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Morgan Weaver of University Place and Washington State is picked No. 2 overall by Portland in the NWSL Draft. Weaver scored 42 goals in four seasons, leading the Cougars to their first NCAA College Cup in 2019. The All-America forward becomes the highest selection of any Washington player by any U.S. women's league. Kirkland's Sam Hiatt, Stanford defender, goes to Reign FC in the fourth round.
Mount Vernon’s Tim Busch is inducted into the U.S. Adult Soccer Association Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale. Busch has served as president of the Washington State Soccer Association since 1992. He has officiated amateur games since 1978.
Gurveen Clair posts her record 33rd career shutout and Mariah Powers's first collegiate goal gives Washington State a 1-0 overtime victory over Oregon in Pullman. Clair makes two saves to keep the Ducks scoreless. The win completes a WSU sweep of the Oregon schools and snaps a three-match winless skid after the Cougars began then season unbeaten (7-0-2) in their first nine outings.
Roger Davies ties Seattle club record with four goals (despite missing a penalty kick) in 5-1 win over Rochester. It completes a month during which Davies scores in each of six games and 11 altogether. Davies also assists on a goal by Derek Smethurst. He missed a penalty kick, however. With 14 goals he has already broken the Seattle record of 13, set by Smethurst in 1979.
An onslaught of four second-half goals results in the worst competitive loss in Sounders FC history and an abrupt exit from the Champions League quarterfinals. Santos Laguna wins the second leg, 6-1, and the series, 7-3, on aggregate in Torreon, Mexico. Shortly before halftime, Alvaro Fernandez levels the aggregate at 3-3. However, former A-League Sounder Herculez Gomez scores in the 49th and 67th minutes, and all hopes fades for Seattle. Two more Santos goals come in the final 15 minutes. The Guerreros proceed to knock-out Toronto by 7-3 aggregate in the semifinals before falling to holders Monterrey, 3-2, in the final.
Washington State runs its Apple Cup unbeaten streak to nine with another one-goal decision at Pullman. Micaela Castain gets her fifth game-winner of the year two minutes before halftime in a 1-0 win for the Cougars. WSU, advancing to the NCAA tournament in its first year under Keidane McAlpine, is 6-0-3 vs. the Huskies since 2003, with all the wins by one goal.