Coming on as a substitute following shoulder surgery in April, Michelle Akers scores her 105th goal for the U.S. in a 7-1 beating of Russia at Annapolis, Md. Team USA was coming off a 5-match trip through Europe during which they scored just five goals. It proves to be the final international goal for Akers, who in 1985 scored the team's historic first goal.

Seattle's Bernadette Noonan, an Irish-born Capitol Hill resident, and Issaquah's Maj Surowiecki, a Swedish native living in Issaquah, are among 90 national finalists as "ambassadors of soccer" - foreign-born contributors to the game's development in the United States. Noonan has played and worked for the of the Washington State Women's Soccer Association at every administrative level, including president, during the association's expansion to the present 155 teams, making the nation's largest. In addition to playing for four teams, Surowiecki is also commissioner and treasurer of the WSWSA.

Will Bruin scores the game's lone goal in his first encounter with his former club, and the Sounders win for the third time in four matches at CenturyLink Field. Bruin, Houston's all-time scoring leader acquired in an offseason trade, heads in a cross from Cristian Roldan in the 69th minute to beat the Dynamo, 1-0. Seattle is playing without both Clint Dempsey and Jordan Morris, both on duty with the USMNT for World Cup qualifiers.

Second-ranked Portland holds off the No. 14 Washington when Tiffeny Milbrett scores the decisive goal 15 seconds into overtime at Merlo Field. Shannon MacMillan put the Pilots in front, but Samantha Obara latches onto Sanya Trandum's pass to equalize on the half-hour. MacMillan's long ball to start the overtime find Milbrett for a 12-yard drive inside the left post.

Chance Fry scores twice and Brent Goulet collects a hat trick during an eight-minute span of the second half in FC Seattle Storm's 5-1 victory over Arizona. It's the fourth win in a row (third in league) for Seattle. It's only 1-nil until Fry tallies in the 52nd minute. Then Goulet strikes three times in 7:25 to bring his season total to five in the three games he's played. It's the first Storm hat trick since Bruce Raney in 1985.

Kevin Bloudoff scores with 8 minutes left for a 2-1 win over San Francisco State at Memorial Stadium for the Far West regional title and advancement to the NCAA semifinals for the third time in four years. Jose Reyes puts SPU 1-0 by halftime before the Gators tie it at 55’. The decider comes from a long throw from Reyes into the path of Bloudoff for drive to left corner, his second goal in two postseason games. Reyes has scored in all three tournament wins.