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Puget Sound jumps out to an early lead on freshman Chris Raymond's goal, and Tye Tolentino adds an assist and goal in the Loggers' NCAA Division III first-round win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 3-0, in La Jolla, Calif. Tolentino assists on Raymond's 18th-minute score for his UPS record 14th. The Federal Way junior also scores the final goal at the 67:18 mark to become the program's all-time top scorer.
Vikings get two goals and an assist from Norwegian Per Petersen to overpower Seattle SC, 5-2, for the league championship and McMillan Cup at White Center Stadium.
Bo Oshonyi saves three Seattle Pacific penalty attempts in the title-determining tiebreaker, and Southern Connecticut wins the NCAA Division II championship, 0-0 (4-3) in Melbourne, Fla. The top-ranked Owls conclude the season undefeated at 22-0-1, but it is the first time they have been held scoreless. Nick Booth gives Southern the lead in the shootout's sixth round, firing low and to the left of Marcus Hahnemann. Ninety minutes of regulation and 60 minutes of overtime failed to produce a goal. It's the longest game ever played by SPU, which needed 129 minutes to win the 1978 championship.
Nick Perera tacks on another goal to his all-time team record total as the U.S. finishes the year with a 5-2 friendly beach soccer win at Argentina. Perera, who plays for the Tacoma Stars, assists on the first score and tallies the second. It's the 114th of his career in 94 appearances.
Norselander Vikings get two goals from Erling Hansen to repeat as victors in the ninth annual Five-a-Side tournament at White Center. The Vikings beat E&E Meats, 2-0, to split $125 in government bonds.
Featuring a midfield made-up almost entirely of Schmetzer brothers, FC Seattle earns its first international win, 2-1, over Brazil's legendary Santos. Brian Schmetzer scores both goals, less than five minutes apart in the second half. Younger siblings Andy and Walt Schmetzer, 18-year-old twins, make their debut just two weeks after completing their prep careers on the same Memorial Stadium field by winning a state championship. Altogether, the three brothers start nine games together.