National Soccer Hall of Fame member Eddie Craggs, 75, is honored with a banquet. The State league championship trophy is named for Craggs, who states: "I had to coax them to leave the word 'memorial' out of the engraving. I figure to be around presenting it for years to come."

Behind a pair of goals and two assists from Shannon Higgins, North Carolina cruises to a 9-0 NCAA quarterfinal rout of Hartford in Chapel Hill. It's the sixth straight postseason game in which Higgins has scored.

Seattle Pacific's incredible start requires a second-half gusher of goals, but the No. 1-ranked Falcons move to 10-0-0 with a 5-0 rout of Western Oregon at Interbay. Kelsey Jenkins finally gets SPU on the scoreboard in the 51st minute, Megan Lindsay doubles it eight minutes later. The Wolves are held to six shots, and it is the 11th straight Seattle Pacific shutout, dating back to the 2008 championship win over West Florida.

Abi Kim of Vashon Island scores her second-game winner for the U.S. Women's Under-18 Team in tournament match vs. Norway. Two days earlier, Kim notched a winner vs. England at the competition in La Manga, Spain. She is a senior at Seattle Christian High School, which she led to a state 1A title in the fall.

For the third time in four weeks OL Reign announces a key acquisition, this time central defender Alana Cook on a transfer from Paris Saint-Germain. Cook had previously played with OL Reign during the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup on a short-term loan from the French club. A native of Massachusetts and Stanford graduate, she signed with PSG in early 2019, and in 2021 they finally overtook 14-time defending champion Olympique Lyonnais. Cook captained the U.S. U23 national team and earned her first senior cap in 2019.

Perennial Vikings scoring star Geoff McKeown makes his professional debut with the NASL Washington Darts. The 0-0 draw with Atlanta is the first of three substitute appearances for McKeown.