Pacific Lutheran earns the distinction of becoming the first program to qualify for five straight NAIA national tournaments by defeating Seattle University, 3-2, at Olympia for the regional championship. The Lutes score the game's first three goals, then hold on. Rowena Fish and Cathy Martilla give PLU a 2-0 halftime lead, and Keri Allen tallies in the second half. The Chieftains pulls two goals back through Ingrid Gunnestad and Sheralyn Stackhouse. The Lutes will host the national finals in Spanaway while Seattle U earns an at-large berth.

Seattle's FOE Eagles fall to defending champion New York Pancyprian Freedoms, 4-2, in the semifinal round of the U.S. Open Cup in Houston. The Freedoms go on to take the championship over Kutis of St. Louis.

King County Parks rejects the Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association’s request to construct another 12 fields on county-owned land in Redmond’s undeveloped Sixty Acres Park. LWYSA already has 19 fields for 13,000 youth players.

Tacoma voters approve a $28 million bond measure to build a minidome. The “dome of our own” campaign passes with 70 percent approval from city residents. A 20,000-seat stadium will be located along Interstate 5 in the Hawthorne area. Three previous ballot measures failed, including a 1976 bond that was rejected Pierce County-wide.

Despite beating Colorado 4-1 in the second game of the semifinal, the Sounders' playoff run ends in a series-determining shootout, 0-0 (2-1) in front of 8,448 fans at Memorial Stadium. Dick McCormick and Jason Dunn each score twice to tie the series with a 4-1 regulation victory. David Hoggan has three assists. The Foxes had won the first game at home, 2-0. Following a scoreless, sudden death 30-minute game, the Foxes got two shootout goals while only Gary Heale replied, and Dunn's final attempt hit the post.

Kasey Keller saves John Spencer's fifth-round penalty kick, allowing Millwall to upset Chelsea in a replay at Stamford Bridge. Keller comfortably stopped Spencer with a dive to his left. The teams have drawn their first time around and finish 1-1 after regulation in the replay, forcing a penalty tiebreaker which the Lions win, 5-4. Angry Chelsea fans invade the pitch after Keller's save, tearing down the goal.