Missing several of the major cogs in their machine, the Seattle Reign lose just their third home game in three seasons, 2-1 to Chicago, to continue a sluggish start. Megan Rapinoe (torn knee ligament) and Jessica Fishlock (fractured tibia) and Manon Melis (tibia fracture) remain out, and Hope Solo misses the match while at her grandmother's funeral. The Red Stars' Jen Hoy gets free for second-half goals 11 minutes apart. Kim Little's 89' penalty is the only solace as Seattle sags to 2-3-1.

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.

PDL play returns to Everett with the birth of the North Sound SeaWolves, who will take up residency at Everett Memorial Stadium. Not since the Everett BigFoot (1995-96) has Snohomish County had a PDL club. Alex Silva, formerly owner and coach of the Yakima Reds, will operate the franchise.

Joe and Sue Shinafelt Waters, the husband-and-wife soccer coaches at Pacific Lutheran, announce they will not return in 2002. Joe Waters coached the men's team for four seasons (25-39-6). Sue coached the PLU women for six years (38-62-6). She had played on two Lutes national championship teams.

Despite being in between seasons, the Buchan Bakers defeat the Royal Canadian Navy side, 6-1, in a Seafair exhibition match at Lower Woodland. Freddie Cieslicki and Tommy Strachen, a pair of Army corps mechanics from Larson Air Force Base in Moses Lake, star for Buchan. Over 500 Canadian officers and sailors aboard four ships arrived in port the day prior.

Eric Owen makes a record 14 saves in a 3-0 Saint Martin's loss to Colorado State Pueblo. Owen, a junior from Tacoma, also sets a new GNAC standard. Temperature at game time is 104 degrees in Phoenix.