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United Soccer Leagues announces changes that will affect the Seattle Sounders in 2005, including renaming the A-League and moving from a two-conference system to a single-table format. The two tiers of the USL will be called the USL First Division and USL Second Division. The Sounders, A-League members since 1994, will be one of 12 teams in the First Division.
Devvyn Hawkins joins Hope Solo in the United States starting XI for a friendly at Italy. Hawkins, a sophomore from Olympia who plays at Santa Clara and summer with the Sounders Women, is making the first of her five appearances in 2001. Solo, the UW junior, is starting the second of her team-high four starts in goal. Italy wins, 1-0, in the Algarve Cup warm-up in Rieti.
Dave Berto scores four goals, and Washington routs Ohio State, 7-1, at Shoreline Stadium to virtually wrap-up an NCAA tournament berth on the final day of the regular season. It's the Huskies' fourth straight win and seventh in eight. Berto, who scored two goals in a 3-2 home win over No. 7 Portland three days earlier, finishes the regular season with 17 goals.
Spencer Augustin's goal stands for the difference between Northwest Conference frontrunners Pacific Lutheran and Whitworth. Augustin one-touches a Chad Kearns cross into the net in the 31st minute for his 12th of the campaign, and Joe Rayburn is forced to make just one save at Parkland.
Seattle Hungarians clinch the second half by outscoring Ballard Oil, 5-4, but it’s Buchan’s 2-2 draw with Loyal Realty that assures the Magyars of the title with a game to spare. After building a 5-2 advantage, Pete Ruhmor's hat trick made it close at the end. Meanwhile, the Vikings blow a 2-nil lead when Tom Robinson and Fridy Kristiansen bring the Bakers back level.
Sounders Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan come off the bench for the U.S. National Team in its Concacaf Gold Cup semifinal in San Diego. Morris heads a long ball down for Jesus Ferreira to volley for the extra-time equalizer versus Panama. Morris converts his penalty in the resulting shootout, but Roldan's sixth-round attempt is saved, and Panama advances, 1-1 (5-4).