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Spokane Shadow takes over organization of premier programs from the Spokane Youth Sports Association, which operates the Spokane Skyhawks. The Shadow is significantly more expensive than other clubs. Registration for the Skyhawks is $80 per season.
Third-ranked Puget Sound strikes twice in the second half to blank Iowa's Loras College, 2-0, for the NCAA Division III women's West Regional title in Dubuque. Lea John puts the visitors in front from a Kelsey Lau corner kick in the 50th minute. Elizabeth Pitman finds Tera Anderson 18 minutes later for the final margin. It's the Loggers' fifth straight shutout.
Federal Way Soccer Association organizes the state's first junior girls' tournament, with 25 teams in all. Totem Hot Shots win fifth and sixth grade division, 1-0 over Federal Way Blue Barons and Federal Way Blue Devils beat Lynnwood Roadrunners, 2-0, for junior high division at Federal Way High.
Sixty trialists attend the Sounders' first tryout at Bellevue Community College. Of those, Roger Goldingay, Ballan Campeau and Dave Landry eventually make the team.
No sooner does FOE Eagles beat San Francisco Greek-American, 1-0, in the U.S. Open Cup West Region final and the losers file a protest with U.S. Soccer. The Greek-Americans cite the Eagles listing former Sounders forward Pepe Fernandez as an amateur. U.S. District Judge Walter McGovern rules on June 29 it is merely a procedural error and reinstates the victory.
California, ranked No. 3 among Division I women, deals Puget Sound its first loss, 4-0, at Berkeley. The Loggers, ranked No. 1 in NAIA, had entered the match 9-0-0, including wins over Div. I San Francisco (2-0) and Portland (2-1, overtime) in September.