Bellevue's Dick McCormick delivers two assists and Kent's Bill Crook scores a goal as the Portland Pride clinch a CISL playoff berth by beating Arizona, 11-5, at Memorial Coliseum. McCormick passes to Oth Ngonethong for a pair of goals for a 5-2 lead in the second quarter. Other Pride players from the Puget Sound region include Joey Leonetti, Garrett Smith and several ex-Tacoma Stars. Most of them commute to games from Washington.

West Valley of Yakima becomes the first boys WIAA champion from east of the Cascades, upsetting Peninsula, 3-2, in overtime at Pullman. Sophomore Jason Koreski hits the game-winning goal with 31 seconds left in the first overtime, heading in a cross from freshman Donovan Welch. The Rams' Chad Barkes had tied it, 2-2, with five minutes remaining in regulation.

The NBA Seattle SuperSonics announce they will operate a team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League beginning in 1995. Owned by Barry Ackerley, the team will spend its first season at the Center Arena, before moving to the renovated KeyArena. CISL expansion franchises reportedly cost $200,000, and Seattle becomes the league's 13th team for 1994. Seattle's total budget is between $500,000-800,000 with a salary cap of $160,000. CISL rules stipulate 13 players must be local and $3,500 is the maximum monthly salary.

Melinda Torre scores a pair of second-half goals as Washington comes from behind to notch its first victory over a top-20 opponent, 2-1 over No. 5 Santa Clara. Two days later, the Huskies upset 3rd-ranked Duke, 2-0, before falling, 2-0, at No. 1 and defending NCAA champion North Carolina. Each of the first five games are against top-five teams, and eventually nine of the 17 foes are among the top 20. Washington goes 4-5-0 in those and 9-6-2 altogether.

Michelle Akers-Stahl makes an impressive return to the U.S. National Team by scoring in a 2-0 win over Denmark in Agai, Cyprus. It's the first cap for Akers-Stahl since the 1991 World Cup. She was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus a year earlier following a series of illnesses and severe fatigue.

Shorecrest repeats as girls' 2A state champion, defeating Gig Harbor, 2-0, with two late goals at Shoreline Stadium. Defender Laurie Kukkonen breaks a scoreless deadlock from the top of the box with 16 minutes left. Pam Ruark then adds insurance with 3:40 left. Amy Bemis gets the shutout. Shorecrest (19-0-1), which had won the 1992 title game over the Tides via penalties, outscores opponents by a combined 112-3. Gig Harbor (18-2-0) had won 18 in a row.

Seattle Pacific and top-ranked and undefeated Florida Tech play a game for the ages in the NCAA Division II semifinals. The sleepy Space Coast city of Melbourne, Fla. stays awake well past midnight to witness the outcome of the 4-hour, 7-minute marathon that pushes SPU to the championship game. FIT followers firmly believe it be the Panthers after they go ahead, 5-3, in overtime. All-America sweeper James Dunn then pulled on the keeper shirt to become an 11th attacker, and the comeback begins. Travis Connell's header makes it 5-4 with 62 seconds left. In the dying moments, record-setting scorer Jason Dunn uncorks a low, 25-yard drive that caroms off a lunging defender and into the net as time expires. It's his record 28th goal. The two teams played another 30 minutes of sudden-death overtime before finally settling matters in a gut-wrenching, 13-round penalty-kick shootout. James Dunn, still in goal, makes two saves, Jason converts two kicks and SPU prevails in the tiebreaker, 10-9.

Three key players in Seattle Pacific's national championship team are repeat selections to the NSCAA All-America teams. Twin brothers James and Jason Dunn (Lacey, Wash.) are selected to the first team for NCAA Division II for the second year in a row, while goalie Marcus Hahnemann (Bellevue), a second team choice, becomes the first Falcon to be three-time All-American.

Betsy Duerksen, 27, is voted NAIA Regional Women's Coach of the Year after guiding Seattle University to its first national tournament berth. At midseason, Duerksen announced it would be her final season with the Chieftains, her husband being transferred to Montana. In January, Duerksen is named head coach for the University of Montana's start-up program.

Murphy’s Pub of Seattle claims the U.S. Amateur Cup behind two goals from Jason Dunn, beating Scott Gallagher of St. Louis, 2-1, at Indianapolis. Dunn, who scored four goals in a 7-3 semifinal victory over New York Hota Bavarians, is named the finals MVP. Jason Farrell, Dunn's former Seattle Pacific teammate, got Murphy's other three goals. All the players except Hungarian midfielder Tibor Bako played high-school soccer in the Puget Sound area. Other current SPU players in the side are James Dunn and Marcus Hahnemann. Murphy's finishes the season at 19-0-0 in all competitions.

Second-half goals from Megan Bartenetti and Jamie French enable No. 7-ranked Seattle University to end Pacific Lutheran's NAIA District 1 reign, 2-0, in a semifinal playoff at the Chieftains' West Field. Bartinetti's header puts SU in front at 61:47, and French tacks-on a penalty at 71:10. PLU had won five straight district championships.

Kasey Keller posts his 16th shutout of the season as Millwall defeats Charlton Athletic, 1-0, and his commanding display throughout the campaign earns him the club's award for player of the season. Millwall finishes seventh in the First Division, one tier below the Premier League. Keller, 24, earns the starting job after two matches and never relinquishes it. Still, Bora Milutinovic omits him from the U.S. National Team for the entire year. Two other American Lions, Bruce Murray and John Kerr, are largely overlooked.

Alan Hinton announces that professional outdoor soccer will return to Seattle in 1994, and the team will be called Sounders. The club is backed by former Microsoft executive Scott Oki. Hinton will meet with APSL owners within a few days about joining that league. Hinton coached the NASL Sounders from 1980-82 and later secured rights to the name.

Stanford holds off Justi Baumgardt and 7th-ranked Portland, 1-0, in the NCAA Division I women's West Region final. Baumgardt had helped lead the Pilots into the playoffs, earning West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and first team all-conference while assisting in 12 goals. Bellevue's Michelle Voiland and Everett's Tracy Osborn also represented UP on the all-WCC team.

Jason Dunn scores twice as Seattle Pacific returns from a bye and 18-day break in play to beat Sonoma State, 4-0, for a berth in the NCAA Division II final four. Dunn surpassed the season scoring mark with 69 points and now has 26 goals and is one shy of the SPU assist record of 18. He and Nate Daligcon gave SPU a 2-0 halftime lead over the Cossacks, then Phil Bullard converts from Ricci Greenwood to start the second half. Dunn's second goal is a 40-yard shot over the goalkeeper. Marcus Hahnemann will miss the semifinal after being sent off for a foul committed during a breakaway.

Freshman Ricci Greenwood comes off the bench to score with less than four minutes remaining in overtime as Seattle Pacific earns state collegiate soccer bragging rights by beating Washington, 1-0, before a crowd of 2,300 at Newport High School. Marcus Hahnemann makes five saves to earn his 10th shutout. The Huskies' Dusty Hudock made three outstanding saves to keep it scoreless after 90 minutes of regulation. Greenwood, playing for the first time in four weeks, finds the net in the 116th minute, fires home from the left side of the box. SPU is unbeaten (23-0-2) in 25 home games played on the Eastside and has not lost to UW in the last three meetings, dating back to 1989.

Two years of pressure from proponents in the U.S. and around the world result in the International Olympic Committee adding women's soccer to the Sumer Games, beginning in 1996 at Atlanta. The IOC votes in Monte Carlo to start with an 8-team tournament.

Federal Way teenage phenom Justi Baumgardt is named Parade Magazine's first High School Player of the Year. Since leading Federal Way to a second state 3A title in the fall, Baumgardt has signed a national letter of intent to attend the University of Portland and, at 17, is the youngest (by two years) invitee to this USWNT training camp. Over four prep seasons, the senior midfielder totaled 98 goals and 50 assists. Kennedy midfielder Michelle French and Gonzaga Prep forward Danielle Hamacher also make the All-America team.

A national high school all-star tournament, the first-ever Puma Cup Invitational, selects Walla Walla's Kevin Stein and West Seattle's Ian Russell to represent Washington. The tournament is held in Oneonta, New York. Stein will play his college soccer at Duke while Russell is committed to Washington.

Five months prior to hosting the World Cup, the U.S. Men's National Team will play Russia in Seattle. U.S. Soccer announces that the game will take place January 29, 1994, in the Kingdome. It's the first USMNT game in Washington since the USA-USSR friendly in 1979. The Sports and Events Council of Seattle/King County and Washington State Youth Soccer Association will promote the game, which is likely to feature Everett's Chris Henderson.

Keely Hartsough scores her second goal 23 minutes into overtime, lifting Seattle University to a 2-1 victory over Simon Fraser in the NAIA women's regional championship game at Salem, Ore. The Chieftains (17-4-1) advance to the NAIA national tournament Nov. 22-26 in St. Charles, Missouri. Hartsough, a sophomore defender who was NCSC player of the year, first scores on a 30-yard free kick in the 67th minute.

Making their debut at a national tournament, the Chieftains of Seattle University overpower Wheeling Jesuit (WV), 4-0, at the NAIA Championships in St. Charles, Missouri. Sheralyn Stackhouse scores two goals and Jamie French and J.J. Stamborsky add goals in the team's record 18th win. French goes on to earn her record 48th career assist.

No. 2-ranked Portland, fueled by goals from two Washington state natives, blanks Washington, 2-0, at Husky Field. Erica Parish, a senior from Kent, puts the Pilots ahead and Judy Dutra, a freshman from Lacey, gets her first collegiate goal in the second period.

Peter Hattrup contributes a two-point goal and assist for Kansas City in the deciding Game 5 NPSL finals win over Cleveland, 19-7. Hattrup also starred in the Attack's Game 2 win with a three-point free kick. He is among a handful of Attack players who have been with the team since 1989 in Atlanta.

Freshman Dominic Dickerson scores the only goal and senior goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann registers his record 46th career shutout to key Seattle Pacific's 1-0 victory over Southern Connecticut State in the NCAA Division II men's soccer final. Dickerson scores at 9:47 and Hahnemann's seven saves preserve the lead. It is the fifth national title for SPU, which finishes 18-2-1.

Jason Dunn of No. 3 Seattle Pacific smashes a school soccer record by scoring six goals in the Falcons' 8-4 win over No. 5 Tampa during the Tournament of Champions in Spartanburg, S.C. Dunn, whose record 8-game scoring streak had been snapped the night before, got three goals in each half. Peter Hattrup had set the SPU record of five goals in 1985 against Gonzaga. Phil Bullard and Dave Swanson came off the bench to score the other SPU goals.

Dr. Richard Waltman and a group of investors is exploring a Continental Indoor Soccer League for the Tacoma Dome. CISL commissioner Ron Weinstein tells the Tacoma investors that it’s too late to obtain a franchise for the league’s inaugural season, which begins in June. Despite some contentious discussions with Weinstein, who has disapproved of owners involved with the defunct MISL and Tacoma Stars, there are plans to apply for a 1994 expansion team. There is also rumored interest for a Seattle franchise, which would be operated by Sonics owner Barry Ackerley.

Dusty Hudock, Washington's standout senior goalkeeper, is named to the second team of the NSCAA men's All-America team for the second time. Hudock finished with a 0.97 GAA as the Huskies went 9-5-4. Melanie Brennan, UW defensive MVP, becomes the first All-American for the women's program, also making the second team.

Jason Dunn and Phil Bullard each scored two of their three goals in overtime as Seattle Pacific eventually overpower Portland, 6-2, at Newport High School. SPU, ranked No. 4 among NCAA Division II schools, handed the perennial Division I power Pilots their worst loss in five years. Dunn, who has 12 goals in his last four games, adds two assists. He puts the Falcons in front for good 9:18 into overtime. He and Bullard, who came off the bench, then add three more goals within a four-minute span.

Three Seattle University women are named NAIA All-Americans after the Chieftains' record-setting season. Keely Hartsough (Juanita High School) is named to the first team along with Sheralyn Stackhouse (Federal Way) and Julie Holmes (Kennedy).

Spokane's Mead becomes the first 4A girls' champion from east side of the state by winning, 2-1, over Redmond at Shoreline Stadium. The Panthers finish a perfect 21-0-0 when Jeanne Rein's quick free kick finds the top corner from 28 yards. Rein also finds Regan Freuen for Mead's other goal. Carolyn Jenkins gets the Mustangs' marker.

Records are made to be broken, and at Evergreen it’s the holder who is repeatedly breaking her own standards. In a span of seven weeks Camille Morgan establishes new single game scoring records three times for the Geoducks. First she scores all five goals in 5-1 victory at Western Baptist in September. In October, she raises the ante to six and finally Morgan erupts for eight goals and adds two assists, figuring in all the goals in a record 10-0 home win over Western Baptist. She finishes with a record 23 goals.

Natalie McDowell dives and sprawls for a record 18 saves for 16th-ranked Washington State in a 2-0 loss at No. 19 UC Santa Barbara. McDowell and the Cougars fall behind on a first-half penalty before the Gauchos double it in the 56th minute.

Liga Mexicana de Futbol's championship game between Seattle's Jalisco and El Compadre of Tacoma draws more than 1,000 spectators to a festive Fort Dent Park in Tukwila. There are many families making up a significant portion of the crowd, which is entertained by mariachi groups during halftime. Jalisco, behind 20-year-old star Jesus Llamas, wins, 1-0. The 18-team league includes teams from Snohomish, King and Pierce counties, 15 of them sponsored by restaurants.

Michelle Akers-Stahl collects her 55th international goal as the USWNT defeats Canada, 3-0, in Pontiac, Mich. Akers-Stahl assists on Joy Fawcett's second score and then adds her team's third in the 57th minute. The match is the first for women played on a grass surface in the Silverdome, which will use natural turf for 1994 World Cup games.

A last-minute penalty kick by Mike Richardson gives Mountain View its third consecutive boys 3A state championship, 1-0, over Bellarmine Prep at Puyallup. The Thunder's Damien Schilling is tripped on the left side of the goal box, resulting in the penalty. Schilling, who scored in a semifinal win over Bothell, did double duty on the weekend, running the 400 relay at the track championships in Tacoma. The only returning starter from 1992, Richard scores his 23rd goal. Mountain View is ranked 10th nationally in the final poll.

Seattle Pacific University coach Cliff McCrath and the legendary Pelé are among 11 men inducted at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York. McCrath, 57, will join the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NISOA) wing of the hall. He has served as secretary-editor of the NCAA Rules Committee for 19 years.

Seattle area native Michelle Akers-Stahl and other members of the U.S. National women's and men's soccer teams appear at Soccer Blast USA's tour stop at Seattle's Washington State Convention Center. Events include shooting and long-distance contests, obstacle course, skills clinics, youth soccer programs and a celebrity challenge.

Seattle University's most successful women's season ends with a 2-1 double-overtime loss to defending NAIA champion and top seed Lynn College (Fla.) in St. Charles, Missouri. Megan Bartenetti's goal in the 40th minute gave the Chieftains the lead, but a desperation shot by Lynn's Dorte Nielsen from 57 yards bounces over the keeper, hits the post and caroms in, and sends the game into extra time. "It was an AstroTurf goal,'' says SU coach Betsy Duerksen. "It's tough to be so close and have that happen to you.'' In the 131st minute, Nielsen strikes again to win it and send Lynn to the title game. Keely Hartsough, SU sweeper, is voted the tournament's outstanding defensive player.