Behind Charlie Kosakoff's hat trick in the first half-hour, Ballard FC blasts the Tacoma Stars, 11-0, in a record performance at Bellarmine Prep. It's part of a 9-0-3 start for Ballard, which goes on to win a third straight Northwest Division title by a 35-4 goal differential.

Brent Goulet scores the U.S. opener but then is forced off through injury in a 4-2 Olympic qualifying victory at El Salvador. Goulet takes a feed from Hugo Perez, then beats a defender and the keeper in the fifth minute. He's kneed in the thigh later in the first half and eventually substituted. The win takes the U.S. (3-0-0) to the top of its group.

Roger Davies ties Seattle club record with four goals (despite missing a penalty kick) in 5-1 win over Rochester. It completes a month during which Davies scores in each of six games and 11 altogether. Davies also assists on a goal by Derek Smethurst. He missed a penalty kick, however. With 14 goals he has already broken the Seattle record of 13, set by Smethurst in 1979.

Puget Sound fires 43 shots before finally connecting on the game-winning goal vs. Pacific at Baker Stadium. Emily Bumguardner scores at 84:10 for the Loggers' 23rd straight conference victory. Nineteen of those wins are shutouts, including 11 this season. UPS goalie Karen Ecklebe posts her seventh shutout of the season.

Intent on coming home to defend their respective national titles, Seattle's FC Ramlosa and the Bellevue Blue Angels win the Far West Regionals in Albuquerque. Ramlosa defeats Colorado, 2-0, in the open division after crushing New Mexico (6-0) and Utah (11-0) earlier. The Blue Angels beat Oregon, 3-1, for the over-30 berth in the national semifinals. They have eliminated Utah (6-0) and New Mexico (2-0) in the first two rounds. The U.S. championships will be held in Seattle six weeks later.

Hope Solo is awarded her second FIFA Gold Glove after the USWNT defeats Japan, 5-2, in the World Cup final at Vancouver's B.C. Place. Solo posts five shutouts during the tournament. She also won the award in 2011. The United States defense was stellar throughout and went 540 minutes between the first group stage match and the final without allowing a goal. Solo now has 136 international wins.