in the second half.

Vic Weston is among the organizers of a benefit match to raise funds for families of four miners lost in the Landsburg mine disaster. The sudden January 29 cave-in 600 feet underground occurred near Ravensdale. The game features oldtimers from Black Diamond and a Seattle selection.

Marty Shaw's penalty save late in regulation extends the NCAA Division II semifinal to overtime where Seattle Pacific's Todd Schilperoort stabs in the winner, 2-1 over Wisconsin Green Bay in Miami. The Falcons, who had been third-seeded in the Far West, advance to the national final for the third time in four years. Servando Rivera scores the opener, and Shaw stops the penalty kick in the 80th minute. The teams battle through two scoreless overtime periods before Schilperoort breaks the deadlock 8:13 into the third stanza.

First-year coach Preki is voted MLS Coach of the Year after guiding Chivas USA to the league's second-best record (15-7-8). A Tacoma Stars legend, Preki served as Bob Bradley assistant in 2006. The Goats were eliminated by Kansas City in the first round of the playoffs. They featured former Sounders forward Maykel Galindo and Preston Burpo was the back-up goalkeeper.

The City of Bellingham buys the Sportsplex ice and soccer arena for $4.2 million, then leases it to the Whatcom Soccer Commission. The Soccer Commission has been running the Sportsplex since August under an agreement with owner Thom Fischer. Commission President Chet Lackey says the group plans to raise money for improvements to the Sportsplex and hopes to improve scheduling at the facility. The deal poses no risk to taxpayers because Sportsplex revenue would cover the payments if the city had to take over the complex.