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At Vancouver, Cathedral School of Seattle ties at Vancouver North Shore 2-2 to clinch the Oldershaw Trophy series, 4-3 on aggregate. Cathedral won the first leg at home, 2-1, on goals by brothers Fred and Gene Hall.
Green Lake Bowl denies Buchan Bakers a double by coming from 2-nil down to score three second-half goals to win the George Washington Knockout Cup, 3-2, at Catholic Memorial Stadium.
Roger Levesque's second-half goal gives the Seattle Sounders a much-delayed, playoff-clinching, 2-1 victory at Atlanta. Seattle had blown leads in four consecutive games and gone winless (0-2-5) for more than a month. Leighton O'Brien's header puts the visitors in front, only to be caught by the Silverbacks in the 54th minute. Nine minutes later, Levesque gets his team-leading sixth goal after Taylor Graham's initial shot rebounds off the left post.
Returning to Cheney Stadium for the first time in seven weeks, Tacoma Defiance clinches a season series win over Portland, 2-1. Ethan Dobbelaere starts matters in motion, scoring his first goal of the season in the 28th minute. Azriel Gonzalez increases the lead in the 85th minute, 10 minutes after coming on as a substitute. The fixture marks Tacoma's first match at home since July 18. Defiance win three of four meetings with T2.
Seattle's KCTS Channel 9 airs a 30-minute instructional program, "How to Play Soccer," with Derek Mallinson as host. Mallinson, 39 and former professional footballer in England, is the president of Lake Hills SC, and he includes a history of the game dating 112 A.D. in China, to modern game evolving in England in 1863 to contemporary times and skills, including goalkeeping. Repeat showings air three more times in the fall. Soccer also gets some air time on local newscasts, with KING's Rod Belcher narrating highlights from a Hungarians' state league contest.
FIFA technical group completes a weeklong inspection of Husky Stadium, which is included in U.S. bid for 1994 World Cup. Paul Stiehl, head of U.S. organizing committee, claims natural turf can be successfully laid over existing artificial surface. UW athletic director Mike Lude wants assurances that the sand, gravel and sod won’t damage the football field.