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Mike Browne’s brace enables Washington to salvage a much-needed road split in the Bay Area with a 4-2 win at California. John Graves and Paul Retchless score the Huskies' other goals as they atone for a 3-0 defeat at Santa Clara that snapped a five-game unbeaten spurt. UW completes a season sweep of Cal.
Community First Soccer and ELLA Sports Foundation conduct a free soccer camp for kids ages 4-18 at the SOZO Sports Complex outside Yakima. The camp also features a college showcase for high-school aged players to demonstrate their skills to local college coaches. ELLA is focused on empowering Latina athletes to pursue their goals. CFS co-founders Sebastian Navarro and Iovani Rodriguez want to show kids from Yakima Valley they can follow their dreams and accomplish their goals without leaving home before high school graduation.
Reign FC's Megan Rapinoe converts two penalty kicks to lead the United States past Spain in a World Cup knockout match, 2-1 at a steamy Reims, France. Rapinoe’s first comes in the seventh minute. With it tied, 1-1 in the 75th minute, video review is used to confirm a foul on Rose Lavelle that gives the pink-haired Rapinoe the game-winner, slotting the ball just under the outstretched arm of goalkeeper Sandra Panos. It's the captain's second and third goals of the tournament.
Saint Martin's gets an early goal at Bellingham and manages to hang on for a 1-1 draw at No. 15 Western Washington behind the record 14-save performance of goalkeeper Ashley Engel. After the Vikings equalize in the 76th minute Engel denies them a winner, with a double save in the 86th minute. She makes six saves in the second half of regulation and and seven more in overtime.
Getting two goals from state player of the year Alex Harris, Columbia River completes a perfect season with a 4-2 win over North Kitsap in the boys' 2A championship game in Puyallup. The Rapids (24-0-0) score three times in a 7-minute span of the second half to go up 4-1 on strikes by Tyler Brown (58'), J.P. Guzman (59') and Harris (65'). Harris and teammate Cole Benner are also playing the state tennis tournament, 25 miles north in Seattle. North Kitsap had won 19 in a row going into the final.
Behind the four goals from Geoff McKeown, Leif Erikson Vikings overpower Seattle Hungarians, 6-2, in overtime of a National Challenge Cup regional quarterfinal at Interbay. Harold Myrhold and Reidar Olsen add scores for the Vikings while Les Mueller and Steve Furjesi score in regulation for the Hungarians.