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Geoff Wall's Fort Lewis stuns Seattle Hungarians, handing the Magyars their worst loss in their seven-year existence in the state league and Pacific Coast League. Constantinos Tagios hits for four goals and player/coach Wall adds two more in an 8-3 hammering on the base. After the Hungarians take a 2-nil lead in the first 15 minutes, the cohesive team play of the Rangers takes effect. It's 3-2 by halftime, and Tagios scores three times in the second half.
CD Olimpia of Honduras finds a late road equalizer and goes on to eliminate Sounders FC from the Concacaf Champions League on penalties, 2-2 (4-2), in a Round of 16 match at CenturyLink Field. Carlos Pineda scores from distance in the 86th minute. Seattle, fighting back from an early 1-nil deficit, takes the lead through Cristian Roldan and new DP signing João Paulo. The two sides had also tied the first leg, 2-2, a week earlier in San Pedro Sula.
Behind a late Jordan Morris brace, the Sounders erase a 2-nil deficit for the second time in four days, beating FC Dallas, 3-2. Raul Ruidiaz comes off the bench to start the comeback in the 78th minute. Morris ties it in the 88th and wins it four minutes into stoppage time. Seattle had trailed at Houston June 19 before getting second-half goals from Jackson Ragen and Paul Rothrock in a 2-2 away draw on June 19.
Some 14,000 fans pack the Tacoma Dome to watch the U.S. Women's National Team take on a team of World All-Stars. Michelle Akers of Shoreline is the clear crowd favorite, drawing the biggest cheers. The international stars jump to a 2-0 lead and never look back on their way to a convincing 11-2 victory using 6v6 indoor rules. The World team now leads the Toys 'R Us Victory Tour series, 6-5.
Mike Bartley, whose Snohomish County high school teams achieved great success, dies at age 63 from pancreatic cancer. Bartly, a Cascade High School and Everett Community College alumnus, began his prep coaching career in 1986 at Eastside Catholic, then returned to Snohomish County when he took up coaching duties with Jackson, Meadowdale and Archbishop Murphy. He won four state titles between the boys and girls teams at Archbishop Murphy, most recently in 2021.
Ballard FC repeats as USL League two Northwest Division winner, clinching with 2-0 win over West Seattle Junction at Nino Cantu Complex. First-half goals by Alex Mejia and Peter Kingston –converting the rebound of his saved penalty – are backed by Charlie Lanphier's shutout. Ballard wins the division over United PDX with a superior +24) goal differential.