Hazen wins only its second state title in any sport, knocking off defending champion Camas for the boys 3A crown, 2-1, at Lakewood. Guillermo Palomera gets the winner with 5 minutes remaining for the Highlanders’ (19-1-1) 15th straight win.

MLS club leaders increasingly rave about potential for clubs coming to Pacific Northwest. Sounders owner Adrian Hanauer says he’s willing to be part of any of three investor groups circling Seattle.

A benefit clinic at Everett’s Kasch Park draws more than 160 kids and raises more than $5,800 for a local 13-year-old scheduled to undergo treatment for leukemia.

Seattle University's Board of Trustees votes for a return to NCAA Division I athletics, which the Redhawks left in 1980. Seattle U will continue to participate in Div. II as a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and become a Div. I member as an independent in 2009-10. The fall of 2012 is the earliest the Redhawks would be eligible for D-I postseason play.

Sounders’ string of wins over MLS clubs in U.S. Open Cup ends before 10,385 at Qwest Field with a 2-1 extra-time loss to FC Dallas. After a scoreless 90 minutes, Carolos Ruiz strikes in the first minute of overtime, before an Abe Thompson penalty kick doubles the lead in the 118th. Leighton O’Brien gets a stoppage time consolation goal for Seattle.

Hope Solo earns her 8th shutout in 14 appearances during year, a 3-0 quarterfinal win over England in Tianjin, China. It’s her third straight clean sheet in World Cup, with a 298-minute scoreless streak going into semifinal vs. Brazil, yet Solo is replaced by Brianna Scurry and U.S. loses, 4-0.

An overflow crowd of 4,893 and national TV audience sees Sounders win USL championship, 4-0, over Atlanta Silverbacks behind two goals of early substitute Greg Howes, Seattle’s fourth championship since 1995 – more than any other existing club. Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar adds a goal and an assist on Howes’s opener on the stroke of halftime. Howes replaced injured Leighton O’Brien in the 18th minute.

Nearly 900 fans at Bomber Field see Tri-City Power host PDL Yakima Reds in exhibition.

After 38 seasons and five NCAA championships at Seattle Pacific, Cliff McCrath, 71, is forced out as head coach following a 7-6-7 season. He is nine wins short (597) of the collegiate career coaching record for wins. The Falcons had 37 consecutive winning seasons since McCrath’s first year, 1970. SPU qualified for the postseason a D2 record 30 times. Mark Collings, a Seattle Pacific assistant coach and former Falcons player, is named McCrath's replacement.

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.

Washington senior forward Ely Allen from Kent is named Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year. Allen, who led the Huskies back to the NCAA tournament with 12 goals, is the third Husky in four years to be named Player of the Year, joining Forrest (2006) and C.J. Klaas (2004). He shares the honor with California midfielder Andrew Jacobson.

Adrienne Folsom delivers the decisive goal to give Puget Sound a 2-1, comeback victory over Whitworth in the second round of the NCAA Division III women’s tournament in Tacoma, the Loggers third win over the Pirates.

After a goal-line clearance by Danny Jackson, first-half, set-play goals two minutes apart from Taylor Graham and Zach Scott blow open Seattle’s Open Cup quarterfinal vs Colorado Rapids, and Sounders go on to advance, 5-0 – the worst loss by an MLS club in the competition to date.

Gonzaga (9-6-4) receives a surprising NCAA men’s tournament berth, despite losing its final three regular season games. "I heard them say Gonzaga and I was trying to figure out who they were talking about that was in the tournament that we had played," said coach Einar Thorarinsson. "I looked up and saw and realized we were in."

A Spokane woman struck by lightning at an August 6, 2004 Spokane Valley soccer tournament sues River City Soccer Club, the Spokane Valley Junior Soccer Association and the Washington State Youth Soccer Association for alleged failure to enforce safety rules. She alleges tournament officials not only failed to use ordinary care but ignored the U.S. Soccer’s "30-30" rule for keeping players and spectators safe during thunderstorms.

Vancouver's Tina Frimpong Ellertson is named to the U.S. National Team for the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup in China. Ellertson joins former University of Washington teammate Hope Solo on the roster.

Michael and James Keston of Encino, Calif., obtain exclusive rights for an MLS expansion team in the Northwest. James Keston said he has used previous Puget Sound visits to begin negotiations for the use of Qwest Field and tour possible stadium sites in Renton and Tukwila. The exclusive agreement ends in July without the Kestons taking action.

Erik Gracey fuels Pacific Lutheran's fast start and second-half surge in a 5-3 defeat of George Fox at Newburg, Or. Gracey, a senior midfielder, finds Mike Ferguson twice and then scores himself in the first 19 minutes. When the Lutes' lead is trimmed to 3-2, Gracey assists on a pair of goals during a three-minute span and his total of four ties a record. Ferguson finishes the year with 14 goals and ties the PLU career record of 49.

Greg Howes scores a vital equalizer in extra time and opened the penalty shootout by converting for the Sounders to win their semifinal series with Puerto Rico at Starfire. Chris Eylander makes six saves then two more stops in the decisive tiebreaker after the aggregate score ends 3-3. All four Sounders score penalties.

Washington State Youth Soccer Association moves girls club soccer from the fall to the spring, Feb-April. It will impact roughly 2,000 players in the U15-U19 age groups in the Washington State Premier League and Washington State Youth Development League, and comes partly in response to the WSYSA seeing decreased participation in its older age groups.

Major League Soccer grants an expansion franchise to Seattle that will begin play at Qwest Field in 2009. The announcement is made at a press conference on the 75th floor of the Columbia Center. Seattle is awarded a team after solidifying an agreement with Hollywood executive Joe Roth, the majority owner, and fellow owners Adrian Hanauer, Paul Allen and Drew Carey. Seattle will be the league’s 15th team.

Janece Levien scores twice, both goals coming in the first 27 minutes, and No. 4-ranked Puget Sound comes from behind to win its record 18th in a row, 2-1, over Whitman at Walla Walla. Levien equalizes in the 17th minute, converting a cross from Katie Gillette. Her deflected shot 10 minutes later proves to be the difference. She scored all the goals the the previous day at No. 14 Whitworth, a 3-2 win.

Sarah Martinez opens the scoring with her record 49th career goal and later adds an assist, leading Seattle Pacific past Cal State Dominguez Hills, 3-0, in an NCAA Division II second round game at Interbay Stadium. Meredith Teague assists on all three goals, and the unblemished Falcons (21-0-0) dominate play (18-2 shots). After Martinez scores connects in the fourth minute with her 17th of her senior season, super sub Amanda Johnson doubles the lead in the 40th and Jocelyn Charette closes out the scoring, heading in a cross from Teague in the 59th.

Seattle Pacific women win their 23rd straight game, 4-0 over Incarnate Word, to win the Super Regional and reach the NCAA Division II semifinals. Jocelyn Charette and Janae Godoy score 56 seconds apart in the match's first four minutes.

Sebastien Le Toux scores and Chris Eylander makes four saves in a 1-0 home win over Charleston, extending Sounders’ unbeaten streak to 14 matches (12-0-2) in all competitions. It’s Eylander’s 12th shutout and Seattle’s sixth in seven games.

Kasey Keller earns his 102nd and final U.S. National Team cap, serving as captain for Copa America match vs. Paraguay in Barinas, Venezuela. Keller, 37, finishes his 18-year run in strong fashion, with two shutouts in six appearances.

More than 1,000 men and nearly 100 women are expected for All Nations Cup, set to begin at Starfire. Men representing 41 countries will participate in the main tournament, with 12 teams in the men's master division and four teams in the women's tourney. Play culminates July 29 at Memorial Stadium.

Spokane Spiders emerge to fill void left by 2006 demise of Shadow, who refused to play at Joe Albi until turf was brought up to standard) in United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League.

Spokane’s River City SC hosts a two-day clinic at Plantes Ferry Park featuring U.S. Women's National Team members Brandi Chastain, Tiffeny Milbrett, Danielle Fotopoulos and Jenni Branam.

Issaquah wins shootout versus Seattle Prep in title game rematch. Eagles take third 3A title in four years, 1-0, on a late Kate Deines penalty. Eastlake gets the 4A championship behind sophomore Lindsay Elston’s goal, assist and two shootout conversions in the semi and final.

Despite playing shorthanded the final half-hour of regulation and throughout overtime, Seattle Pacific halted tournament-bound Seattle University's 10-match win string with a 1-1 draw at Interbay Stadium. James Coggan's 85th-minute header brings the Falcons level. Jason Cascio's 13th goal opens the scoring just two minutes after an SPU player is sent off. It proves to be the final game with Cliff McCrath as the Falcons' head coach, and secures a winning record for the 37th consecutive season.

Longtime referee John Glore, 63, dies after falling ill during high school varsity match between Peninsula and Gig Harbor. Glore begins feeling ill and switches roles with an assistant referee about 15 minutes before collapsing. He dies at Tacoma General Hospital. Glore, who also worked for Boeing, had refereed more than 30 years and 500 matches.

Leah Wymer sparks the comeback as Seattle University beats Northwest Nazarene, 2-1, to all but clinch an NCAA at-large berth at Championship Field. At 76:24, Wymer scores her 44th career goal on a header from Ashley Porter’s record 48th career assist, a corner kick, to tie the score. For the year, Wymer has 17 goals, Porter 14 assists. Less than two minutes later Jasmine Wilson’s acrobatic effort from a Kara Kuttler cross caps the rally. The Redhawks win for the 15th time in 17 games, the only losses at the hands of unbeaten Seattle Pacific.

Governor Christine Gregoire and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels are among the first 8,000 season ticket memberships sold in the first week after announcement of the city joining Major League Soccer in 2009.

Puget Sound reaches the NCAA Division III quarterfinals for the fourth time in six years as Janece Levien completes her hat trick 18 minutes into overtime for a 3-2 win over Wartburg in Wheaton, Il. Levien's second goal gives the Loggers their first lead with just 5:16 left in regulation, but Wartburg ties it 52 seconds later. The winner is her record 25th goal of the year. UPS succumbs to defending champion and host Wheaton, 2-0, the following day. It's Wheaton's 43rd straight win and the Thunder goes on to take another national title.

Sebastien Le Toux is voted MVP of the USL First Division after finishing co-leader in goals with 10. The Frenchman joined Seattle early in the season as a defender, then moved to midfield and finally forward. He also led all Open Cup scorers with seven goals.

Saint Martin’s plays inaugural men’s and women’s games at Cal State L.A., both falling by identical 5-0 scores. Both Saints teams compete in NCAA Division II and are coached by Rob Walker.

Kara Hamby and Becca Woods each score to assure undefeated and No. 2-ranked Seattle Pacific at least a tie for the GNAC crown by defeating No. 10 Seattle University, 2-0, at Interbay Stadium. Hamby drills a penalty kick at 23:29 after teammate Jocelyn Charette is taken down following a 30-yard run. In the 48th minute Woods nods home Meredith Teague's free kick from the left corner.

Two goals from Janece Levien bring Puget Sound from behind, 2-1 at Whitman, to win the Loggers’ 18th consecutive game to start the season.